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Here comes Kelley Holmes... crowd are on their feet.

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Olympic champion. Rebecca Adlington is bringing it home for Great

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Great Britain kept the gold medal! Yes, yes! What a performance.

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Dazzling. Intense. Flashy. Colourful. Truly unforgettable. And

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Welcome to Tokyo, the host of the World Gymnastics Championships.

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Last night it was the stage for a dramatic pommel horse performance

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and Great Britain's Louis Smith was in the spotlight. Anything can

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happen on pommel horse. There was almost a feeling of all or nothing

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here. As far as difficult is and he lost it in the very last bit.

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That was a huge shame. We will it be enough? We will have to wait and

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see it. He keeps his cool. Tommasone goes ahead of Smith.

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lad will challenge. What is the pressure like out there? It seems

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the key in this final is stay on! This is the man that can stand in

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the way of Louis Smith. Krisztian Berki or, world pommel horse

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Louis Smith deserves a gold medal for ever but I'm sure he's happy

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with a bronze. More vibrant gymnastics to come. The men will be

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hitting the roof with the vault. The girls will balance on the beam.

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The men will finish up around the bars. But there is one other final

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that Great Britain will be very interested in because it includes

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Beth will be in motion later on but we will start today's apparatus

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be a master of speed, co-ordination and elegance. The margins are high.

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Get it right and you will soar like an eagle. Get it wrong and there is

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nowhere to hide. So the top three from last year's World

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Championships are all in this vault final, including the current world

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and European champion from France. There is one athlete who is not

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involved in this as he was injured yesterday. The current world

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champion, current European vault champion. Highest qualifier here.

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You can see the chalk on the shins. Those legs will be grabbed and

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the look on his feet every time! That is going to take an awful lot

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of beating. I have seen him do that a dozen times in the last month and

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he stuck it every time. Absolutely massive. Another chance to see it

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here. I thought he had almost left the half-turn too late that he

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hadn't. He timed it perfectly and brought his feet either side of the

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white line. The great thing about this landing is you can see him

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spotting the floor. As long as you have got the height you can time it

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perfectly. 16.666! A difficulty of seven. A huge score for the current

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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around nice and easy but how do you make the balance between squeezing

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in the double pike and baking the M landing. He almost put in too much

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rotation there. He did fabulously whelp not to sit that out. He pulls

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it in and he lambs with his hips behind his feet. Really had to

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react quickly to take those steps back. They will be costly but not

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as costly as the one hole mark he would have lost had he sat down.

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His chest he is down. About 0.8? Easily. But didn't he wrestle

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against it? The highest qualifier scores 16.187, with the two vaults.

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enough to know what he has to do. And that is enough to start with. A

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double pike with a start. Just mentally rehearsing this second

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vault. It is going to be a seven as land dead because he was coming

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down well. The judges will certainly not have any deductions

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for height or leather. -- the length. 16.333. Just a little bit

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down on the score of the Frenchman round. It almost looks like a side

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Somerset at -- side somersault at one point but then he got it round.

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He has got his own stamp on the technique. So he will rot -- not

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lose marks even though he turns? think what he will lose marks for

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rolls it round, almost as a sort of side somersault, and he will lose

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four that extension before he lambs. Mind boggling, that rotation. He

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has gone into the lead, with a score of 16.366! 0.179 ahead of the

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finals. I have just noticed this is Fabulous. The straight shape, three

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twists. Quite remarkable vaulting. And he is only about 18, isn't he?

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the angle out. Really tight. This any vault ever, 7.4? Yes,

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it. He is going for day seven. So far day seven is the easiest vault

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we have seen -- is the most difficult bowled we have seen but

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Surely he has done enough for gold. He changed the approach this time,

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which he has to do, but that same because he can twist both

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directions. He is great in both of them. Fabulous. Put your gold medal

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in your pocket now, young man! is in second. There is confirmation.

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Metropolitan arena. As Okiguchi is introduced. He is the second

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highest qualifier in this Wild vault as we have just seen. Not

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quite as clean, I don't think. Depends how the judges see it but

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just a little bit of a cross of the legs, especially in that last twist.

