2013 World Gymnastics Championships -- Floor Event Final

Gold - Simone Biles USA

Silver - Vanessa Ferrari ITA

Bronze - Larisa Iordache ROU

This floor final was absolutely STACKED with incredible talent, I couldn't even predict a podium for this one, although I thought Simone would win the gold.

First up was Vanessa Ferrari. Great routine, love her full in connected to the back tuck. I was worried for her a bit because on two of her landings she had hops but stuck her double pike at the end and all in all it was a great exercise. 14.633.

Mai Murakami. Beautiful stuck double layout, perfect full in with a hop on landing. Nice triple twist, fun routine, she is so cute!! Awesome quadruple spin! 14.466.

Next Simone Biles, amazing as usual. I cannot get over the Biles, her double layout half out. It is just incredible. ALSO, who ENDS their FX with a full in back out?!? She just has the most massive difficulty and sells the routine so well. 15.000!

Larisa Iordache next, and I personally really wanted her to medal! She has amazing tumbling, high difficulty, and beautiful dance. I also love love her floor music!! 14.600.

Next, Guilia Steingruber. I really love this gymnast. She does a full twisting DLO, unfortunately she stumbled quite a bit on the landing. Her DLO is one of the best I've ever seen though, huge height. Huge double pike as well. Loved the routine. Not quite enough difficulty to contend though .. 14.333.

Sandra Izbasa, 2008 Olympic FX champion next. Her 1 and a half to triple twist was the most elegant I've ever seen. Stuck full in back out. Beautiful dance, but a fall on the last pass :( 

Kyla Ross up next. I absolutely am in love with her routine. Her dancing is so elegant and beautiful, however, her difficulty needs to be increased to compete at this level. Beautiful landings though. Also love her music. 14.333.

Elisabeth Black was last to go. Awesome first pass with very difficult 2.5 and triple twist combinations. Love the music. Out of bounds on the last tumble. 

Thanks to anyone reading my recaps 3 months late :)

I just wanted to catch up with them.

It was a fabulous World Championships!

2013 World Gymnastics Championships -- Beam Event Final

Gold -- Aliya Mustafina RUS

Silver -- Kyla Ross USA

Bronze -- Simone Biles USA

The balance beam final ended up being my favorite event final at Worlds :)

My favorite non-US gymnast, Aliya Mustafina, was up first. She had a wonderfully clean routine with many difficult combinations that she hit for the most part. She did not have hardly any balance checks, and she actually turned her double spin into a 2.5 to avoid one. Stuck dismount, beautiful routine. 14.9.

Carlotta Ferlito of Italy was up next. She had a good routine with impressive looking skills, but there were several balance checks throughout, a missed connection, and a hop on the dismount. 14.283.

** Mustafina submits enquiry **

Vanessa Ferrari next. I absolutely love her flight series, it's super beautiful. She did miss her front arial/sheep jump combination though, and she had a big lunge back on her dismount, almost sitting down. 14.3.

** Mustafina enquiry rejected, ends up adding her SV up by hand** (LOL)

Chunsong Shang next up. Hit her flight series this time, but big break on her punch front and several other wobbles throughout, even on simple elements such as her back tucks. 14.133.

Next Simone Biles. Hit all connections, but big check after her punch front and a lunge forward on the dismount, almost hit her head on the beam!! Saved both mistakes though. 14.133.

Kyla Ross came next. Gorgeous routine, very elegant! Only mistake was a missed connection (free walkover to sheep jump) and a step on the dismount. Definitely challenging for the lead. 14.733.

** Biles submits enquiry**

Larisa Iordache of Romania unfortunately suffered another fall off of the beam on her first flight series, such a shame because her routine is amazing! I felt so badly for her. 13.933.

**Biles enquiry accepted 14.333*

**Ross submits enquiry**

Anna Rodionova of Russia last competitor to go. Fell off on her backflip into Arabian, but the rest of the routine was wonderful. 13.1.

**Ross enquiry accepted 14.833*

I was so proud of Aliya especially after her performance in qualifications overall to come out and win as many medals as she did. She now also has a World medal on every event and is on the list of gymnasts with most medals at Worlds with 8 :) 

2013 World Gymnastics Championships -- Bars Event Final

Gold - Huang Huidan CHN

Silver - Kyla Ross USA

Bronze - Aliya Mustafina RUS

Yao Jinnan of China was first up for the bars final. Since I wanted the 2 Americans and Aliya to medal in this final, I was really nervous that Yao would take the gold with her Mo. Unfortunately, she fell on the skill during finals, ending up with a score of 14.633.

Huang Huidan also from China came next. She had a wonderful routine and stuck the landing cold! Huge score -- 15.400!! I knew that would be extremely hard to beat, but I thought they were pretty generous with that score.

Becky Downie was next up for Great Britain. I'm very disappointed that she had a fall during her routine because her routine was actually one of my favorites of the final. She had lots of exciting release moves and it was a shame to see her fall.

Sophie Scheder was next. Ultimately clean routine -- 14.633.

Next was Simone Biles from the United States. For this being Simone's "weakest" event, she has steadily improved. It was a great routine and had her thinking about a medal possibility at that point with a score of 14.716.

Kyla Ross's routine was gorgeous and flawless as usual, with her normal stuck landing!! I though it was definitely as good as Huidan's but the score was 15.266.

My girl Aliya Mustafina was up next. Her bars routines are ALWAYS amazing to watch, but during finals she missed a connection when she was supposed to go immediately from the low bar to a shaposh to the high bar, and unfortunately it cost her the gold because her SV was lowered by .2 -- 15.033

Ruby Harrold was last. She had an exciting routine with lots of different skills, but SV was a bit lower than the others.

2013 World Gymnastics Championship -- Vault Event Final

Gold - McKayla Maroney USA

Silver - Simone Biles USA

Bronze - Hong Un Jong PRK

First up was Guilia Steingruber. She had two amazing vaults, scoring a 15.5 on the first and a 14.966 on the second. Her technique was wonderful and I really wanted to see her medal.

Pena was next and of course completed the handspring double front. She was unsuccessful, but luckily she was not injured or hurt and landed relatively safely. Her second vault was also a disaster, landing oddly on her DTY and bouncing backwards on the mat.

Chuso was next. I was really disappointed with her vaults these championships because I really wanted her to have a chance at medaling. But at 38 years old, it was amazing that she was even there.

Then was Thi Ha Thanh Phan. First vault was pretty weak, incurring an OOB penalty -- 14.966. Second vault -- oh gosh. Tried to go for an Amanar but barely got around the last twist, scary landing, surprised there was no injury.

Chantysha Netteb was next -- unfortunately she fell on the landing of her DTY and was injured :( She had to withdraw from the competition.

Next up was Simone Biles. Her Amanar is honestly my favorite in the World, even more than McKaylas! Just a small hop backwards -- 15.933. Second vault was GORGEOUS and stuck cold. 15.595 average.

Hong Un Jong was next. I know that she had the highest difficulty at 6.40 and 6.30 but she had a huge leap forward on her Amanar, making it look sloppy, 15.566. Second vault was okay but piked. 15.4.

Last, the best vaulter in the world ... McKayla Maroney! Amanar was amazing and SO CLOSE to being stuck!! 15.966 with a penalty! Next up was the moment of truth ... the Mustafina that she fell on in London. Perfectly done, just a step on landing. McKayla defended her World Vault title with a final combined score of 15.724!!!

I'm so proud of McKayla and Simone for going 1-2 in the Vault EF for the first time ever! 

I really believe that Steingruber should have won bronze instead of Hong :( 

But great final all in all!