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Well, hello and welcome to the 4th day of finals here at the World

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Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. Today sees the individual apparatus

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specialists take to the arena. We will see the men's floor pommels and

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rings and the women will be performing on bars and vault.

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Listen, we have some strong medal contention for Britain today with

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six final placings in all. After the all-round competition

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yesterday, both Max Whitlock and Dan Purvis are back here again in the

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floor final. Ellie Downie has qualified for

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vault. Max's second final will see him join

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Louis Smith on the pommel horse. Louis was highest qualifier and has

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his sights on another world medal. Ruby Harrold is back after her bars

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routine helped Britain get that historic team bronze.

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So there is a lot to look forward to and a lot to get excited about.

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Joining me to talk us through the action this afternoon we have three

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times world champion Beth Tweddle and world silver medallist Dan

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Keatings. Welcome to you both. We are going to start with the floor.

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All the gymnasts are coming out behind us at the moment. It's very

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loud in here. We will talk about the floor. It's a

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12 metre by 12 metre sprung floor. The gymnasts have 70 seconds to

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squeeze in as much difficulty as possible. The special requirements

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for the routine, Dan? A mix of four tumbles, backward tumbles, side and

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dismount. You can connect both of them to increase difficulty. Max

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Whitlock has come on to the stage. A roar in the Hydro Arena. Beth, he

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has been very impressive on floor the last few competitions. He is

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always in amongst the 15. 7 mark. He qualified down the ranks. Some will

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look and think in the team final and the all round he scored around that

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15. 7. He loves the crowd and performing under pressure. We it

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last night. He was able to pick himself up after that

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disappointment. It's really exciting what he could potentially do today.

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He will be busy this afternoon. He is in two finals, the pommel horse

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will be the next male final after this one, as well. It's important he

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keeps his focus. I think actually by doing the floor first it will settle

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him down a bit. He can use that crowd, get the atmosphere. He knows

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what it's like performing out there. Then he can come out and it's

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definitely going to be a challenge between him and Louis for that top

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table. He is up against Kensal and then guy can't half twist.

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22-and-a-half twists and when I did floor I only did ten in my routine.

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That shows how difficult his routine is. If he goes through he is going

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to be hard to beat. And also Larduet, the Cuban gymnast, he

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scored yesterday. He has to contain all his energy. The power can

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sometimes be his problem. Definitely. He will be feeling

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really pumped after yesterday's performance. I think what's

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important for him today is he can gain that automatic qualification

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spot if he can get a medal here today for the Olympics next year.

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Deng Shudi got bronze in the all-round competition. He is going

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to be a strong contender, Beth. He is. This floor final is going to be

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really tough. Every gymnast has a great start. I think Kenzo has that

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lead with the start and the difficulty before the gymnasts even

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present to the judge. We talked about the fact that not a lot is

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known about this Cuban gymnast yet he has come here, 19 years old to

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make his mark on the world. Three individual finals on top of the

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silver he got in the all round. Yeah, definitely. I think the world

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is in his hands at the moment. He can come here and win and have a

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couple of medals and still has a bright future ahead of him. He is

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still young and there's years left in the sport. We will hand over to

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Mitch Fenner and Christine Still in the commentary box.

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Manrique Larduet opens up today's proceedings. Stand by, this guy

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really can tumble. Qualified in 7th.

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15. 166. First tumble. Double tuck front.

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Emphatically landed. That's lovely. Double straight. You

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can see the half turn in. Double Arabian. But expensive those paces.

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Twisting precisely. Double pike Arabian. Showing plenty

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of power but a little hesitation will cost him a 10th or two.

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Simple, light linking. Back to the tumble. Two-and-a-half twists, full

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twist and look at the precision there.

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More power. Beautifully done. Double tuck Arabian. The third. Boy,

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that was really impressive work! STUDIO: What a way to get this floor

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final under way. We will introduce you to this scorecard now and give

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you an idea what you will see this afternoon and how gymnasts can build

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their score. We will start here with the difficulty, Dan. The ten most

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difficult moves for men. You have ten moves in the routine. You have

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to try to get the most difficult you can, ranging from one 10th to seven

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valued for each move. That move there on the screen, that was a

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seven 10ths move, I think. You get extra marks for linking them, as

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well. There was a few times during the routine where he went from a

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twist moving into another twisting move and you can gain 0. 1 or two

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for a connection bonus. The difficulty is separate to the

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execution judges, Beth. We will move on to this section here that you

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will see on the scorecard. It simply says execution. Yes, the execution

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will start from a ten and for every step they take they'll take that

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away from the ten. A small step can be 0. 1. A fall is a whole mark. A

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big step can be 0. 3. They can start going into the penalty. The penalty

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comes into play on vault and floor. Yeah, on vault if you step out of

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the lines, on floor if you step off the white floor on to the red

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carpet, or if you go over time. Hopefully that all makes sense and

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you can see a total of 14. 8. All the scores are added together. The

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conundrum is how difficult do you go before it starts interrupting on the

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execution? Back to the action with Mitch and Christine. This is Hansol

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Kim from Korea, the 4th highest qualifier.

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Good concentration for this opening approach. Lovely three-and-a-half

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twists into a front somersault with half turn. Three-and-a-half twists,

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really got a big tariff, as has that. Double twisting. Double tuck.

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So he has already built a lot of difficulty. Here we go. Full twist

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into two-and-a-half twists. Very nice indeed. He hasn't given away

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many execution faults yet. Oh! There is a big one. There is a big

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deduction. If they think he sat right down it's one whole mark off

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that execution score. If they feel he saved it, it could be 0. 8.

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That's where the judges have a little tolerance. Nicely done into

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the one three-quarter rollout, extended his legs before he rolled.

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Really needs to be secure here. Just that little hop. That was well

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recovered. But what a shame, in the middle of that routine a big

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deduction. Possibly one whole mark. Yes, I think, he just saved actually

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brushing the floor. But it was - it shows you how easies to make a

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mistake like that. -- easy it is to make a mistake like that. He tried

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to slow it down too much, Mitch. Looked so clean. It was a pity. Here

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we go. Double twisting, double back. That was very nicely landed. There

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wouldn't be much deduction there, maybe a 0. 1 for the chest down.

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Let's have a look. It was the punch double twist. No, he saved it. Yeah.

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He did save that. Lovely work all the same. Twists well, jumps well.

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Look at this. Absolute cracker! Even that little

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two-footed hop back will be deducted. When that execution score

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comes up it will probably be, I would think, into the sevens, the

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execution for that. But it's a difficult routine. Very difficult.

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Anxious moments always, of course. STUDIO: The score is in.