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Fantastic work, though. You are right, Mitch, the Bar has been

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on he needs to score another 16.187 to get into the medals and knock

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the world champion from last yet of somersault. It is good. Is it good

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enough? I do not think so. He took a pace to that Syed and the judging

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has been very good. -- he took a pace to decide. Plenty of attack. I

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follow the gymnast that did the same vault with an extra half twist.

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Whereas this is not commonplace, it position. There is your new world

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champion, Yang of Korea. What a performance from him. Confirmation

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of the men's vault final. We wondered how this would go, last

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year's world champion going first, he finished in 4th place. This was

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the hardest difficulty we have ever two female stars of this - Victoria

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Komova and Jordyn Wieber, and it is fair to say they have had a ding-

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dong battle so far. This is an absolute ruler. What a cracking

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see what Victoria Komova can do. She has won it, what a final this

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has been. That was impressive, beautifully done again. Just like

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that. Victoria Komova, gold at last. This is the start list for the

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championships. What can she do? qualification she was one of two

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gymnasts who had difficulty score of 6.4, the highest. This is one of

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the reasons why - watch this. That was enormously difficult. This is

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another very big series. She has to be dead in line for the straight

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back somersault, body beautiful it those two elements. She doesn't

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have to, but she gets a bonus if she does. She performed that well.

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It was a little wobbly in the previous competitions. You saw her

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head go right back, her foot touching their head. That is one of

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the most difficult elements. Now she just has to watch her feet come

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down to the beam, left up high, and in slow-motion. That was good

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strong work. Again, not the fluency, but very strong acrobatics.

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followed it up with some incredible stuff. Front somersault, very

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positive. Shoulders and hips square. This was a courageous routine. It

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went very well. A little bit of pace here, but that is what they

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have to beat. So she already has a bronze. Will she be able to hang on

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yesterday, the highest qualifier here. The pressure is on. I find

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this work amazing because she is so slight and elegant, and so powerful

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as well. Really precise, she holds the middle of her body so tight.

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And the standing Arabian, she really performed that well. She

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hits the splitter action so effortlessly. And moves with good

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speed. This is how you add up your bonuses. I don't think they will

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have given the jump from the free walk over. She is fighting a little

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bit now. This is important. The double spin, has to step forward...

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And she didn't. She had a little error in that before, and it

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obviously weighed on her mind a little bit. A very difficult

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element, right at the end of the routine. Really, very disappointing

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for her. The difficulty and the execution, will that be enough to

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keep her in the medals? I don't think so. I would be very surprised.

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One hallmark off when you fall. She won't have got the difficulty for

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some of these elements. This standing Arabian is really

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impressive. Just a little bit in the wrong direction with her knees

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and feet, but what about this. lost body shape. You have to stay

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tall, and she tried to look for the beam too early. To follow, set up

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the double with two flicks. It is a pity. 13.766. Who will be getting a

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medal on this piece of apparatus? Jordyn Wieber, such a commanding

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performance in the all-round to get the gold. This is quite a different

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style, very attacking and dynamic. going for every link. She can jump

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so well - she hovers in the air. Side somersault. Just fights a

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little bit. The single spin has to be included. It does not have to

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have the lead held up, but it does have to be included. -- the leg.

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The quarter turn difficult to land because you can't see the beam.

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Landing strongly, into a back flip. There have been a couple of wobbles,

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but such huge difficulty and precision of movement. One flip, or

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higher, two 1/2 twists and a very good landing. That was a very solid

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performance. Could that be gold number three? It will be tied.

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accurate, and the attack. That one- arm flick is always impressive.

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That, where she puts that towards the end of the routine, standing

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full twist. Keep your focus until the very end. What will the judges

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make of it? It will be close. not enough. 15.133 puts her in

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silver or medal position and not a flicker of emotion from Jordyn

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Jordyn Wieber? A quiet start. So strong and solid in that pike front

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somersault and that is where you say there was no doubting the link.

