User blog:Emily & Gym Fan/2021 olympics QF recap

Most of you Americans either missed quals entirely or got zero sleep in order to see Simone Biles shine. Here's a little overview of the competition:


 * Team USA didn’t play their a game. And no, this doesn’t mean Simone biles fell on beam again. On floor, the US was ridiculously underscored & started behind ROC. On vault, they had terrific results. But on bars, they did okay, tho Jordan Chiles has a mistake. Beam was a different story. Chiles fell, and Biles overrotated on her dismount & took a bunch of steps back.
 * Belgium made it to the team final in 5th place. A shockeroony indeed. Nina placed 0.166 ahead of Suni Lee on bars, & was the top qualifier. Canada & the Dutch struggled a bit & landed out of the final, while Spain didn’t make the final, unsurprisingly. Japan had a few struggles but still managed to hang on. Spain was the lowest scoring team, but I wouldn’t say they did the worst.
 * All around was just crazy. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade beat Suni, Biles was the top score- man, I can’t even talk about how hectic it was. Lowest score was Raegan Rutty of Cayman (39.615)
 * Vault finals was just as insane. Myk Skinner was edged out by Jade Carey, Andrade was in 3rd, and Mexican Alexa Moreno also qualified. Steingruber unfortunately didn’t make it, neither did Chuso. The lowest score was from Azerbaijan's Marina Nekrasova (12.666)
 * Bars gymnasts Sunisa Lee & Nina Derwael are in close quarters. Nina scored 0.166 above Suni, but Sunisa missed a connection in quals. So it’s not all doom & gloom. Biles barely made it in, tied with Melanie DJ Dos Santos of France. The lowest scores here was Danusia Francis (Jamaica) with a 3.033 & Caymanian Raegan Rutty (8.566)
 * Beam was just insane. The Chinese are going to challenge Biles, who scored almost a full point below after taking several steps on her dismount. NBC said that it was a full point, meaning that she could make a comeback. Lee qualified in 3rd after a great performance. Larisa Iordache of Romania made it in 4th, but due to an ankle injury, her status is up in the air right now. Besides Cayman, the lowest score was from SA gymnast Naveen Daries (8.933)
 * Finally, floor. Vanessa Ferrari was the top qualifier, but Simone went out of bounds. Rebeca Andrade will likely be Ferrari’s biggest nemesis. Can we give this Italian a medal for beating the GOAT in qualifications? Lowest score was by Chilean Simone Castro (10.233).