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An execution of 8. 133. They were impressed with all the rest. The

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third gymnast in this men's floor final, this is Ray Zapata Santana

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from Spain. A constant finalist at world and European level.

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22 years old. Qualified with a difficulty of 6. 7. So, prepare for

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a few fireworks! Nice spring in. One-and-a-half

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twists into double pike. Nicely done. It's a short run. Explosive

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quality in this man's work. Yeah! Very good stuff. What a start he has

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had so far. Spring, full twist into double

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twist. Hesitation into that link. Strange,

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after such difficult work. Two-and-a-half into half and the

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flourish into the air. That's a good wide handstand. Good

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Japanese handstand. Fully credited. He has this characteristic... There

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it is, you see it. There it is again.

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So clean on the rollout. They're looking for smooth transitions, the

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judges. There was some lovely work in

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that.esque static. STUDIO: Well, this is the battle

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with the difficulty and the execution. You do something that's a

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little bit easier but you do it beautifully well. Third highest

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qualifier, Chris. He hasn't given much away there at all. Just a

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little bounce back on that first tumble. It was a tiny bit short.

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That probably will be a 0. 3. The judges will think it wasn't high

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enough. They can pile on deductions. Yeah, double deduction for that. The

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paces and the lack of height. He really saved it well. It could have

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been a lot more costly and that really was the big mistake of the

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day. After that he completed this. Look, two twists and two somersaults

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in the straight position. Enormously difficult. Plenty of time to look

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for a landing, as well. Are they in full flight or does the floor

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surprise them? There, that will be another deduction. A full twist,

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immediate double twist. It takes a lot of Orientation. This the double

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straight. Loads of height and rotation there. Well, a great

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routine from him. He can't contain himself. Yes!

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15.2, Santana goes into the lead at this stage. Five gymnasts to go. The

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top eight from qualification. Great Britain's Dan Purvis, next to take

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to the floor in the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow. The British champion,

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two times European bronze medallist. I love that double twisting double

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back, a tiny pace forwards. So efficient. Very good again. The

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forward twisting elements linked. The double front. He is really

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efficient on the forward double rotation. He seems to know just

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where he is. And again. Completely solid.

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Lovely, stylish work. The extension off the floor, arms wide, securely

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held. That is his signature move, the roll

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out on straight legs. No hands. Makes it all look so easy.

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The flip without hands into the double Arabian, and he nails the

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landing! He grew with that routine. A superb performance. The score to

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beat, 15.2. I think he could do it. A slight weakness in the first two

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landings, but he certainly went for it for the remaining tumbles. Very,

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very impressive from Dan. Even more impressive, it was only just last

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night he was performing in the all-around competition with just the

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same precision. The double double. A double deduction there. He will lose

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for that, but he is such a fighter, he was not making a big step or

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putting a hand down. He can sense where he is, just let go of the legs

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at the right moment to land on the floor. Super. Accurate. Very

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precise. We have said so many times that Dan Purvis is the rock of the

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British team. A wonderful all-round team performer. And yet here he is,

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absolutely on his own merit. Impressive. It is, Mitch. Such a

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hard tumble to finish with. You are unsighted. The national coach, along

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with Jeff Brooks, he coaches Dan. It's going to be close. It is close!

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15.1, Dan Purvis is in second at the moment.

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Deng Shudi scored 15.3 in qualifications. He made a quiet

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impression last night. A lovely start. His feet in a port of blue.

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-- a pot of glue. Nice, strong chest shape in the

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triple Russian. What has impressed me so far is the

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control. Oh a little hop forward in the full

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twisting double. A good Japanese handstand, well

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held. If he sticks this landing, he really is challenging. What a shame.

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A big jump forward. The only clear error, Chris. Yes. A tiny bit off

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the full completion of the twist as well, but very clean work. He has

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had a great championship, Deng Shudi. A championship that has built

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over the course of being here. Verification really good, they

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almost got it together for the team final but Great Britain beat them.

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In the all-around, 18 medal, -- a medal,. So many of them go that

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twisting route to build the difficulty. Nice and clean, Chris.

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Yes, he is very nice and clean. I often think the team from China

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struggle to travel to Europe and perform well. It has probably just

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taken them a week or so to settle. Always technically good. You never

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see a tiny 's gymnast that's not technically efficient. -- a Chinese

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gymnast. Train from so young. If they are going to be a talent, they

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are in the system early, where things are done utterly correctly.

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Chest really down there, though. The judges can take half a mark for the

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chest being so low. And the face. What a pity.

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He is in the second. Behind Santana, who still leads the

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competition. And Purves is in third at the moment. But for how long?

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Kenzo Shirai takes to the floor. A silver in last year's World

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Championships. The current world champion didn't make the final here.

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The opening tumble had no problems attached. He knows where he is. I

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love that as well. When we first saw him, it was always just multiple

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twists, but that was multiple twists and multiple somersaults.

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Lovely control. In fact, I think he has tidied up his work quite

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considerably this year. Full twist into triple twist forwards. He just

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has to spin. He has a little bit of virtuosity

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there, as well. A bit of originality. He would dearly love to

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land the last tumble. Four twists. As clean as you like! That was

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fantastic work. Mr Twist does it again. Unbelievable stuff. He was

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given a 7.6 difficulty in qualification. Well, I'm sure the

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judges will not be deducting for difficulty there, so this is going

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to be all on the execution. Can this man be beaten? I don't think so. The

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rest of the field were hoping he would make a mistake, because he is

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0.8 up on difficulty to anyone else. And he didn't oblige. He made sure

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he was absolutely secure. 23 twists, they counted. The boys and girls in

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the studio. Incredible. If you think that his difficulty is 7.2... If

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they can't take anything off, that is 17.2, he could score. They will

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take 0.1 for the sideways, but where do the other marks ago? Apart from

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that, it was like hopping off a curb.

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I guess maybe sometimes his legs are tiny bit crossed. But to the naked

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eye, at normal speed, you really wouldn't notice that. He has had a

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16.1 and 16.3 to five, while he has been here. -- 16 point 325.

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When you start from 17, it means they still found a mark of

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deductions. He increased it considerably from

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one of occasion, the difficulty. How confident was that, to step up the

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difficulty in the final, knowing what you had before would win?

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Max Whitlock. Spins around very efficiently. Two and a half twists.

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Three and a half. A skip sideways. He has got those flourishes. His

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suits the air flare very well. Keeps the flow.

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I love that rhythm. Absolute control.

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Two and a half, one and a half from it. Very good work.