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That was one of the most difficult moves you will see, given one of

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the best ratings. She can leap as well, her head went back. The free

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walkover into the Pike back somersault. She knows that if she

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wants a medal she had to make every link. There is still more to come,

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she needs to keep concentrating. They have to do forwards, sideways

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and backwards elements. The difficult jump with the head right

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back, the gymnast lose sight of the beam. That was the first hesitation

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on the link. It has been a great performance so far. Can she match

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this with a great dismount? She can. Funny, that was the best routine of

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the day so far. I think she would agree. A fantastic mix of power,

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grace and elegance. She is a tiny little thing, but looks so

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classical on the beam. Look at this, and half turn. Really strong

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movement. That free walk over, straight into the back flip and

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Pike somersault. She shows really good variety of moves, and the

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final element, the double pike, we have seen a couple of steps from

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most gymnasts but not this time. She held firm, no deductions.

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was two Americans in the middle. Lu Sui tips the balance. She takes

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gold. On we go over to the parallel bars,

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where the home hero is in his 6th final, but can he make it three

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here is his name. We are looking at the finest all-round gymnast there

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took third place here last year. The second gymnast or pin this

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final. He always teeters around the medals, just outside in the world

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championships. 32 years of age now, the Greek. So lots of experience to

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well of the bars. That was a real no-nonsense performance. He set the

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world alight. He has some really original stuff. He is a long lad so

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it looks really good when he is swinging. At a 32 years of age he

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has piled in the experience. Lovely technique on the under SMA and this

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challenge for him. Where did he qualify? Eighth, believe it or not.

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15.533. Strong bars routine. Some good work is to come. Look at the

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execution score, 9.033! The current world champion on this piece of

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vertical when he hit. The full term, did he make that one up? -- full

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turn. If he did so he thought very on a double pike. Have a look at

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his face. What about that? Zipping around like a Catherine wheel and

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then he produced a brand new move! He did a fall of turn. He was off-

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beam and he took an extra turn. He did think very, very quickly.

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at that. He has done a full somersault BAe the time he gets to

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the top. -- By the time. So often, the legs are a little bit apart.

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This is the innovation you were talking about, Mitch. I am sure

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chat about it as he came off, in case anyone thought it was

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unplanned. It has been given a difficulty of 6.6, so he is down by

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0.2. He's caused 15.2, and the world champion is in a third. -- he

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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fabulous performance. In deed. Look at the fire in his belly! He did

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not qualify for the high bar final but he was swinging their with just

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as much flamboyance. Step dad. -- as always. That was swing from

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start to finish. It was great to swinging and doing pirouettes,

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hitting the handstands. He did not hit the high bar final but he has

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treated us to hide our work because this is amazing stuff. He really

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should get a stack of credit for this. He has got to be in front

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because that was amazing. He had a bad bounces around with as much

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excitement event with the tenor roles in the gym that he wrens. Us

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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qualification. This guy knows how he tried to punch the air but he

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was punching the DEC really because he was bending down. He's quite a

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tall gymnast with a lovely line. The opening front somersault,

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landed upright and then he went back down. Such a shame. He needs

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over 15.5333 to get up into the top three. He has done it! It gives him

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joint silver. Clare had a Uchimora -- Kohei Uchimura has had the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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privilege of watching the bars with that landing. Just a pity he

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just got a softness in the back. Pretty philosophical about it.

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have seen him up his difficulty from the all-around so, Kris, you

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make the point, didn't you, that he must be working on more difficult

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stuff, and we have seen it in every individual apparatus final? Yes,

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every final he has gone for a bit more difficult to, which has made

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him make a few little arrows. You just sort just a slight loss of but

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it will not be a huge reduction. -- longs better. Oh! It is fourth.

