WAG All Around Stuttgart 2019 NBC

so far at these World Championships Simone biles as astonished performing two skills never before seen in women's gymnastics and leading the Americans to a fifth straight World title a record-breaking 21st career world medal today the greatest gymnast ever competes for an unprecedented fifth world all-around crown gymnastics championships presented by the Olympic Channel home of Team USA the best gymnasts in the world competing all week inside Hans Martin flyer Hall here in Stuttgart Germany and the final world Gymnastics Championships before the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020 today it's the women's all-around final and hi everybody Terry Gannon alongside Tim Daggett and Nastia Liukin the opportunity doesn't come around often enough a chance to watch Simone biles in an all-around final she hasn't lost one of these in more than six years nobody really expects her to lose today but she still has you guys on the edge of your seat because what she does is so spectacular and nastya maybe the toughest thing with her is coming up with the superlatives that we haven't used before it really is and you know I think what is so incredible is you know so often we try to measure greatness and what really defines that but what I have just loved all week long here in Germany it's seeing every other athlete on the floor stop to watch her they don't want to miss a single routine or a single skill and so many of those skills that we did see here in Germany nobody in the world has ever done them and even the ones that tried to do them nobody does them as well as she does yeah for me she is just awe-inspiring I mean it's not just that she's the greatest of all time I've not talked to a person who challenges that notion usually there's always discussion disagreement but universally Simone biles greatest of all time those even beyond that all of sports really right now you could argue she carries for a sport like no one else does out there but when you ask her about what's the most impressive thing from the week here at the World Championships she points to the 16 year old from st. Paul Minnesota suni lee who came in right behind her at the u.s. national championships and her teammates were kind of worried about her calming him down they don't really have to worry about that absolutely not she had a few mistakes one in the qualifying round of competition but what not to worry she's still placed second behind Simone biles qualifying into this all-around final had a mistake in the team final you know it could have been just a slight pace of nerves but I'm really looking forward to watching her out here today I think she is gonna be phenomenal hey I'll tell you suni Lee she is the second best gymnast in the entire world if she goes out there and does what she's capable of she'll get that silver medal Simone of course will get the gold but it's a race for third in my opinion first year as a senior second best gymnast in the world that's a pretty big statement right there and talk about third who else should we watch today well for me I've really been impressed with Angelina melnikova I have loved watching her she is kind of been the rock of the Russian national team really just calm and cool pretty consistent so far here in Germany that's not always been the case for her but she will definitely put up a challenge to get on that podium today another gymnast you gotta keep an eye out for is Melanie DeJesus de Santos from France she is a glorious person to watch floats on the uneven bars has so many wonderful qualities just flexible strong quick and really makes you love to watch the sport of gymnastics gonna be a great day they'll figure in but what's amazing is even those athletes say hey this is Simone biles stage we are lucky to be here competing against her and watching her during the competition so our opportunity to watch Simone biles in the women's all-around finalists World Championships continue here back inside Slayer Hall here in Stuttgart that moment when Simone biles walks out and is announced here Rondon le in attendance throughout the week cheering her on and also the other American in this women's all-around final sue Neely her first year as a senior gymnast and center state second in qualifying as we check out those names Simone of course qualified first Melanie de Jesus dos Santos and then Angelina melnikova the Yu ting team he got a replacement there and Tung Shi Jing from China that's level talk more about that but these are the needs that are gonna figure prominently in a dur while also Nelly black always from Canada and don't forget the scores all reset so nothing carries over from the qualifying everybody with a chance to make a run at the podium including suny lee who said some what's to think about much more than just competition the last couple of months it was her dad john who fell off a ladder on August 4th while helping a friend trim branches off of a tree was just a few days before she left for the US Championships that was in doubt for a while but she went had a breakout performance and placed second silver medal right behind Simone biles but her dad severely injured paralyzed from the chest down he's at a long stay in the hospital since and he has certainly been on her mind this week with more on that right now here is Andrea Joyce well Terry there have been lots of exciting moments for Team USA here in Germany but perhaps the best news all week came from st. Paul Minnesota after eight weeks in the hospital suni's dad John was released yesterday just in time to be home to watch this competition on TV I spoke to John on the phone last night and he told me that he is ecstatic and it is just awesome to be home surrounded by his family now there's lots of rehab and uncertainty ahead but what suni has done here has lifted his spirits immensely you could hear the pride and the emotion in his voice she's dedicated these championships to him and she told me after winning the team gold that he's always on her mind and while everyone is amazed by her composure John told me he is not surprised in his words she is one strong tough little girl his message for her today the same as it's always been don't worry about me just go out there and have fun Terry Andrea thank you we certainly sent out our best to an a full recovery it has been impressive to watch her focus compartmentalize and just shine at these World Championships it really hasn't take away everything else that she is dealing with coming on to a world scene her first year as a senior athlete not to mention the year before the Olympic Games has truly been remarkable I really think this is the start of her career you think about those that we've already mentioned led giusto Santos from France from Martinique Ridgely and last year sixth in the all-around at the World Championships here she is a chance for the podium tonight she definitely has a chance and you know she was not at her very best in the all-around finals in Doha if she can put it all together I mean you'll see she is just wonderful to watch it really from start to finish you know we see in Tim as you kind of talked about earlier the grace the power the beauty the artistry she really does have that whole package she's gonna do a very popular vault we'll see a bunch of them double twisting laid out your chenko gorgeous oh that was spectacular really great rebound right off the table you know she did a great job in qualifying but in the team finals France actually stumbled quite a bit they were fourth in qualification had a rough day in team finals as the sights ready to go on uneven bar so four rotations of course four apparatus and an afternoon of competition here in Germany getting underway the 25 year old who was the world bronze medalist on uneven bars in 2018 and this is really where she shines been around for a long long time crowds have been crazy here in Stuttgart beautiful combination right there [Applause] looking for handstands and that was perfect transition down to the low and right back up again really nice it's a little off on that last release until the