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He makes the roll out look so easy. Almost ignoring the one and a half

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twists. So clean. Triple twist. Just a foot back, but boy, he pull

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something out of the locker there. Well done, Max Whitlock. A third

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great routine from Max Whitlock in as many days. He must have gone home

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last night a bit disappointed to have not been in the medals, but he

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has absolutely shown his mettle, to show us a fantastic routine. He

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needs over 15.2 to beat Santana. Has to be worth it, I think. Full twist,

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two and a half twists, a skip to the side. Uses both arms to shift. Quite

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a stylist. He is high through the air, Chris. He won the prize

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yesterday for the most stylish gymnast in the competition. So he

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has obviously impressed many. I absolutely love this. Pushes hard.

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So difficult to time the air flare. Commonwealth gold medallist,

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European champion two years ago. What are the judges going to award

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him? I would be surprised if he was not

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safely above 15.2. That puts him into silver medal

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position at the moment, with one gymnast left to go. Great Britain

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guaranteed a medal. Fabulous. He kept his cool and produced the

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goods. He's got a medal. This will decide what colour.

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And this lad can work the floor. Tomas Gonzalez. Just outside the

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medals at the Olympics in London. That was a bit of an error right at

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the beginning. A big step forwards. These gymnasts performed those

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double somersault is so well. That one from a full twist in front

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preceding it. Double twisting double back.

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Another gymnast with wonderful style. Smooth lift to handstand.

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Much better this time, the multiple twists.

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And the very popular one and three-quarters which means you

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finish by rolling out, rather than on your feet. The bell to say one

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more tumble. Triple twist. He was still spinning when he hit the floor

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and had to step to the side. A little error on the first and last

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tunnel bells. The stuff in the middle was -- tumbles. The stuff in

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the middle was great. Impressive this young man. That first tumble,

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though, Matt, very expensive. There you go. That's at least five 10ths.

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Because he struggled hard not to put his knee down really, didn't he?

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Yeah. As you mentioned, Chris, they can judge backwards from that and

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say he must have been low, take-off lack of height and the paces and the

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deductions stack up. It's a shame because he is a great floor worker.

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There weren't many other deductions to it.

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Good control that time around. The judges can deduct for lack of height

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even on these somersaults that are in combination. You see this, the

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triple twist. He bounded to the side.

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Well, he said, I did my best! He had a long wait, to be fair. 8th gymnast

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up. Oh, yes. The score is in. 8th place for

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Gonzalez but that confirms there is your floor world champion, Kenzo

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Shirai. Silver last year, this year he is world champion.

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And beside him for Great Britain, Max Whitlock. What an achievement

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for him. He matches the great Neil Thomas on floor in the early 90s.

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93. There is the bronze medallist, Santana. But what a story for Max

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Whitlock. Such a great effort yesterday. Here

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on floor he has got a silver. Time to refocus. Pommel horse is next for

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him. He has a reasonable wait. The women take to their first apparatus.

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He has to wait, Chris and he will recover, I think. He looks very

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relaxed, which is great. There is the confirmation.

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What a floor routine from Dan Purvis, Chris. Yes, he really hasn't

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faulted at all. He has been so secure, so confident. Yeah, a real

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pleasure to watch. Watching that very closely was Beth, world

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champion in 2009 on floor, and Dan Keatings, as well. It went to plan

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for Max. I don't think he would have had his sights on gold with -- with

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Kenzo. Max went out, he did his job and he was going for that silver

:34:10.:34:15.

place. You have to remember it's about his fourth day of competition,

:34:16.:34:20.

to be able to produce another world-class floor routine after last

:34:21.:34:24.

night's disappointment, as well. His class, his form, it's just, you

:34:25.:34:29.

can't fault him at all. It just seems incredibly confident with this

:34:30.:34:33.

routine, Dan. How often do you watch him perform this? Every day in

:34:34.:34:37.

training. He is one of the best floor workers in the world.

:34:38.:34:42.

Definitely in our country. Every day he is on the floor doing each,

:34:43.:34:49.

three-and-a-half, it's unbelievable how easy he makes it look. It's

:34:50.:34:55.

wonderful that flair work. It's nice with all these gymnasts putting

:34:56.:34:59.

individual twists on to routines. That's his trademark, as well. I

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have seen a couple try it, but not as good as our Max. There was a roar

:35:05.:35:08.

in the crowd as Ellie Downie got introduced on to the floor here. We

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have the vault final coming up. These days it's known as the

:35:15.:35:18.

vaulting table, it's revolutionised the sport now you have this metre

:35:19.:35:21.

square area to aim for. Yeah, it has. It changed back in 2000. It was

:35:22.:35:28.

done for safety reasons. Both men's and women's vaults have increased.

:35:29.:35:32.

On the women's side you are not going to make a final, or win a

:35:33.:35:39.

medal unless you are doing the two-and-a-half twisting. We will

:35:40.:35:43.

come to that move in a second. To start with, Dan, an idea of how this

:35:44.:35:47.

final will work. Gymnasts get two vaults. Two vaults with two

:35:48.:35:52.

different entries and they get averaged at the end. If you get 16.

:35:53.:35:59.

2 and 16. 1 you will get an average of 16. 15. Very good maths there!

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Let's look at those different entries and talk us through it. This

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is Ellie, you can see the hands are facing backwards, doing a backwards

:36:13.:36:19.

double twist. In comparison, you can enter the vault forward using the

:36:20.:36:22.

hand spring entry and multiple twists off it. Don't get caught out

:36:23.:36:28.

because some of the gymnasts will still use the round off entry but

:36:29.:36:32.

will do a half turn and still use the hand spring off and that's

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counted as a forward vault. OK. We have bills bills bills from the US

:36:38.:36:47.

-- Simone Biles, the highest qualifier and Hong Un Jong. The

:36:48.:36:54.

Korean was out of this world. Did about two three-and-a-halves and I

:36:55.:36:58.

didn't see a step. It's going to be a battle. She has the highest

:36:59.:37:03.

difficulty than Simone. It is going to be a close battle. Simone will be

:37:04.:37:12.

next up on stage. We saw the Chinese champion. It's difficult for the

:37:13.:37:16.

younger gymnasts to have two very difficult vaults at a young age.

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Yeah, Ellie is going to have a lower difficulty. But she's got very good

:37:21.:37:24.

form. The judges don't have much execution to take off her. It will

:37:25.:37:29.

be interesting to see how she's marked against those that have the

:37:30.:37:43.

two highest start values. A word on Dipa Karmakar from India, the first

:37:44.:37:47.

to qualify. She did the Commonwealth Games last year and medaled there.

:37:48.:37:53.

