Most everyone, including me predicted that the U.S. would have Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Weiber competing in the all around competition this Olympics. But the first night of competition took a surprising twist. To begin the night all the U.S. women did well in the team preliminary competition especially on the vault where they pretty much blew away all the other teams. As the night went on Gabby and Jordan were in position to take the two all around spots for the U.S. then on the team’s last rotation the floor exercise Aly Raisman who won bronze on this event at World’s pulled a giant score of 15.325 pulling in front of both her team mates taking the first spot for the all around followed by Gabby eliminating Jordyn from qualifying. Such a huge shock considering Jordyn was expected to take gold in the all around competition. While heartbreaking for Jordyn this could really open the door for Aly to step up and win a major gold for the U.S.
Here are the top 8 teams and their qualifying scores that advance to the team finals in the Women’s Gymnastics Preliminary results:
1. United States 181.863
2. Russia 180.429
3. China 176.637
4. Romania 176.264
5. Great Britain 170.656
6. Japan 170.196
7. Italy 168.397
8. Canada 167.696
Each country sends it’s two highest scorers to the all around. Here are the top 3 of preliminaries:
1. Victoria Komova Russia 60.632
2. Aly Raisman USA 60.391
3. Gabby Douglas USA 60.265
8 qualify for vault finals; here are the top 3 of preliminaries:
1. McKayla Maroney USA 15.800
2. Sandra Raluca Izbasa Romania 15.316
3. Maria Paseka Russia 15.049
8 qualify for uneven bars; here are the top 3 of the preliminaries:
1. Elizabeth Tweddle Great Britian 16.133
2. Kexin He China 15.966
3. Victoria Komova Russia 15.833
8 qualify for balance beam; here are the top 3 of preliminaries:
1. Lu Sui China 15.400
2. Victoria Komova Russia 15.266
3. Gabrielle Douglas USA 15.266
8 qualify for floor; here are the top 3 of preliminaries:
1. Aly Raisman USA 15.325
2. Sandra Raluca Izbasa Romania 15.066
3. Vanessa Ferrari Italy 14.900
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