The judges seem to like her BB and FX well enough, but low scores on V and UB could (and should) keep her off the podium.
I love Sandra, but I have to agree. Her bars and vault are yucky. Even on beam, she's a got a lot of bent knees, which sort of ruins it for me. But I can't be too hard on her for that, because she is so tall.
I'm really interested to see how floor will go for her though. Hopefully she can clean it up.
For her to win gold? No, unless a disaster of sydney-esque proportions occurs.
For bronze, maybe? More difficulty on UB, form everywhere else.
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i never thought she had a chance at an aa medal, though i guess with it being the year after the olympics she had chance...but did she even end up competing at worlds? i don't rembember seeing her...
i never thought she had a chance at an aa medal, though i guess with it being the year after the olympics she had chance...but did she even end up competing at worlds? i don't rembember seeing her...
she had a really bad injury a few weeks, if not days before podium training
I sitll don't think she could've challanged for more than maybe bronze or silver on fx
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If it weren't for her injury, I think she could have started off from a 6 or 6.1 value, but then of course since we didn't get to see her, it's hard to know what routine she was going for:
Piked full-in (E)
Tucked full-in (E)
Triple spin (C) ... or double L turn?? (D)
2.5 twist punch front full (D + C + 0.2 CV)
Gogean (D)
Tour jete half (D)
Triple twist (E)
3.3 + 0.2 + 2.5 = 6.0 or 6.1 if she could upgrade her spin, but judging by the quality of her leaps, I think it's fair to assume she could do those 2 D leaps like Tweddle... Who incidently had a 6.1 in EF... I think Izbasa would have been a contender for gold
If it weren't for her injury, I think she could have started off from a 6 or 6.1 value, but then of course since we didn't get to see her, it's hard to know what routine she was going for:
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3.3 + 0.2 + 2.5 = 6.0 or 6.1 if she could upgrade her spin, but judging by the quality of her leaps, I think it's fair to assume she could do those 2 D leaps like Tweddle... Who incidently had a 6.1 in EF... I think Izbasa would have been a contender for gold
I read that she was actually preparing a 6.3 routine for 2009 Worlds.
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