Hansen recovered so well great start absolutely it really has been cool to see the German athletes out there receiving so much love from the audience [Applause] and this is a crowd that's true doubtful force all week I mean it was packed no matter what day of the week oh yeah at 10 o'clock in the morning exactly hundred thousand spectators expected here at these championships so you see her right here she'll go right back up to the high bar the more you connect skills together the more bonus points you get she does three of them together we'll see hopefully sunni lee who does for back-to-back-to-back-to-back zeus dos santos fourteen point six three three with that start that is a very big number not not even eight tenths of a point in deduction and you know on faulting this is the top group so they're seated all of the best athletes are right there the judges are primed to get the big scores to this rotation no question sixteen years of age st. Paul Minnesota SUNY the same vault we just saw Melanie do the double twist nicely done you know she injured had a a fracture slight fracture of her lower leg and because of that she was landing kind of awkwardly awkward with one foot slightly in front of the other she says she's a hundred percent now but still does that kind of Telegraph Telemark landing like they do in ski jumping went through the national championships with us had to deal with that the number four sites 14 866 it's a good number and you see that difficulty that is the among among the very best in the world six point four sixteen point or maximum how about that dynamic together in that group two Americans a young 16 year old who Simone biles has talked about yep I'm gonna look out for her this week you know they're competing against absolutely it goes both ways because you know SUNY looks up to Simone so much both for advice and inspiration but just being able to be there on that competition flora with with her next to hers is I'm sure huge honor for her and now the most decorated female gymnast ever and most would say probably everybody would say the greatest ever first of four and they start on vault of course you know she's gonna do the highest rated fault today the competition as a maximum score of sixteen point zero but she has a bag bag of tricks and one of them is a vials on ball which is a double twist off I don't believe she'll do that today really complicated though unbelievable really great start just as you would exactly expect you know and this is what we're gonna be talking about all day long with Simone as she does these extremely difficult skills and routines but she also does them so incredibly well everything looks so easy watch her legs look at her toes look at her knees everything's pinned together and then just one hop backwards probably going to be a three tenth hop let's take a look from this angle right here you want to make sure you do not go out of these two lines the line is in though you can land on it it's just if you go over it I had got it but one of the other views that looked very close but currently out of breath oh gosh yeah so you see that one-time deduction that penalty she did go over that line but no big deal here two Americans off to that start we go over to uneven bars and the 2018 uneven bars world champ needed dur while from Belgium the 19 year old and she is so great on this event from start to finish it doesn't stop and she'll begin with just a gigantic release skill and then after that combine a bunch of skills together right here we go here's the start of this combination that's named after her by the way right back up to the high bar beautiful [Applause] oh wow [Applause] you know what you're gonna see over and over again and we'll see some gymnasts that aren't as smooth and as great as that right there but the very best in the world they're doing the hardest skills but what they do so well is they make it look effortless this is the door while she catches it a mixed grip and then goes right back down to the low bar for being extra picky which you know the judges are doing her feet at times are just a little bit flex not they're great but that was such a great start you know the so many of these events for these athletes you have to what where they are great you have to hit and that was that event for her she wants a chance she needs to hit well and she did so over the ball Lisi Jia this happened a few moments ago fairness from China as we are underway the women's all-around final back with a home team on balance beam Sarah Voss from Germany 19 years of age a lot of things happening at these World Championships obviously medals at stake but also qualifying for the Olympic Games three teams the United States Russia and China qualified at the 2018 World Championships another nine teams from here and Germany was one of them we talked about this yesterday in the men's competition starting off on the pommel horse for the men always a little bit more nerve-wracking same thing here for the women starting off on the balance beam when you have extra adrenaline and nerves isn't always easy but she handled it extremely well and it's thought that one is out of her way very nice dismount two and a half twist just a slight little check at the end of that but I'll tell you what great to compete at home to is it at Nastia pressure as well though fun of the home crowd wasn't expecting to compete in the all-around stepped in for an injured athlete Tong chi-ching also stepped in replaced the u team team which are allowed to do as a country if that athlete is ranked higher than one of those reserves who would go the women's all-around fun OA to crowd into it and Angelina melnikova from Russia one of those top athletes in that group starting on both she has just been really so consistent all around here all week long the qualifying round the team finals no major mistakes no Falls keep that going here today she could find herself on the podium so you know it was okay in the air it was good just when she got to the landing perhaps piped her hips down a little bit and was forced to take pretty big hot back man and you know as a coach it's like you see this kind of a landing and just go just take your time waiting it out a little bit the ball it's good a little bit across feet but watching there's a slide that's a 3/10 and that right there is very suspicious to me and I'm sure the judges it well it looks like another adjustment part of that self er metal the team event for the Russians and also O'Brien uneven bars Illya Conover it appears because her coach lifted her up there that she perhaps had a fall before that where unfortunately coming in halfway through the routine due to the world's feed here a little short on that handstand as well nice dismount though double front taking the hosts broadcasters pictures images throughout the week , who was 12th and qualifying yes she really was a rock there but faltered a little bit in the team championships Russia of course came home with a silver medal behind the United States the shocker was that China finished out of the medals and Italy really got the job done it's an amazing moment when Italy looked up and saw their name up there in the third spot Serov Austin from Germany 13 eight six six and any time you get in an eight or better execution score on beam you are doing a lot of things right about the number four melnikova fourteen four three three I think it's about right you know we've seen some better ones Melanie the Santos just de hey sister Santos had the highest score I believe for that vault thus far but Tim I should mention you take a look at that execution score and it still was at a 900 or a little above and I know so that's really great just over 12 for claimable over to floor Cynthia Rodriguez from Spain 24 years of agent was 27 in qualifying the top 20 for makeit but of course you've got the two athlete for country rule and the us with grace McCallum in the top five she's not here that would have her as well [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] very nice routine not the toughest difficulty by circling performing extremely well