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Execution of nine but a score of 15.5. But there is the new parallel

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bar world champion, Danell Leyva up absolute master of the bars. He

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went all out for difficulty and it proved the right decision. He gets

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the gold medal, ahead of the Greek who at last makes the grade in the

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top three at the World Championship, alongside Chenglong, baked high for

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The last of the women's apparatus finals, the floor. The British team

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love to shop. Earlier I caught up with Beth for a bit of retail

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We were just saying it is your Knight World Championships. Yes, I

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did my first in 2001 and then they changed the rules from doing it

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every two years to doing it every year so I have done it every year

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except for Olympic years. And how does a Japan affair to the others?

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It has been difficult -- different in the competition but also just

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the whole culture. There are some very bizarre things in this street.

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Plastic food. None of this food is real. That is all plastic.

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haven't had much chance to go and look at all of this. My parents

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have said that every time they go plastic meal and then hope it comes

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out nicer. Your mother and father follow you all over the world?

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there have been to every competition apart from five or six

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over my whole career. And everyone who is on the team kind of gets

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adopted as their child for the week. So can you go to ten World

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Championships? No, this will be my last one. Ten to 12 is the main

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goal, to keep going. Maybe after the Olympics I will do some

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appearance displays and things but not on the world circuit. Back in

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2009, you missed floors and you got bar. Now you have missed bars, what

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does that mean for floor? Well, there is totally node championship

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-- pressure on me for this championship. The point was the

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team are. To be honest, I am just going to go out there and enjoy it.

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Go out on a high. Yes. What does the future hold for you? What would

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you do with yourself? There are a lot of different options and I will

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have to see what comes my way when I come to the end of my career. I

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will definitely not walk away from gymnastics. But how I will stay

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involved is still yet to be decided. But more of a relaxing lifestyle?

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hope so. Just a training schedule... Yes, I will suddenly have an extra

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30 hours a week in my life and to be honest I do not know what I will

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do with myself. To suddenly have all these extra time for the first

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few months, I will have to start tapering down my training, not just

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stop. Why you're OK for socks? can get every cartoon character!

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You could get a pink skull and crossbones. You could put that on

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your leotard. I am glad you do not choose our leotards! We have got to

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get those. I might actually get Mitch Fenner or a pair of those for

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Well, three replacements are now world champion, Chelaru, and the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

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quarter turn. Lots of energy in this routine. Huge double pike,

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that has been the best landing so far.

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You just saw her get a Brahms on beam and that was her bid for

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another medal. No big deductions on landing, but the rest will have to

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do not put a foot wrong to beat her. Plenty of power on show. 1 1/2

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twists, emphatic walkout, into the trouble. -- triple. You can never

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fold the attack and the aggression. This was her third apparatus final

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at these world championships, can she get another medal? The current

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world champion, Lauren Mitchell. She was a reserve. She is expected

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to have the highest difficulty level, but it is important she

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links these just like that. The double Arabian, jumped straight out

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of it so no landing deductions. Straight back for another huge

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tumble, but she doesn't get the jump that time. Super spin. Just a

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tiny bit lacking split on the leap. The gymnasts ad eight elements for

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their difficulty total. Five of them acrobatic, like that. Three of

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them will be leaps or jumps, like these. Oh and that was a big

:48:29.:48:39.
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mistake. That was a potential 0.5 deduction. Beautiful soft arms. She

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is clever, she added the lead series at the end. That is what

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experience does for you. A another clever exit. Indeed! You have to

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include a series of two leaps, one showing split. She mocked up the

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first series, and she was clever enough to think I will put it in

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right at the end. This spin is something. Yes, a cracking turn and

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the gymnastic elements are very good as well. The double pike, and

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that time she did during the spring floor performance in the all round,

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let's see if she can do it again. A joined it together seamlessly. She

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just about kept a vertical line in that very difficult spin. Locked

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swords personality showing through here. Taking a leaf out of

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Mitchell's book and putting leaps on the end to add more difficulty.