The first vault is impressive. It's a hand spring double vault. Not many

:37:54.:37:57.

are attempting it. She did it very well in qualification and that is

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the highest difficulty that you are going to see in this vault final.

:38:02.:38:08.

Well, Simone Biles took silver at the last worlds behind Hong Un Jong,

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separated by 0. 0.045. This is going to be an incredible battle. We see

:38:19.:38:28.

them in the order they go in. Christine, where do you see this

:38:29.:38:35.

final going? Probably to the Korean. Like Beth said, she looked

:38:36.:38:41.

efficient. Steingruber is good as well and also Paseka. I think it's

:38:42.:38:44.

going to be quite a fight. They'll all need to perform well to medal.

:38:45.:38:48.

It's not going to be a case of get your feet down and the medal is

:38:49.:38:55.

yours. Well, let's get down to the end of the vault runway. This is

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Moreno Medina from Mexico. Has been on the vaulting scene for some years

:39:03.:39:09.

now. Made many a world final. Last one back in 2011.

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21 years old. So, just a reminder, two vaults. The

:39:18.:39:30.

average is taken. She has two really quite difficult vaults, tariffed

:39:31.:39:33.

over six difficulty. She's nominated the first with 6. 2

:39:34.:39:47.

in difficulty. All eyes are on her, there is no other gymnastics on in

:39:48.:39:54.

the arena. Talk about feeling you are in the spotlight! Not for the

:39:55.:39:59.

faint-hearted. It's all or nothing on this piece of apparatus. It's

:40:00.:40:05.

over in the blink of an eye. Vault number one then for Moreno

:40:06.:40:12.

Medina. Really powerful. Going to approach it forwards. Very good

:40:13.:40:17.

effort. She went for the hand spring straight front with one-and-a-half

:40:18.:40:24.

twists. Good shape. But she had a heavy pike down on the landing. Very

:40:25.:40:30.

impressive, though. Into the straight shape. Twist. A little bit

:40:31.:40:37.

low. Skip forward. It will be expensive, but very adventurous. A

:40:38.:40:42.

big push. Twist in the straight body. That big push you are talking

:40:43.:40:48.

about there, that block, that's so important. Almost the front of the

:40:49.:40:53.

table there. Front of the table is a little sprung. If you can hit the

:40:54.:40:56.

right point it gives you a little bit of spring, as well. Of course

:40:57.:41:00.

you need to be quite a big gymnast to commit that because then you have

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to launch over the table and not land on it. Mitch, there is a couple

:41:04.:41:10.

of different springboards down there, as well. They'll be different

:41:11.:41:19.

springiness. Yes, it's all about the reaction, the more springs the

:41:20.:41:22.

quicker the reaction. Some people like a slow reaction. The light

:41:23.:41:27.

gymnasts will use one with less springs in. Some of the gymnasts

:41:28.:41:31.

here are very slight and light. That's when the coaches will change

:41:32.:41:35.

the board. There you can see the score for vault number one. A

:41:36.:41:40.

difficulty of 6. 2. You may just be able to see over the corner of her

:41:41.:41:46.

shoulder, at the side, you will see the scorecard of what the difficulty

:41:47.:41:52.

is for the next vault. Maybe you won't from this angle.

:41:53.:41:56.

But I can see it from here. I can tell you it's a six.

:41:57.:42:02.

As Dan said, this has to be different. Can't go on forwards. She

:42:03.:42:10.

turns. Double twist. That's the half turn on. Straight one-and-a-half

:42:11.:42:14.

somersault off with two twists. Very difficult. It's why it's given the

:42:15.:42:22.

tariff of six. But again the step to the side. The characteristic with

:42:23.:42:28.

her is she attacks it, doesn't she? So aggressive in her approach and

:42:29.:42:32.

thumps out those vaults. You can see it here. What an example

:42:33.:42:43.

of it. Lovely power. Twist to the side. Step to the side.

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That will be seen. That will be deducted. Yeah, it comes from the

:42:50.:42:53.

feet over the top on the first move on the flight on. She was already a

:42:54.:43:01.

little bit offline. But tremendous achievement to make the World

:43:02.:43:06.

Championship vault final. Top eight gymnasts in the world on vault. For

:43:07.:43:13.

many of the gymnasts that's a huge ambition and achievement. Actually

:43:14.:43:16.

the feet weren't completely around the two twists, so the judges, if

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they want, could not give it. So that's the score to beat.

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The average of the two vaults. Ellie Downie now at the end of the

:43:31.:43:38.

vault runway. Junior European champion last year.

:43:39.:43:42.

Gave a great vault for the team and that's another beautiful vault. You

:43:43.:43:46.

can see she's got bags of height and flight. Plenty of time really to add

:43:47.:43:52.

in another half twist for Rio. We talked about early on the platform

:43:53.:43:58.

and she did hit the right spot and absolutely rocketed up from that,

:43:59.:44:03.

great stuff. She's a fabulous vaulter. You can see the height. She

:44:04.:44:14.

almost had too much flight. Such a lovely conversion upwards. Slightly

:44:15.:44:19.

to the side, but in the air so efficient. Here is the shot where

:44:20.:44:27.

she makes contact. Bang! Yeah, very, very good technically, Ellie. As you

:44:28.:44:33.

say, Chris, looking ahead to Rio, the team definitely qualify with

:44:34.:44:37.

that historic bronze medal and to come to an arena like this and know

:44:38.:44:42.

you can get that kind of height here must fill her with absolute

:44:43.:44:45.

confidence. Yes, without any doubt, if you want a medal at the Olympics

:44:46.:44:50.

you will need to do a two-and-a-half.

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This one is a difficulty of 5. 6. She holds such beautiful form. Let's

:45:02.:45:07.

hope she can today. A half turn on. She's forward. Straight somersault.

:45:08.:45:13.

A half twist. Now we see gymnasts sometimes compromise pike and arch.

:45:14.:45:16.

She absolutely holds that straight body.

:45:17.:45:25.

Wonderful execution through the vault. You need to be really squared

:45:26.:45:39.

to make contact with the platform. The half turn... She was very

:45:40.:45:45.

square. Beautiful. The gymnasts with the bigger start put another twist

:45:46.:45:50.

in that, but I'm sure you guys would agree, there is plenty of airtime to

:45:51.:45:55.

put in another twist. And the shape is right, dead straight, very

:45:56.:45:59.

efficient, twisting around that axis. Such lovely technique. Super

:46:00.:46:08.

vaulting. So although a medal might be a long shot today, British

:46:09.:46:13.

gymnastics feel very hopeful for the future for Ellie as a vaulter. And a

:46:14.:46:23.

reminder that she is 16 years old. What a score, Ellie Downey into the

:46:24.:46:26.

lead at the moment. Still plenty of gymnasts to go in the women'svault

:46:27.:46:29.

world final. Gold at last year's worlds, gold at

:46:30.:46:55.

the Olympics. Super efficient. There's the two and a half twists.