the bonus for her she was part of the team that qualifies Spain to Tokyo 2020 and said it was the best day of her life third time trying to qualify for the Olympics and this time around is able to make it really it was a range of emotions for so many different countries for them obviously so much excitement here's a double backflip in a pike position the judges are really looking for the landing your chest up and that was great right there we'll see other athletes that will do much more difficult that's a double twist to give it a little perspective Simone biles last pass also has a double flip twist but it's got a double flip - she does a double twisting double somersault at the end which not many people can just do separately let alone at the end of their routine [Music] [Applause] athletes waiting in that area which we have yet to nade 12.6 for Rodriguez sit back down it's a more camera time over to beam now Julia Stein Gruber the 25 year old from Switzerland who has medal at the World Championships you see on fall 2017 2015 she was 15 then in the final this last year's worlds with a knee injury and really thought about hanging up her grips at that point in time so hard to deal with all of these injuries she's very well known nice combination serious she was the 2013 swiss female athlete of the year very difficult what makes that so hard as she actually does it with her legs straight a lot of gymnast will do the tucked front but she does it in a pike position a good combination mix of dance and acro [Music] it's a little shaky on every pretty much a balance check on every single skill so far for just the dismount Julius night Wilbur as we continue with the world championship Sam's to gut the moment to make quite a run for the American women in the all around the world championships nine of the last eleven gold medals in Tim six in a row unbelievable Jeff just look at that there there are a couple of course alia was stopping out one of the Great's of Vanessa Ferrari who kind of got things rolling for Italy but dominance absolute dominance and and not gonna do it yet but you could add 2019 although needed to a while on bars fifteen point two which is a highest number that we have seen throughout the week and will be at least after the opening rotation very close to Simone biles well she will be she will be judged yeah the problem Nina and everybody else will have to deal with is that Simone can get 15s on every event yep twelve point eight Stein Gruber some of the action taking place while we're away and athletes waiting for their numbers we've kind of mentioned we we really do not love this area you know it's this new thing that gymnastics I guess is now doing in figure skating it's very common first but I've never heard that term really but you know I think we're so used to going straight to whether it's your teammates or your coaches and hopefully celebrating or at least being there with them and you're kind of now is too clued it off by yourself now here in that point you're thinking as an athlete as a spectator as an observer I kind of like isolate them and get their reaction right over the floor in Brooklyn Moore's the 18 year old from Ontario Canada qualified 25th but again the 2 athlete per country rule this routine is truly spectacular just absolutely art [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Wow you know I say younger gymnast she told us that she struggled a lot with the strength and the cour aspect to the floor exercise so really focus on the choreography the grace the beauty and gosh has it paid off not gonna see her in the event finals on floor the Canadians actually made an inquiry on her score and eventually it was lowered and she missed the final absolutely and I don't know why because it she is as nasty as death just absolutely stunning she followed her older sister Victoria into the sport of gymnastics who was an incredible tumbler but what she has is just the grace me the intercourse artistic component not a lot of people can dance like her but even if they could they don't because it is so exhausting to dance like this and do all the tumbling kudos to her so one rotation in the books here and the women's all-around final it is Simone biles in the lead but here's the shock it's close and long way to go though we'll continue from Stuttgart Germany in a moment - back with a look at the standings after one rotation in the women's all-around finals simone biles on top but an excellent Rutina uneven bars for Nina Durr while Lisbeth sites and then Melanie edges suits dos Santos ahead of young teenager from Minnesota SUNY Lee Omega also figured to be in the mix and have a chance and a spot on the podium by the end of the night so this top groove started on vault over two uneven bars and Simone biles is in everything at every event this week this is the one though in which she hasn't won a gold medal and it might be the lowest number in this women's all-around final yeah it could be but she did Widow a world little last year this event a gold medal would love to do that she'll have that chance later in the week it's a busy week for Simone and she and sue Neely in that top group on uneven bars here the women's all-around photo when we come back to Stuttgart back in Germany with the second rotation now underway balance beam in le black the 24 year old from Nova Scotia who won silver in the all-around at the World Championships back in 2017 and that of course was in Montreal she decided to hang on after the Rio Olympic Games because she wanted to do a world at home it went spectacularly really since then has just he'd phenomenal has put Canada kind of on the map on the woman's side [Music] beautiful back layout and that's what she said you know when we got a chance to talk to her she said that her goal was really to do this for the next generation of Canadian young gymnasts so they can kind of watch and see this is possible to for us to be out here with some of the best in the world and you know every time you ask her a question about her own career and her successes she always brings it right back around to the team that is what she's doing it for she says as she gets older it has become more and more important for her [Applause] nice two and a half good power top 10 in qualifying she qualified 9 the effort on beam 4 le wack kicking off this second rotation she is a rock it's unbelievable just everything is planned and done with precision so decorated won the all-around at the Pan American Games this summer at the last Pan American Games won the all round and just a boatload of other metals as well nice job meanwhile over the Potomac uh Takeda from Japan 19 years of age made her debut at Worlds last year she finished 6th with the Japanese team individual finals here nice ball really clean but she's going to do a one and a half twist on this laid out flip right here really clean like I said in a pretty good landing little deep in that squat position if we're being picky as a few moments ago so we get the numbers right away 13-point most of the gymnasts we've seen have been doing a 5.4 difficulty that's if you add an extra half turn le black and even 14 and you get the total for the all-around so far [Music] - over the lead on uneven bars second rotation for this top group and she can really set herself apart move I would say right behind Simone with not a great routine for her just a typical one starts off right here huge release move right off the top right back down to the low bar oh my god you know we've watched her in podium training we've watched her in the qualifications and the team finals and I'm not gets eaten her do something like this it's just reaching far from the bar yeah never that that skill from high bar to low bar is called a Pak Salto I've never seen her miss that skill you you have to factor in though she's doing it from I would say the most difficult skill being done in the world on uneven bars an Aviva which keeps her body completely straight as she's flipping over the top bar but this is devastating for this young lady a full point walk-in deduction beautiful little short on that last