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She is at home on those leaps. Time for a quick focus. Lofty on the

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double pike, very confident. Once again, she really does project and

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sell it. She had a third in the all-round, second on beam, can she

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go one better? Lovely difficult tumbling, the double straight. That

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is just one tumble. Worth 0.5. The girls who put two difficult tumbles

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will probably have a series worth 0.7, 0.8 as their open-air. That is

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where she has struggled a little bit before. She qualified with the

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4th highest score, but she has gone Raisman. Could this be her last

:52:24.:52:34.
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opportunity for a medal? Wow, that was some tumble. Three elements.

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And now back with another huge tumble. Double Arabian pike, well

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final tumble, just a tiny skip. has posted a 14.9 on the floor here.

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This got to beat, 14.866. It is going to be close. Very close

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indeed. It was very clean. She is not the most graceful of gymnasts

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but this is so impressive. It is an impressive combination, and then

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she sticks a front somersault on the end - fabulous. This, the

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double pike Arabian. Brings her feet down securely. The step will

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be a deduction, but she was clean here. Her feet were well round.

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has gone into the lead with a score of 15. 6.1 for difficulty, not many

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points lost for execution either. carrying forward her elegance and

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presence on the beam onto the floor. She should be in home territory

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here, in terms of dance and the gymnastic elements. Lovely, four

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twist in each direction. Beautiful to watch. Accurate and attractively

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tumbling has gone well so far but she can't afford to break

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concentration. Up goes the double pike and a tiny adjustment. Super

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to watch, absolutely delightful once again. China really are good

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now on the beam and the floor. have enjoyed that the most of all

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the routines we have seen. What a super performance from the 19 year-

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elements come from the dance section. She has this wonderful

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country pulls in, which scores highly, and then another double

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spin with her leg held up. More difficulty in the dance element.

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She has gone into the lead! That gold medal will go nicely with the

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one she has just won on beam, but can she hang on to it? Beth Tweddle,

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going for her six World Championships medal. She has got to

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present this outstandingly. The 1 1/2, the walkout, into the strong

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her face. The big strong double pike Arabian, and the little jump

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tumbling series for the end. Lovely full twisting front somersault and

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the super landing. Super Challenge. What a way to end your world

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championships. Her only final, she needs has got over 14.866. It is to

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be aghast. Did not hold back, and these tumbles, when she does them

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they are so impressive. Into the double tuck. Double pike, pulling

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hard. It is a long way round from the Arabian approach. Nicely

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anticipated the landing. Made the leap, and almost went over the

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barrier but she did so well to keep it under control. I thought she did

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a grand job, and look at this for a well be the last score she ever

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receives at a World Championships. selling the routine well. She has

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had very clean landings. The last one, very secure as well. This is a

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beautiful floor routine to finish the women's championship. This file

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has been a story of replacements. I thought she grasped the opportunity

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with both hands. Very nicely done. best until last! Afanaseva was

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shocked when she saw the scoreboard, 15.133. The reserve takes the lead.

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There is confirmation that the reserve takes gold. Afanaseva, and

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it was a story of execution over If this is your last World

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Championships, is it a sour note or is it something to drive you on to

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2012? A low, because the goal was qualification for the team. -- no.

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I am starting to get used to read now that I am going home but I am

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pleased to get out, walk away from these championships, we have the

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team qualified and I can walk towards 2012 now. Was the score a

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fair reflection? Yes. I did step out a bit, any a bit, my big toe

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was a bit over. And I did have a big step on the first tumble. So

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British gymnastics, and she can leave with her head held high.

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So, on to the hive off. Uchimura being prepared. I know that I can

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do it higher than 16. I thought, all or nothing. And I have nothing

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to lose. Look at that fantastic body shape! I have to fight. It was

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a perfect fight for made. He really is giving it a maximum.

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dismount, everything was perfect. Just like that! That really is a

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challenge! Well done, Philipp boy! What can you do to get past

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Uchimura and get a gold medal next year? At the moment, I can do

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day I think, one day I have to beat Kohei Uchimura. At the moment it is

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a dream. One thing was real enough. Not

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everyone has banned the Hyde Park plain sailing at these

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championships. -- not everyone has move. What is going on in the

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arena? He is going to sit there and think about it and that could be it.