:46:56.:47:01.

She just puts it up so high. Two and a half is easy for her. A

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pasteboard, but if you look at the height involved in the air, that is

:47:07.:47:12.

what sets her apart. -- a pace forward. Beautifully technically

:47:13.:47:20.

down. Hands on quickly. They turned out as she hits it, so she can keep

:47:21.:47:30.

the elbows straight and pop. And the leg form through the air...

:47:31.:47:38.

Shoulders extended. Dutiful work. -- beautiful work. The transfer of

:47:39.:47:44.

energy, it's a very complicated move. It is. And the straight arms

:47:45.:47:51.

makes it even more efficient. She has given herself time, only in the

:47:52.:47:57.

last phase of flight did she break form. A fabulous vault. The judges

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agreed. This next vault, believe it or not,

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is even harder. Talk about saving your best for last. My word. 6.4,

:48:14.:48:15.

this one. The half turn on, and one and one

:48:16.:48:28.

and a half twists. Really well performed. Fantastic defence of her

:48:29.:48:37.

title. Fabulous stuff. She has laid down the gauntlet for Simone Biles.

:48:38.:48:43.

Keeps up the difficulty, the style, and definitely keeps up the

:48:44.:48:47.

challenge. In the warm-up, her coach stood on a chair to give her a bit

:48:48.:48:54.

of lift off the top! She put the chair of the mat, a rickety chair,

:48:55.:48:58.

and gave her a little bit on the top to give her the airtime. She didn't

:48:59.:49:04.

need it there, did she? She wasn't really square on. In fact, not quite

:49:05.:49:10.

as efficient, this bit, as Ellie Downey's. She wasn't quite fully

:49:11.:49:16.

around, so will she be given the full forward? She well. The

:49:17.:49:23.

deductions will be for directions. That is now the school to beat. Hong

:49:24.:49:31.

goes into the lead. Ellie Downey, currently in second.

:49:32.:49:39.

Steingruber, former European champion. The height off that was

:49:40.:50:01.

phenomenal. Concise, job done. Precision. I love to see landings

:50:02.:50:08.

like that. Hardly a bend in the legs. Shoulders up, bang, lovely.

:50:09.:50:14.

Really good work. We have seen this gymnast row over the last couple of

:50:15.:50:18.

years, and she is vaulting better here than we have seen her. --

:50:19.:50:20.

grow. The judges are quite careful with

:50:21.:50:29.

these deductions. They have the lines on the mat so it is clear if

:50:30.:50:32.

they have deviated from the centre at all. A good opener, anyway.

:50:33.:50:42.

Anything can happen on vault. Going into this, our eyes would have

:50:43.:50:45.

potentially been on the bronze medal for her. A real challenge between

:50:46.:50:51.

her and the next gymnast, Paseka, and Simone Biles still to come from

:50:52.:50:58.

the USA. 15.5 is a great start for Steingruber. The next vault is

:50:59.:51:04.

slightly easier. 5.8, posted up on the difficulty scoreboard behind

:51:05.:51:09.

her. She has struggled a bit in the past on her second vault. She lifts

:51:10.:51:14.

up... That was a shame. She lost herself on that. Did it hurt? I

:51:15.:51:21.

think she landed on a bit of a straight knee. It did hurt. A brave

:51:22.:51:28.

effort to walk away. It wasn't on, really. We have seen her in training

:51:29.:51:34.

struggling a bit with the double twist, and she lost herself a bit.

:51:35.:51:40.

One, and she just came out at the half. Yes, that looks not very

:51:41.:51:42.

comfortable. She didn't really break out... She

:51:43.:51:56.

went straight for that leg. She knew she had hurt her knee. Oh, dear. She

:51:57.:52:04.

does also have a place in the floor final. So, let's just hope

:52:05.:52:10.

everything is all right for Steingruber. She had time to get

:52:11.:52:20.

around. That's Sharp. She had time to get around the two twists, she

:52:21.:52:24.

just lost herself a little bit. The Swiss national coach looks on with

:52:25.:52:31.

great concern. And with those forward landings, it is very

:52:32.:52:34.

difficult to spot where the floor is, because you can't see it.

:52:35.:52:39.

Especially as she wasn't intending to land forward, she was expecting

:52:40.:52:43.

the land backwards. One of those cases, Chris, where she was an

:52:44.:52:45.

cited. -- uncited. Downie is in second for Great

:52:46.:52:57.

Britain, behind Hong Un-jong. Paseka was a medallist in the

:52:58.:53:20.

Olympics. Her legs were everywhere, but the height and flight is good.

:53:21.:53:27.

How sharp they have to be on that turn.

:53:28.:53:36.

The half turn on, and one and a half twists off. It looked better from

:53:37.:53:43.

this side. From the other side, you could see how the legs split as she

:53:44.:53:47.

hit and then snapped together to create the twist, which will be

:53:48.:53:54.

deducted. Very complicated, complex vault. Takes a lot of training, that

:53:55.:54:01.

one. A good stab at it. The legs a little alive. -- a little awry. She

:54:02.:54:14.

would have been competing neck and neck with Steingruber, so slightly

:54:15.:54:17.

lost her focus having seen what happened to Steingruber. A big

:54:18.:54:27.

tariff of 6.4, difficulty. A big score for vault number one. The next

:54:28.:54:30.

one a smidgen easier, at 6.3. She needs over 14.56 to go into

:54:31.:54:47.

third. Very good, two and a half twists. Her favourite vault.

:54:48.:54:54.

She got a huge mark for the first one considering I thought she was a

:54:55.:55:02.

little untidy. This was much tidier. The bronze medallist in London at

:55:03.:55:06.

the Olympics on the vault, so one of the more experienced gymnasts here.

:55:07.:55:13.

The current European vault champion. You can see from the overhead camera

:55:14.:55:21.

that she uses the split leg again. On the side on view, the judges

:55:22.:55:28.

can't see that is clearly. But the flight is very good and she was

:55:29.:55:29.

clearly down the middle. So at the moment, Paseka leads Hong

:55:30.:55:56.

Un-jong. Downie in third. The Chinese champion will be up next,

:55:57.:56:05.

Wang Ya n. Simone Biles after her, and then the Indian gymnast Karmakar

:56:06.:56:08.

will be the last to go. This gymnast got gold at the

:56:09.:56:18.