handstand just the dismount right here well such a great recovery for SUNY but unfortunately that is a huge mistake right there and as I was talking about earlier for Nina that we just saw on the uneven bars this routine for SUNY right here is so critical for her to make because she has such a big advantage over so many of these other athletes she really could not afford to have such a huge mistake right there what a time for that to happen to was the best mat event at the u.s. national championships Georgia God went a moment ago from Australia here on vault [Applause] great vault great form in the air nice landing much lower difficulty than we know not even comparing to Simone of course but to a lot of the other gymnasts out here just finishing one placement away from qualifying a team so the number for Godwin and now sue Neely waits for this number and I'll tell you what at this point in time for suni to get on that podium she needs help from some of the other top competitors they got to come off an event as well she got it even 15 in qualifying and that doesn't always compare exactly to what you're going to get that's almost two points lower yeah really really is a huge error and it's just so uncharacteristic of her so from one American to the next Simone biles perhaps on our way to a fifth world all-around title with the lead after one rotation now we talked a little bit earlier about how maybe this isn't her best event but then we took a look at the scores from the qualifying round of trouble it's so close fourteen point seven three three here even bars and on balance beam 14.8 some people might get rattled they just saw their teammate kind of their younger friend stumble in probably the biggest meet of her life but not this woman right here Simone biles just incredible consistency great combinations [Applause] here we go double twisting double back the high just takes your breath away doing the toughest stuff in the world and making it look like child's play like a kid swinging on the bars in a playground unbelievable so here's that dismount Terry you said she flies so high look how much higher above the bar can't even quite tell on that angle as much as others but it is just incredible flies out to the camera Shelley does that's one of the examples of skills that she added to her repertoire after her dominating performance at the Rio Olympic Games she just keeps getting better over the beam George Avila from Italy part of that bronze medal for Italy which was such a stunner oh just being here live in this arena you could just feel the excitement and the energy and the emotion from Team Italy [Applause] hangs on super difficult combination roundup into that back Twitter fault [Music] oh my goodness a dreaded wolves turn when they do it it looks so easy but you see just about the very best in the world during a training session though they'll have a clunky one and they'll come off the beam just like she did too bad she is part of the new generation for Italy for new seniors a completely reworked team [Applause] here's that first skill that we saw roundoff back foot with the full twist little just a tiny bit off but was able to kind of save it in the air that makes it so much more difficult doing it from the ground up all right we get the score now 14 seven three three four Simone biles the exact same score that she got Lisi Chia from China only 15 years old coming in just turned 16 during the World Championships keep hitting your first world championship he qualified seven the Chinese gymnasts have just been so great on this event for years and years unfortunately struggled a little bit yeah in the team finals you ting ting there veteran actually came off the bars twice which was shocking of course China placing out of the medals in fourth waketa gun and another one right there good but not great that's for sure so we'll continue in a moment the World Championships from Germany [Music] so that routine uneven bars from Lee now the number thirteen point three six six after some problems yeah she had a lot of rough areas and that exercise so back to the uneven bars Tong she Ching from China trying to do a little better then her teammate just did she's just 16 years old this was her best event in qualifying sport uh fourteen point seven safe excuse me correct that China in the team competition had a lot of problems on this skill one more into a nice release really great stop handstand position I say I thought was good too little bit again if I'm being super picky arched back and those ants and the tab it's a beautiful double layout this now down a 14-1 six in qualifying little bit hard to the handstand but they're definitely looking for vertical position maybe a tenth of a point on each one of those nice transition right there there's that dismount so you really are looking for your hips being completely stretched and open all the way around just like she did there that was gorgeous and sticks which helps a lot so just an Gruber while we were away an effort on floor thirteen six three three four per CC where she is overall 13th and Simone biles who has the lead here and to go over to the balance beam and lobbyist Saraiva the 20 year old from rio de janeiro brazil who was eighth in the all-around at last year's worlds are in Rio I mean this is one of those fun gymnasts to watch and credits much of her success recently to your dad and his work with her unfortunately they just had a few injuries from some of their top athletes a lot of Falls and mistakes in the qualifying round which left them out of qualifying for the Olympic Games which was just devastating all of them in tears but her performance in the qualification placed her high enough to earn her own birth as an all-around gymnast to Tokyo such a crate showing at the World Championships last year in the team finals opals got onto that podium up until that last event came right down to the end and just a few mistakes at the end of it you know I think they actually were just a little shocked and surprised to define themselves in contention for a medal they've never been there before nerves got the best of them unfortunately but this routine right here for Flavia is is beautiful extremely difficult right here three elements in a row this is about as dead-on as you can be unbalanced be slight wobble there but that ring is that position in the air exactly what the judges are looking for and you see that so that's a variation of that ring lead one of the requirements is you've got to throw your head and shoulders back so you completely lose sight of the beam there's another one right there she just does it so well very daring element when she is on that beam routine it's not only is it just beautiful to watch but extremely difficult and she just does it all so well tunxi Jane okay 14 5 3 3 so much better than Lee who went right before her get a number 4 Saraiva in a moment but first over to that top group on uneven bars and Angelina melnikova will be next she was 50 in the all-around last year at the World Championships qualified 4th at the end of this final she scored slightly Ashley behind Simone in the qualifying round as a 1/10 advantage in a difficulty score over Simone and the way she gets all of that as she does things called inside stalter she'll scoot her feet in between her hands makes it much more difficult [Music] once again watch right here in between our hands very difficult she doesn't rotate that the way I would want her to do you know it's almost like she's waiting for the ball boy struggle there she seems to do that kind of on every single land they almost just want to hurry up and turn to the judges to avoid any extra stabs or jumps you know and she got through that the first half the routine was was beautiful unfortunately a few hesitations and here's that release move Tim you were talking about you really want to try to get your shoulders rotated over the bar a little bit quicker and rotate it yeah you want to bring your arms to the bar the bar comes to her arms you got to grab the bar dismount full twisting double back part of that silver medal for the Russian women but