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Oh, wow! He is human after all. Right, hold on to your hats and

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recorded. It is time for high bar. What a line-up. Uchimura will wrap

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up the competition, as well. We will start with an absolute duty as

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board to get some interesting to the mat but that has. The

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gauntlet right down because he has not gone wrong one iota. That is

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very much the challenge when you are the first gymnast up. You do

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not know what everyone else is going to do so you have to go for

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broke, and he did just that. Just a couple of tiny adjustments but the

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releases were fabulous. Caught at arm's length. Is this the one when

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he just had to... Yes, just a little adjustment but that will not

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be a massive adjustment -- deduction. A lovely lift into the

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elements. A super dismount. 0.3 for the harp, Mitch! -- 0.3 for the hop,

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Mitch? I would say so. 16.233, difficulties 7.5. It is big. The

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current European Hyde Park champion backed himself a silver at last

:08:18.:08:28.

year's World Championships. -- European high a bar champion.

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should go for what he is trained, a 7.8 difficulty. That in itself

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would be a work record performance going for broke now. My hat is off

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to you, young man. I know what went into that routine. He gave it the

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maximum. What a guy! What a performance. Mitch, what have you

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been doing with him in the training gym? Well, not enough, obviously,

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because if I had done the job right, he would be standing up from that,

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but he has done so much work on his style and this is a combination

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that is just amazing. A full twist in the straight and then what does

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he do, Christine? Well, he did all that fantastic work. There is the

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straight, into the dark. Maximum bonus when you link these together.

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-- into the tub. But it was the relatively straightforward move

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that he got caught out on and that often happens when you are putting

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in extreme difficulty. You relax a bit and something catches you out.

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what went into that and all the training. We did not think that

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move would be the problem. We thought the Gaylord would be the

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problem but he did that be divided. He was set up for a medal but there

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you go, that is what the sport is all about. Well, he's into second

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Fast hands and a different style of routine. Lots of twisting and

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turning. He has put in those releases. On top of the twists. A

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bit controversial, when he won the Olympics. But this is good as well.

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Fabulous style in the releases. Over the bar. It is the front

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somersault that I really liked. With the full twist. Absolutely

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fantastic. Very unusual. You do not see many of those and they are one

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of the most difficult releases you will see. Strong dismount. The

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landing was deep, wasn't it? But he held his feet and recovered well.

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It has got to be a 7.5, I would think. He has done a 7.7 and I

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cannot see too much difference in the routine. 7.7. He has gone into

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the lead, 16.441. Some 0.7. -- 7.7. This final certainly is not over

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yet. Welcome to the current high pressure. He chose his focus and

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determination to get them at the medals. Great stuff. Beta NT two

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year-old -- the 22-year-old did not disappoint us but this will be a

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story of difficulty. Two such different gymnasts from China, here.

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One is a tall gymnast, lovely style, lovely line. And he was very late

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with fads grit correct. -- with for the bar, into the straight

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somersault. Really lots of variety to his work at the same technique

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on landing. Absolutely is secured. Soap Suu Kyi has 16.441. Can he

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hang on in the lead? He can! 16.366 for his team-mate, Chenglong sang.

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So Chenglong is in second at the mate? It was his high bar routine

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that put him into the medals for the call round. This will be

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impressive. He has proved he can do it under pressure. It is very

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Oh, and who is off. There is no way he could survive that one. A little

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enigmatic smile. He said even I am not going to try to hold on to that.

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He missed completely with his right hand. What a shame for him. The

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high bar was the key to the medals for hemmed in the all-round

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can't come back from this. It is but he is a great on high bar. We

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saw that in the other round. It was not to be today. Ultimate respect

:17:39.:17:49.

from the crowd. He had a go, that's the spirit. A really gritty gymnast.