European youth Olympics last year, just 16 years old. Little, but

:56:19.:56:27.

powerful. The double twisting Tsukuhara. A tiny little gymnast,

:56:28.:56:31.

she rocketed up. Very efficient, and how clean was the twisting shape? I

:56:32.:56:39.

thought it was clean, straight or the way. A little pike, and write

:56:40.:56:53.

down the middle, Mr Bing Crosby! The menus the turn on and don't keep the

:56:54.:56:58.

feet over their head, so that is very nice vaulting indeed. -- the

:56:59.:57:01.

men use. The chest was well down on landing,

:57:02.:57:13.

so that will be deducted, but it is a big tariff, six difficulty. She is

:57:14.:57:19.

using the technique of the men, where they really just quarter on,

:57:20.:57:25.

and then one and a half twists out of it. Very efficient. She is after

:57:26.:57:37.

a total of 14.9 to knock Ellie out of the medals. This next vault is

:57:38.:57:45.

even harder. She is posting 6.2 on the difficulty scoreboard.

:57:46.:57:51.

She is actually with good, strong, powerful legs as she runs. Made for

:57:52.:58:05.

vault. Very aggressive. The feat in and out very fast, and it was the

:58:06.:58:09.

straight with one and a half twists, just undercooked it. I love the way

:58:10.:58:17.

she skips along the run, light, fast and powerful. What a shame about the

:58:18.:58:22.

landing. She will have another final, the beam, tomorrow. For a

:58:23.:58:28.

little gymnast, you have to get the feet up and over your head so

:58:29.:58:33.

rapidly to do the straight front somersault with one and a half

:58:34.:58:36.

twists. She knew she had to go for the difficulty. Was it a definite

:58:37.:58:44.

touch? Yes, I think so. She seemed to hit one side of the Springboard

:58:45.:58:50.

there. And they have coils, so you get a bit of a lopsided recoil from

:58:51.:58:54.

the board if you don't hit the centre. Yes, she did, twice. The

:58:55.:59:01.

deduction for lack of height and flight. So she will be hammered for

:59:02.:59:09.

that, unfortunately. At three o'clock today, the men's pommel

:59:10.:59:16.

final, two British men, Louis Smith and Max Whitlock. Wang, in fourth.

:59:17.:59:27.

The British men will be thinking in their minds, what they are going to

:59:28.:59:32.

do, the difficulty level. Stay with us for that. Simone Biles took

:59:33.:59:38.

silver at last year's World Championships. She needs a total of

:59:39.:59:47.

over 15.63. This vault is quite astounding. Have you seen anyone fly

:59:48.:59:55.

higher and be tighter in the air? It was fantastic. Nonchalantly walks

:59:56.:00:03.

off the mat at the end! She knows the job is only half done. Absolute

:00:04.:00:13.

focus. It took my breath away. It's a rocket take-off, isn't it?

:00:14.:00:19.

Unbelievable. Again, she hits in just the right position, and then

:00:20.:00:23.

she almost seems to hover through the shoulders, the fingers. She

:00:24.:00:27.

finds an extra bit of height after, and then wrapping it up. No twisting

:00:28.:00:34.

off the top there. The form and style in-flight...

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The all-around champion gets 15.9 for vault number one. Made history

:00:42.:00:49.

with three consecutive titles in the women's all-around competition. The

:00:50.:00:54.

medal tally is not over yet, I'm sure. She does do a slightly

:00:55.:01:03.

simpler second vault, so it has to be perfect. The half turn, the

:01:04.:01:06.

straight body, and it pretty well was perfect! She heard you! Great

:01:07.:01:10.

stuff from her. One-and-a-half twists was clean. Did

:01:11.:01:30.

I give an extra twist there? Was I too generous? I think just the half.

:01:31.:01:36.

She does it so cleanly she fools you into thinking there is more twists.

:01:37.:01:43.

Lovely shape. Clean execution. If we are being picky, she was slightly

:01:44.:01:53.

offline! Go on, Matt, find a 10th somewhere. She her body shape in

:01:54.:02:02.

flight just perfectly. A joy to watch and witness. So close at last

:02:03.:02:18.

year's vault final. Oh! Third. Chris, you sit there with a raised

:02:19.:02:25.

eyebrow. Well, the tariff was down. The tariff was lower. It was only a

:02:26.:02:31.

5. 6. I guess that's what lost it for her. Talking of tariffs... Yes,

:02:32.:02:41.

Dipa Karmakar with a seven difficulty.

:02:42.:02:46.

And she has to squeeze this in. Oh! Just got her feet down. If you don't

:02:47.:02:52.

get the feet down first it's a zero. I think she did. She did. The spin,

:02:53.:03:00.

she was a little late getting in, I think. Didn't get the reaction from

:03:01.:03:06.

the top of the table. But she span when she had so. -- when she had to.

:03:07.:03:13.

Yes, cleanly feet first. I think deduction for a low landing and I

:03:14.:03:17.

know it sounds ridiculous, but she tucked the legs a bit early, a bit

:03:18.:03:24.

of a deduction for that. But a very ambitious vault. It's a sit down.

:03:25.:03:33.

That's a sit that. That angle certainly made it look like it,

:03:34.:03:39.

didn't it? Yeah. Hey has to lose a mark for that. I think so. She

:03:40.:03:44.

scored 15. 1 in qualification with that vault. Similar thing happened.

:03:45.:03:49.

You have to remember that this vault is being marked out of 17. Slightly

:03:50.:03:56.

better than qualification. So her final vault and the final

:03:57.:04:11.

vault of this women's world vault final. It's a six difficulty.

:04:12.:04:19.

She went on forwards for the hand spring, so now she has to turn on.

:04:20.:04:28.

Here we go. Oh! Double twist on. She stuttered to the side. A great

:04:29.:04:33.

achievement for a gymnast from India to have made a world final, the

:04:34.:04:36.

first time a female gymnast has achieved that. She will be a little

:04:37.:04:40.

bit disappointed with the performance. Well, she will need 14.

:04:41.:04:47.

899 to knock Ellie Downie out of 4th position.

:04:48.:04:54.

That's going to be heavily deducted, isn't it? Legs apart on contact. No

:04:55.:05:03.

landing, to the side. -- low landing to the side. She just managed to

:05:04.:05:11.

keep her hands off the floor. But there was plenty of deductions for

:05:12.:05:24.

the judges to get their teeth into. So the European champion looks

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pretty comfortable. Until we see this final score it will not be

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confirmed. Karamakar finishes in 5th place. There is the new world

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champion on vault, Maria Paseka from Russia takes the title.