how about the Russian MANET what they've been able to accomplish in a gold medal and taken down China it was electric in here laughs love it I'll tell you you know we showed a graphic to they had never won as Russia as Russia Saraiva 14:03 three 13.7 day one so back to balance beam Elizabeth sights from Germany till do a very popular but really tricky mountain it's a leap off of the Baltic board called the switch leap makes it look easy [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] great fight there she was pretty often disguised it well these dance elements that we see just like that maybe don't look as hard as some of the tumbling skills back orange-y balanced beaten they're they're pretty tricky yeah if I was coaching a gymnast on beam I don't think I would ever allow them huh no I would but I'd say I really don't like that double turn it's just too risky right there with you [Music] [Applause] seems to me like everything's risky I be sites have got her family and friends here [Applause] watching her mention all those surgeries he said through the years since competing at her first World Championships back in 2009 but also said every year idea would probably be with my feet it's just never-ending yeah you know and the older you get it just it just wears you down there I don't think there's an athlete male or female here that isn't playing with some pain get the number there she's 25 and seek melnikov is number thirteen point nine sex is 25th that's not ancient when mitchum past exceed been around a while and that's long years well before I sign I choose to beat that came tippy 25-watt agent Bellamy digit Suze dos Santos part of that top groove and a top three qualifier uneven bars she's typically great on this event big release my gosh Wow this is pretty amazing we've seen a number of the top contenders completely fall Sooni a little before on uneven bars and now this what's that do dia nasty is so early in this routine well if you really just want to start over and obviously unfortunately you can't it's tough to get back up there you only have 30 seconds to get up Oh Martin again word Wow and you know that one right there though I would say that she probably was just so upset with missing the release earlier this is challenging but both hands were on the bars and maybe just was thinking either what happened earlier or what was coming down the pike in two Falls two full points plus points [Applause] fortunately we'll knock her chances off the podium 100% great dismount when she is able to hit four routines and one day so that image of the other gymnast - watching that it just couldn't believe it the doors open you know she really had such a great chance to get on that podium second third place behind Simone of course yes she was so close last year it and didn't do her absolute best but sights thirteen point two three three as we continue here mounted out the second rotation of for that opening vault from Simone biles she leads the way here in Stuttgart at the World Championships back here at the world Gymnastics Championships Terry Gannon Nastia Liukin Tim Daggett and Andrea Joyce and oh by the way Simone biles has accomplished a few things in her career at the world's most decorated female gymnasts in history with 21 medals got a chance to be the most decorated overall but only sharp Oh win 23 I'd be shocked if he doesn't do that 15 gold medals after that team gold so the top group over to the balance beam that's where we'll see Simone biles next do we see the biles dismount I think she's so angry I know she's so angry because they really did a major injustice if you do a full twisting double back and you add a full to it the logic of the rulebook says that it should be three tenths more they gave it only one-tenth more citing that it was a a danger factor for other gymnast so that kind of answer your question it's almost not worth it okay you know because it's so difficult especially at the end of your routine and if you're only gaining one tenth of a point which you know to be honest taking a look at the standings she doesn't even need that she did it once she got it named after hurts now forever in the coda points about in the beam final the beam final shape might do it baby but you know what she said coming into these World Championships she wasn't really worried about the titles and and the medals what she wanted was to put her name on the sport and she said she was most excited about getting to more Skills named after them after these Championships it'll become official but she now has four skills that will bear the biles name hungry look at that more than appoint the lead right now so she has extended that lead remember it was went 3-1 hundreds of a point she I hope she proved us wrong it does it because it is just so phenomenal to watch that skill the athlete in her might just say you know what I'm gonna go out there and I'm gonna do this we'll see what she did it in the qualification and that's where she got it officially it'll be named after her then she did not do it in the team championships all right how about Melanie did jisoo's dos Santos what what must be going through her mind as she goes to beam now just devastation you know she coming into this competition she did so well in the qualifying ended up in third place behind Simone and SUNY and now finds herself by the 16th place so this is warm-ups and that skill right there is where she has fallen two times at these World Championships so here's that qualifying round of competition two back handsprings into a back layout tries to save it was it able to do it just a few days later goes up in the team finals the exact the same skill off and like I said just moments ago in the warm-up fell off and the thing that's so bad about it I believe every time she fell up she fell to the same side which means that there's really kind of something funky going on if I'm coaching her I tell her you fall to the other side this next what I was just about to say do everything in your power to go the other way it's getting you caught up Ajay's justo Santos 11933 almost three points lower than our qualifying on uneven bars so to beam and the third rotation as we get set me for Simone biles [Applause] talk about how difficult at dismount a is at the end but really all the way up until that moment this routine is spectacular I agree Nastya but I think it's easy for her and I mean seriously big test here three in a row how can that be easy for anyone it it is for her the long while she was doing a skill called a po Rani which is a front flip with a half turn she struggled on that quite a bit started doing it after she came back from her I ATIS after the real Olympic Games and quickly took it out of the routine so here we go does she do it I hope so cuz I'm a fan to flip-flops to a double-double no just the fall and we may never see it again Terry the MIT dinner such a rock oh don't say that too bad I know don't go there one tenth that is just absolutely as nasty as said it's not worth it right over the floor as we wait for that number and the athlete in second needed er a while more than a point the difference between first and second vials but she has done a tremendous job she has long been known as an uneven bar specialist but she wants to be taken seriously in the all-around stage as well you everything but air guitar [Applause] very nice job you know about as well as she can do it she's not a powerhouse leg gymnast and unfortunately after this event she'll go to the vault where again not quite her strongest event started off so strong on the uneven bars where we'll see her later this week and the event finals as well as she goes for another gold there her opening tumbling pass a double backflip so again not as difficult we will see Simone do that same double backflip and just after he twists to it easy as that nice combination tumbling past though does it well has a good landing but Tim as you mentioned you know she really has never been considered and all-around gymnast so to find herself sitting in second place must be amazing for her 14 6 and change what do you think of that