World Championships Team Final

GO USA

Even though the field was weak and USA pretty much had this in the bag, it's still exciting to see them win! I watched the live stream on Universal Sports and was pleasantly surprised to hear the BBC commentators. They showed all of the countries competing in the final, which I liked. The didn't show Simone on vault (of all people!), Kocian on bars or Baumann and Biles on beam. So I watched those routines on USA gym's youtube channel. Kyla looked good today, her floor routine didn't look as exhausting and she had a nice clean bar set. Her beam and vault could have been cleaner.

Simone had a rough time on beam as well but she had an amazing vault and great floor routine as always. Kocian's bars were normal for her. Locklear did a great job. Skinner was Skinner. Baumann managed beam. There always seems to be a lot more wobbles in big comps.

Other countries: China had a fall on bars and floor. I think it was Shang on bars, I heard she was sick. I understand them wanting to rest Yao Jinan for the AA but they lost quite a few points. Still, I don't know if they could have challenges the US with their low difficulty on floor. They really do have hte loveliest bar sets. Such awesome form and position. Their worst bar worker on this team is better than our best.

Romania didn't get shown much, but Lordache looked solid. I hope she places in the AA

Britain looked good but I find a lot of their gymnastics to be dull. I do LOVE Gabriella Jupp's floor routine. Break dancing is always a good thing. Always.

Ferrari was the only Italian shown, she looked strong and confident on beam but it wasn't perfect. Her floor routine was solid.

All in all, it was a nice win for the US and it really does show how shallow the field is right now. Our worlds team is probably one of the weakest we've sent in awhile (minus Simone/Wonderwoman) and a lot of the girls are on by default. Still, we managed a gold!