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Well, a bit of a surprise really, wasn't it, Chris? Yes, it really

:06:00.:06:06.

was. It was difficulty that made the difference. Hong Un Jong in most

:06:07.:06:15.

people's minds was the favourite. She is good in the air, as well.

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Simone Biles, what about that? Yes, I think she would be surprised. I am

:06:21.:06:27.

sure she could up the difficulty of that second vault and maybe she will

:06:28.:06:31.

feel she has to for the Olympics now which would be great. Maria Paseka

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is the gold medallist then. Simone Biles has to be content with bronze.

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Great job from Ellie Downie. For the moment she's battling -- for a

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moment she was battling for bronze. To vault with such confidence is

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great for the future. Yes indeed. I think just in a second we can talk

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to Ellie about that. Ellie, 4th on the first individual

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World Championships final. How happy are you with that? Over the moon. I

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know what I had to do what I am doing in training, couldn't have

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done them better so pleased. Mitch and Christine commented you looked

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confident. Did you have any nerves? I wasn't too nervous, vaults are my

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sprongest piece and I kind of know what I am didding. -- strongest. I

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had to do the best I could. You are still young, there is still much

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more time to improve? I am not disappointed at all. The first world

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vault final and coming in 4th is amazing. I have some upgraedz for

:07:44.:07:47.

next year so I know that when they're ready I could be pushing for

:07:48.:07:51.

those medals. You are not finished yet. You still have the floor final.

:07:52.:07:54.

How do you feel going into that? I have to do the best I can. I

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qualified in 8th and I have to go out there and enjoy it. Well done,

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thank you. Thank you. Well, Beth, very impressive vaulting

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indeed from Ellie Downie. Really a similar tactic to Simone Biles, went

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for the easier second vault and sometimes it can pay off. It can.

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She has clean form and knows those vaults inside out. She knows exactly

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how to land them and like she said she has upgrades at home that maybe

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weren't ready for these championships so who knows what we

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can see from this young star. Dan, as far as back in the training gym

:08:38.:08:41.

is concerned what will be happening to perfect that extra little bit of

:08:42.:08:44.

twist there ready for Rio? I think she will be working on getting a

:08:45.:08:50.

little bit more height and consistency in training, maybe to

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get extra twists or upping the second vault for more twists. You

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will do it into a foam pit and when it's ready finally go over hard.

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Having these all round gymnasts that can specialise in one particular

:09:06.:09:09.

field, that really is the goal for British gymnastics as we know it so

:09:10.:09:12.

you have the chance at individual all rounds and a chance at team and

:09:13.:09:16.

Ellie is a perfect example of that. She is. That's what has helped

:09:17.:09:20.

British gymnastics rise up through the ranks. We have so many strong

:09:21.:09:23.

individualists but they're also strong on the all round. Every time

:09:24.:09:27.

you are stepping out into this competition arena you are picking up

:09:28.:09:31.

that experience and getting used to the crowds. This was I think her

:09:32.:09:35.

fourth competition out. By tomorrow she will be a dab hand at this and

:09:36.:09:39.

not phased by the at miss fear. Very shortly we will be able to see Louis

:09:40.:09:44.

Smith and Max Whitlock in the pommel horse final. There is a slight

:09:45.:09:47.

hiccup in his preparations for that because he has to come out and get a

:09:48.:09:52.

medal for floor. He would rather be obviously in the gym, would he not,

:09:53.:09:55.

and receive the medal at the end of the day? He would. Rather be back

:09:56.:09:59.

there preparing for the pommel but he is one of the last gymnasts up so

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he has time to mentally prepare after he gets the silver medal. He

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will be happy to come out, get the medal in front of a home crowd and

:10:07.:10:09.

look forward to the pommel final. We don't want to miss a thing on this

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ceremony. We will hand over to Mitch and Christine in the commentary box

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to talk us through Max getting that remarkable silver medal on floor.

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Remarkable it was really. He has had a series of tests over the past days

:10:27.:10:32.

and kept his stamina, kept his focus and produced a great floor.

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This is a great start. He twists so efficiently. A stylish gymnast, as

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well, Christine. He is. He hauls had that flair on the floor -- he has

:10:52.:10:56.

always had that flair on the floor. He has worked extremely hard to pick

:10:57.:11:02.

up the other apparatus to become the great all-rounder he is. I think

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even though Max would have been disappointed yesterday to have made

:11:07.:11:12.

a mistake and not have got the medal, I think he hasn't had a great

:11:13.:11:18.

year. He suffered a little bit with ill-health and it's just not been an

:11:19.:11:23.

easy year for him. So to come off the back of a year that hasn't been

:11:24.:11:28.

perfect and actually come so close to the world champion I think it

:11:29.:11:34.

will have given him a bit of a boost. Santana, joyfully, takes to

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the medal podium. The complete showman, isn't he, Mitch?

:11:51.:11:53.

Definitely. Played to the crowd and so he should. A great performance.

:11:54.:12:01.

Representing Great Britain, Max Whitlock! Here he is, the young man,

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he served himself and his country very well indeed in that final to

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take a silver medal. Max Whitlock for Great Britain takes

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the silver. The winner of the gold medal and 2015 men's floor world

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champion, representing Japan, Kenzo Shirai. Was it ever really in doubt?

:12:52.:12:56.

I don't think so. MrTwister and MrPopular. Very unassuming young man

:12:57.:13:03.

with superb technique and a wonderful twisting repertoire. A

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worthy world champion. Fantastic floor work from these three young

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men and Kenzo Shirai comes out top with a gold medal well deserved.

:13:20.:13:33.

The first of five gold medals to be presented today goes around the neck

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of Kenzo Shirai. I remember him as a gymnast, presenting the medals.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of Japan.

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Kenzo, arigato! A lovely smile, we have said before, he is a very

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unassuming man. A third gold medal for Japan. They have been at the top

:15:22.:15:29.

in the team, in the individual, now the first apparatus medal goes to

:15:30.:15:33.

Japan. Really showing their dominance at this championships.

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Gold to Kenzo Shirai. Silver for Max Whitlock. Santana takes the bronze.