number well I think was about right she actually had a couple of little hiccups throughout and her dismount surprisingly wasn't great even though she didn't do you know the double-double it was great but not by Simone biles standards Lisi Jia from China now on beam [Music] fraid extent oh my goodness trying to connect it into that back handspring just rushed a little bit the Chinese do so many things well unbalance me really tricky here that was awesome handspring front he saw a teammate of her struggle on that in the team competition [Applause] we find a little interesting when she goes for her leap elements right here it almost looks like her eye level is way past the beam looking almost into the crowd normally you kind of look down on the beam yeah that's why Elizabeth I don't think I've ever seen or noticed that with anybody else [Music] [Music] well [Music] third rotation underway Simone biles any of these athletes will be heading there next year trying to win a world title though right now engine you think about the standings in Simone biles solidly in first place but after that it's pretty wide open it isn't there's a whole bunch of gymnast that are in contention thirteen seven Lisi Jia Nina der Waal has been in second through the rotations but that difference between first and second has widened and a number of people with what they have left have a chance it'll widen some more Terry yep tunxi Ching from China really tricky mount gorgeous now they're very hard element she'll repeat it but all on the beam beautiful Oh a lot of gymnasts attempt that but very few do it as well as the Chinese keeping their body board straight many people close their hips makes it much easier not the Chinese Oh a little bit of an error such a simple I know scale just back handspring I was just about to say I am so looking forward to a perfectly hit balance beam routine here the entire Chinese delegation they can take your breath away on this event when they do it's almost like every single element when they hit it perfectly it it's like it should be the tutorial for each of those skills it is just technically so precise and beautiful [Applause] it was ok the dismount you know it's a they changed the rule recently you're allowed to do a double skill that gives you three tenths of a point it's just a little too easy and the thing that kind of makes me burn a little bit it's the easiest thing she did in her routine is she took a big step on it there's those ring leaps that we were talking about earlier from Flavia good to see some smiles after a tough team finals competition for China teenage enthusiasm coming out at the end of that but the mores from Canada over on uneven bars next [Music] struggle it a little bit on this event earlier in the week I don't like separation there on that Pak Salto none of the elements are put together one after another she's capable of doing some of them but not quite comfortable at this point in time you no you don't see that very often anymore and that was a great routine but Brooklyn you know not as difficult as so many of these other athletes on the uneven bars we see that release move see her trying to spot that bar to catch it so just for some perspective her maximum score in qualifying was a 15 0 Nina derp while 16.5 and Simone I believe right around the six six point two maybe [Applause] how different the lights are we've talked a little bit about it but the athletes have commented when you walk it's a theatrical lighting situation here and it has made things difficult for some Adam oh yeah some of the athletes have told us but they really do not like it especially on events like the balance beam you can actually sometimes see your shadow a few feet away from it for the beam and I can really throw you off even right here in that image you see the shadow of the beam on both sides he'll make of a one of those who certainly has a chance to be on that podium wasn't as perfect as she could have been on the last event uneven bars but certainly good enough to keep her in this race bit of a delay as they wait for that number [Music] multiple numbers as a matter of fact I'll Nick up awaits on beam to get started 13 2 6 6 so as as Timmy were mentioning you see that difficulty score of 4.9 Simone has a 6.2 so I think I just heard them say that an inquiry was put in for this score they thought that the starting score was too low and I believe they have raised it I don't know if it's official yet it could be a risky thing because they have lowered some after inquiries as well they lowered for Brooklyn Moore's on floor and they lowered for Cara acre on beam the really sad thing was Cara Acre had already qualified for the beam finals when they inquired they lowered it by 4 tenths from 5-8 to 5 4 knocked her out I think the most unfortunate part of that was she was in the beam final as you mentioned and they were the last subdivision to go they could have not done that and she would have found herself in the final two the comparison between the two at the top of the standings and Simone extending that leaf and she'll do that even more so on the final event floor for her it's amazing I mean there's so many amazing things about her but she steps away for a year and a half comes back do you think that she's even a little surprised that she has continued to get better and do new things not just hold it at that level well I think it knots you know something that she told us was even these two new elements that she did here for the first time a triple twisting double back on Florida a double twisting double back on B when her coach Laura line told her that you are gonna compete these skills or at least try them she goes are you kidding no chance I can do them and here she is doing them here on a world stage that was the end of that uneven bar routine for the only Visser there at the end but I you know so many 22 is not Heejun obviously but again goes back she feels she often says I'm getting old I've been around a while to hold it at a certain level is a big challenge for most athletes she keeps taking it beyond that yeah but she did say that it's 99 percent for sure that this will be her last World Championships ever I don't know if it's gonna be a reality but that's her plan at at this point go to Tokyo meanwhile Alice can sell a few moments ago from England qualified 15th [Applause] a good fall but really not the same rebound an explosion off the table we've seen from some of the other gymnasts just doesn't have as good of a body position when her arms reach back to the table instead of maintaining an open shoulder angle she actually pulls her arms down which lowers her center of gravity 14 266 fellows competed at the last couple of World Championships has it made it to the event finals dong Shi Jing 14.6 her number and smiles all around there Angelina don't think about you know in this school the surge would have just been taking really forever this entire week feels like she's been waiting there an hour and a half and that's the worst feeling in the world especially on the balance beam you're already so nervous I just want to get up there on the beam and beam is where all of the major conferences have occurred [Applause] [Music] really nice pretty much a carbon-copy she did that in the team finals might get her shoulders all the way around not full twisting back handspring now she also struggles with this wolf term asara training one day and she was exasperated in recent years she has really struggled to get the scores that she thought she deserved she used to do a lot of those ring Leafs where you'd have to throw your head and your shoulders back in every competition the judges were saying no not good enough she we reworked the routine it's a much better one for her and that was a great routine [Applause] at an important time exactly well to get through balance mean that that's big nice double pike somersault good open of the body a little bit bent over but my book that should be no deduction at all now over to floor where that top group will go next for the final rotation but we see Flavia Saraiva from Rio she has a wild mouth