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Hit this routine so well in the all-round competition when it meant

:17:53.:18:00.

the silver medal. But he was edgy right from the beginning. These

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releases court a little bit close. Then, as he came out, he didn't get

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the hand on, he didn't get the fingers over, and it was self

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preservation from then on in, I think. Lovely dismount. He will

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walk away from these championships happy with his silver all round

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medal. Philip boy, 14.3. Hasn't it worked out beautifully that this

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man closes the world championships here in Tokyo. In the world of

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gymnastics, this man is an absolute superstar. Kohei Uchimura, what

:18:57.:19:02.

have you got for us? The final routine at this year's world

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championships. Lovely extension just to get him going. Puts the

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full twist in, and it was absolutely immaculate. Legs apart

:19:17.:19:27.
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slightly. Lovely, jam half. Nice and strong in the swing. He has

:19:28.:19:33.

already increased his difficulty from qualifying. Here is the

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combination, keeps it going. Another big one. There it is. Sue

:19:43.:19:53.
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Perth. Keeping this swing. What an incredible way to close these

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championships. This man is phenomenal. He is a genius, he

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really is. He knows how to give people what they want at just the

:20:09.:20:18.

right time. He brings the apparatus finals to a close in the style only

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he has. All these difficult skills, we have seen all the gymnasts do

:20:25.:20:30.

them but only he does them without deduction and that is what sets him

:20:30.:20:40.
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apart from the rest of the world. His difficulty was the 6.7. Style,

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flares and the arms out. This is what makes him so special. Yes, he

:20:52.:20:59.

says! Look at his smile. Can the crowd applaud him one more time

:20:59.:21:04.

from the medals podium? Let's hope so. Everybody waiting, everybody

:21:04.:21:14.
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wondering. He has got himself a bronze medal. Thant I've the one...

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Zou Kai, literally hands-on for gold. He knocks his team-mate off

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the top spot, the world number one ranking. Chenglong, he will settle

:22:10.:22:15.

for silver. Can you imagine doing a performance like that in front of

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your home crowd?! The results of the final. The Olympic champion

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becomes world champion. The former world champion takes silver. Kohei

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Uchimura gets a bronze medal to go with his two golds and the silver.

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As the closing ceremony begins, I feel quite sad it is all over

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because it has been so entertaining. Unbelievable. We have seen a new

:22:47.:22:52.

style and approach to the apparatus. The highlight for me was the

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parallel bar. This huge difficulty on the men's side, it was fabulous

:22:59.:23:05.

to watch. The men's vault was unbelievable, wasn't it? Yes, they

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are really getting to grips with that platform and it rockets them

:23:10.:23:18.

into the air. Is that how it felt for you, Beth? You will probably be

:23:18.:23:24.

back, won't you? Never say never, but my ultimate goal is 2012. There

:23:24.:23:28.

has been a lot of disappointment but also a lot of success so there

:23:29.:23:34.

has been some surprise champions and surprise medalists. Some people

:23:34.:23:37.

will go away disappointed, some people will go away happy. How did

:23:38.:23:44.

it feel out there? A really enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting to get a

:23:44.:23:49.

medal today. I had to land everything perfectly, which a lot

:23:49.:23:54.

of the others did. A lot of people have asked me if I will be here

:23:54.:24:01.

next year, but when you look at the scores I was only six tents behind.

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I have just got to work on the landings. This year they have

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handed in on the landings, whereas previously they have looked at

:24:12.:24:16.

leaps and jumps. I have improved them, now they have gone on to

:24:16.:24:21.

something else. It is something else to work on for 2012. The maybe

:24:21.:24:26.

not as many medals as predicted for Great Britain at these world

:24:27.:24:36.

championships? It looks pretty good. If you look at Louis Smith's bronze

:24:36.:24:42.

medal, true grit. The women's team performance was amazing. Very

:24:42.:24:46.

positive for Great Britain. goals will be feeling very positive

:24:46.:24:53.

going back into the gym? I think so, and it was not a surprise, we

:24:53.:24:56.

really are the 5th best in the world. We should be chasing that

:24:56.:25:05.

4th spot. There is more sport for you on BBC Two at 10pm tonight, and

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we will bring you all of the news from the test event for the men.

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