a double laid out somersault is really difficult to do but watch the skill immediately prior to it should instead of do a back handspring she'll do what's called a whip back so it's a flip in the air to a double laid out somersault right here [Applause] [Music] stays in balance there [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] can't help but smile affectionately no back home as lavinia small stature she's grown since the Rio games though always really been a fan favorite to starting and even before Rio but in Rio the crowd of course that whole crowd went so wild for her there's that pass I was talking about to do a whip back in front of that double somersault in a stretch position just a small error here very much a veteran right there she may look little but she's a pro she could have easily put that foot back down and it would have been out of bounds just great to see her having such a a great day after qualifying to the Olympic Games as a team I'm a leak of an even 14 so overall behind derp while tongue cg who is replacement here in this all around with high numbers Saraiva that's amazing she is in second position and she was an add-on right yeah I mean not expecting to be there talking about GG and tong a late add-on for replacement withdrawal a teammate Elizabeth sites now floor exercise but it is Simone biles with that leads to obviously there's a 1.3 and change-o crowd get ready for this this is another one of her best events very powerful vaulter also shows that off extremely well on floor speaking of which that's where Simone biles will be next and she might only have a 1.3 lead but when you compare her last event floor exercise to the rest of the field it'll greatly increase I don't know was that I think Timmy maybe mention this a little bit with the dismount she did I mean don't get me wrong it was still great because it was of course performed by Simone biles but it just wasn't as high it's the rotation in the air she just seemed like she wasn't as comfortable the landing not as great as we've seen her do so a little too high yeah a little further off to the side and typically is also which really limits the power as well 13/9 a change for Saraiva she tries to better her 8th place last year currently in seventh and now his crowd here in Germany get ready for Elizabeth sights [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so routine the crowd was looking forward to they loved it coaches did too [Applause] then sometime this week here in Germany packed house throughout the qualifying and the actual women's team men's team and now this all around you got Oktoberfest going on right now - it is packed around these areas nice tumbling run there an Arabian doubled front trouble back in a pike position really I don't know if I really ever competed in a big competition like this on on home turf did you Tim well kind of for me I went to school at UCLA and yeah the 84 Olympics were there so yeah I guess I guess yes yeah it was fine they're qualified the Olympics won a competition thirteen three or four sites [Music] it is an interesting dynamic though cos you you get excited but you do feel a lot of pressure they're counting on you and they can cheer loud or they can go the other way team sports I played one of them if you go on the road sometimes you feel less pressure and more motivated to silence the crowd back to SUNY League at the end of that's not Lisa G that in the suit Ely and she did stay up remember the problems she had that we showed you earlier so there wasn't a fall this time around yeah I'm so happy that that worked out for her because she actually does that element really well the reason she sometimes falls on is because she's so aggressive and really bounces over the floor and Ellie black really difficult first and second tumbling runs both combinations [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] she says occasionally people will ask her you still going you've done so much in gymnastics she says I've got a passion for it I love the sport why would I stop combination pass right here front full to a triple twist what the judges are looking for making sure your feet get all the way around three complete rotations and then another tricky one two and a half twisting layout into a double pike very hard to fit all of that into one 44 540 area so as we take you to break can report SUNY Lee's score on being 30 back with a look at the standings going into the final rotation so Simone biles expected to wrap this up look at the fight for second and third place a replacement here in the all-around Tong Xu Jie what's supposed to be here in for looting team and she might win the silver needed dur while trying to give Belgium their first women's world all around that melnikova factored in from the start she's right there and Sue Neely little more than a point from the podium right now guys yeah but you know Angelina melnikova she actually goes to an event where she can get a pretty big number whereas both of the Chinese were in the low twelves in qualification so that top group will be on floor in its Li XI gia from China who will go first [Music] very close the line is in on floor so no deduction [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] wellas performed very well the only thing it lacks is the bigger tumbling that brings in the higher maximum potential score she scored only a twelve point six in the qualifying and had a max score of 14.5 simone biles max score on floor exercise 16 points you're gonna keep doing this it's just you know both of the Chinese have done a phenomenal job but they're going to their weakest event and some of the other athletes Angelina melnikova she's going to an event where she can get a 14 she can't yep you've got another gymnast from China coming up next and it's the person I mentioned a moment ago Chung Shi Jing who has a chance remarkably to step in as a replacement in metal but really so far for both of the gymnast from China a great day of competition just so much better than we saw in the team final it was uncharacteristic really the faults that we saw China has been seeing you know just so tremendous for decades on bars and beam and that's where they faltered it was shocking to see it all unfold I had China second to the US before the competition began and they didn't need to get a medal for behind it'll last world medal and the women's all-around for China was back in 2011 so it's been a while there another thing about this as it comes down to the front on you look at the standings to be the first time Simone biles wins the all-around without another American on a podium and that really that's a shocking thing for me but especially how it is panned out you know with suni leaf falling on an event she's Pristina saw the number for Li and now Tong Shi Jing the 16 year old with a great opportunity it comes down to this what she does on floor in second place after three rotations [Applause] you for this young lady of great competition as we mentioned over and over again she is a replacement athlete you got to go back in time to 1992 tatyana jutsu from the unified team at that point in time replaced Rosa and Gally Ava and ended up winning the gold over Shannon Mellon who I mentioned and Miller who I thought should have won you know won't happen here today / Simone biles but she can certainly find herself on the podium in the qualifying round as you mentioned to him a little bit of a lower score had only a 12 when eaten six six [Music] sites over on bald meanwhile [Music] that's why you hear this from the crowd she deserves it hearing it again they've gotten used to doing that coming down to the final athletes the top ones looking for medals here at the World Championships back on floor and Jelena melnikova looking for a medal Chun Shi Jing 13.6 the number for that for routine a moment ago [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] she would need a big number fourteen point five six seven passed on she G yes she scored a fourteen point one in qualifying and that is it very tall number that's a Simone biles yeah like number will see and I'm likely though over to le black on vault oh boy and that is a new reaching down as if she's injured she typically does involve it lands facing forwards when you do a fault that is facing towards the table your ankles can take a huge shot this is upgraded from what we saw yeah very low Landing them I feel her pain a Felton I know you have to Nastya many times a lot of forces going into the ground carried off help talk now that's too bad yeah mainstay on that team and the leader as melnikov weights and stares at that screen waiting so while 14.0 6/6 so she's not gonna catch tong Shi Jing but solidly into second place and remember Simone biles still to come so this is the gold medals one thing but the metal situation certainly up for grabs here now winning an all-around metal that is a gigantic accomplishment it's really what everybody starts out as you do have some athletes that later on in life decide to specialize in a place but le black the number as she fights back tears into third at this point meanwhile needed or a while was less than seven tenths of a point behind at function eg she needs thirteen point nine six seven to go into podium position passing melnikova her maximum starting score though is very low it's in fourteen point six most of the other athletes are doing much higher vaults than this [Applause] oh and a big big hop so most likely won't make that podium but as we mentioned earlier and that uneven bar a team that we saw from the start was just so great and she is going to try to win another gold medal in that event later this week but just what a great day for her unbelievable timing herself in second place halfway through the all-around competition never once really considered in all-around gymnast be in a position to do what Belgium has it done no women's all-around world medal they've got of men's but that was back in 1905 nice body position just doesn't have the dynamics the power that's necessary now is it your chinko with a full twist we've seen a lot of double bulls we've seen other bolts that start as high as six zero in this competition remember what she needs thirteen point nine six seven to pass melnikova the way they've been judging at this world there's no way they're going to give it that no 13-6 but that's a great score a 9.0 execution huge hot back on that landing and she's got to be happy with the way that she finished four strong events need to be okay it's a formality we we put it up there because you always do it officially but Simone biles at some point it's not about the numbers or even the titles it is about watching and enjoying and admiring what she does out here and you know her coach Laurent Landy he has said right from the beginning when he started coaching her after her hiatus that she competes with only one person in the world and that's the greatest of all time herself soon dealing with the 14.9 6-8 to get on the podium that's higher than Simone biles qualifying scores so unlikely I [Applause] only got a 14 point two in the qualifying round just so disappointing after that fall on the uneven bars but recovered so well unfortunately we didn't see the whole routine on the balance beam but as we were told made that skill that she fell on twice already here in Germany and made the whole routine saw the dismount we did casters images here so sue Neely as you heard from Andrea her dad out of the hospital and watching back at home and we send our best to him his recovery the entire family paying attention to what she's doing here in Stuttgart it comes down it is on floor for her not impossible but highly improbable has a maximum starting score of fifteen point seven she'll have to do the routine of a lifetime [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] well what a great regime you know that she is just going back to that water routine wishing she could redo it but I'll tell you I think that's the best I've ever seen her look double twisting double beautiful double layup just really great stuff and what an emergence their first year is a senior gymnast in here among the best in the world has all the ingredients quick and cat-like in the air on that double-double watch this double layout keeps her body nice and extended pretty good body position as she lands you see him on beam you they also have a lot of value on floor I think I say this every single time around not my favorite skills but as you said Tim it's it's worth so much it's it's hard for some Bradley's not to do that skill but you know what a great week so far for her multiple mistakes here but overall her first World Championships her first year as a senior you have to think that she's now looking ahead obviously the uneven bar finals but also next year the Olympic Games now just gaining the experience that she got here in the seventh place and it's a clean slate the floor is hers the stage belongs to Simone biles come see Jeanne look at that in first place at the moment now nickimja right behind in what would be the bronze medal position she caught last year at World Championships that experienced a disaster even hoser largest margin of victory this could surpass it the scores have so far and she won a medal in every single event six of them in Doha per mu the new one the vials - on floor triple twisting double right here [Applause] that's the other vials [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] while she's got another one that's for sure she may only be four foot eight but here on this stage what the entire world she stands taller than or ever will gotten used to that celebratory kiss and eventually the hugs for been funny else on her way to a all-around title unbelievable I mean her mouth this is that triple double one of two vile skills on floor just has way too much power on it has a 3/10 step back and both feet out of bounds so that'll be another 3/10 it's just incredible though she does the hardest stuff in the world harder than anybody else can do and she has overpowered almost every single one of the passes it's mind-blowing tonight dismount the double twisting double back I think I said this earlier now many people can do this just by itself at the end of it is not has too much power goes how to bounce again there aren't many moments like that coming down to the final athlete everybody watching every gymnast standing and watching not sitting but standing as Simone biles takes that stage of you I don't think this is going to be a gigantic number by her standards but it certainly will be enough to bring home that title 14.4 58.92 point run the margin just keeps growing that margin and it could have been a lot bigger her 16 world championship gold medal 22nd world medal one point in time the all-time record man old woman already the most decorated female gymnast everybody in all including the sixteen year old so the final standing Simone biles wins the gold medal once again Tom she Ching how about that stepping in as a replacement and winning the silver and Angelina melnikova able to capture the bronze medal guys ya know a great competition I'm really happy for tank she was able to go out and kind of redeem China after falling off the podium it's a fourth place in the team Sunni Lee ending up in eighth place so the largest margin of victory under the current scoring system two point one for Simone biles take it all in and we're gonna have a chance to watch her throughout the week as a matter of fact she is not done yet but cements all-around final tomorrow Olympic channel and then NBCSN and the apparatus finals kick in Saturday team and all-around finals on Saturday on NBC could check that out but it's taking place in what will take place take you all the way through Sunday that final day here at the world Gymnastics Championships simone miles a gold medalist once again the women's all-around final in the books back with you tomorrow once again for the men's all-around 5 tomorrow morning 10:00 a.m. on Olympic Channel all on Team USA till then for Nastia Liukin Tim Daggett and Andrea Joyce I'm Terry Gannon so on for now everybody Bob stood guard Germany [Music]

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