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And what a floor final it was. Max Whitlock will refocus for the

:15:55.:16:05.

pommel, which will be up shortly. With two British gymnast in that

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final, we have dimensioned Dan Purvis as well, who finished in

:16:10.:16:14.

fifth. That is it for finals for him, but what a World Championships

:16:15.:16:19.

is as bad. Definitely. He can walk away with his head held high, he has

:16:20.:16:24.

not made a single mistake, he has been amazing individually and for

:16:25.:16:29.

the team. What a World Championships it has been for him. To put in these

:16:30.:16:34.

consistent 15 scores, that is so important of the world stage. It is

:16:35.:16:38.

important not only for himself but for the British team. He really put

:16:39.:16:41.

in the effort for the silver medal for the team. In the Rio games, they

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are going to be looking for consistency and difficulty, and

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Andorra ticks both of those boxes. Does he have quite a bit of fuel

:16:51.:16:54.

left in the tank? Yes. He has been working for some upgrades on the

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floor, they weren't quite ready, working really hard so he can push

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into the medals. Talking of the rest of the British team, let's have a

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look ahead to the finals on their way this afternoon.

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Ruby Harrold will compete in the uneven bars finals. Bronze in the

:17:18.:17:27.

Commonwealth Games, and an impressive team final routine. Max

:17:28.:17:31.

Whitlock refocusing after the silver on floor, going for gold in the

:17:32.:17:34.

pommel final. The biggest challenge will be Louis Smith. How difficult

:17:35.:17:41.

will he go? How fit is he, after this remarkable comeback he has had?

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Time will tell. It won't be long before the boys are out in the

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arena. I think Louis is going to be feeling, well, he will be as relaxed

:17:54.:17:58.

as he possibly can be under this kind of pleasure. Yes, since Louis

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has made his comeback, he has seemed the most calm and chilled out he has

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ever been, and his form has been fantastic. Dan mentioned he has had

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ten competitions this year and his lowest score has been 15.3. That

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gives them confidence. His advantage is he has not done as many

:18:17.:18:22.

competitions as the rest, so he is fresh. So you could be joined? You

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are the only world champion we have got. It was a title that changed

:18:27.:18:31.

British gymnastics as we knew it. Just before this competition, we

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delved into the archives and went back to that golden year of 2006.

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What do you remember about this bit? Not a lot. You kind of go into

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autopilot. A very big series. Two releases.

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This is the one that came to grief last time. She went for broke! , on,

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she must keep her concentration. More big skills to come. -- come on.

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This was where we had a few problems last time. Full pirouette into the

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dismount. SQL twisting double back, wow! Fantastic. -- full twisting

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double back. Yes! The relief in your face as you start waving to the

:19:50.:19:54.

crowd there... It was because everyone else around me was so

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nervous. Very impressive still. Obviously you knew you had done your

:19:56.:20:09.

best here. The weight must have been horrendous. That's the hardest part,

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waiting for your score, because there is nothing you can do. Did you

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think you had got it at this point? No. She has scored 16.2! Fantastic!

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How about that? Britain's Beth Tweddle is in the lead! Did you

:20:32.:20:38.

think there are could beat you? I knew if she did her normal routine,

:20:39.:20:43.

she couldn't, but you never believe it until you see the scores. Were

:20:44.:20:48.

you watching really closely? Yes! Everyone was. There's the score, she

:20:49.:20:56.

is in third, so hey, we have a world champion!

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It's the dream, to be world champion. There's nobody on the

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planet better than you. When you hear that news, you have got the

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flag... I don't know what I was going! I just ran around with it.

:21:13.:21:17.

That is what you do when you are world champion! I cringe watching

:21:18.:21:27.

this! Why? We have to applaud. The flag didn't leave me all night, I

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took it on the podium. Amazing. There you are with the world gold

:21:33.:21:38.

around your neck. How did that compared to the first medal you won

:21:39.:21:42.

as a little gymnast? So much more special. I think because no one had

:21:43.:21:52.

ever done it. Do I sing, do I not? I chose not to, I think. Absolutely

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tremendous. Unbelievable. There you are, Beth, at 21! A

:21:55.:22:10.

youngster! How did that moment change your life? Two other world

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titles followed. I wouldn't say it changed my life. Between myself and

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my coach, it changed the belief. A lot of people said we could win a

:22:21.:22:24.

world title but until you get the medal around your neck, you don't

:22:25.:22:28.

really believe it. For the whole of British gymnastics, the younger

:22:29.:22:31.

generation coming through, they were thinking, it has always been Russia,

:22:32.:22:36.

Romania, America, and now suddenly British gymnastics is able to pick

:22:37.:22:40.

up a medal. So hopefully a lot of youngsters were inspired to follow

:22:41.:22:45.

in my footsteps. You didn't just do it on one piece of apparatus. There

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are only four in women still aspects, and to be world champion on

:22:50.:22:54.

two of them... When I did it in London, it was a surprise. I wanted

:22:55.:23:01.

to come away with a bar medal and I crashed out in qualification. I

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remember thinking, why do I do gymnastics and put myself through

:23:06.:23:09.

this disappointment? But I ended up in the floor vinyl, went up first

:23:10.:23:12.

and my name stayed at the top of the board. -- floor final. It was the

:23:13.:23:18.

best feeling, it almost meant more to me. Maria Paseka takes gold, Hong

:23:19.:23:28.

Un-jong, a silver medal. And Simone Biles takes the bronze back to the

:23:29.:23:33.

USA. She played it a little safe on the second vault to come third.

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There is the new world champion. Ladies and gentlemen, the National

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anthem of the Russian Federation. Maria Paseka vaults her way to the

:23:50.:25:17.

world title. Glasgow, show your appreciation for our World

:25:18.:25:22.

Championship medallists! No doubt you have been inspired by what you

:25:23.:25:25.

are watching, and if you would like to get involved in sport in general,

:25:26.:25:31.

have a look at our website. Lots of information on there on how you can

:25:32.:25:35.

get involved. Every athlete has that certain person, maybe sees a certain

:25:36.:25:41.

moment, that makes them feel like they can achieve greatness. And here

:25:42.:25:44.

is Louis Smith's inspiration. My idol in gymnastics was a Romanian

:25:45.:25:54.

gymnast. He was exceptional on the pommel horse. He scored a perfect

:25:55.:25:58.

ten back in the day, I remember watching him. He has got a ten! The

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first time since this has been introduced. Look at his face! I

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idolised this guy, I wanted to be like him. I did the Glasgow Grand

:26:14.:26:19.

Prix at 16 years old, competing against him. I'm a member doing this

:26:20.:26:27.

competition and looking over and thinking, that's him. -- I remember

:26:28.:26:31.

doing this competition. I couldn't believe it. I qualified for the

:26:32.:26:43.

final with Krisztian Berki and Urzica. I remember standing on the

:26:44.:26:47.

podium, and right then, it changed. It went from being a fan boy to

:26:48.:26:52.

suddenly... I can't wait to beat you. I went from not believing I

:26:53.:26:59.

could compete against them to suddenly, I really want to kick your

:27:00.:27:06.

backside. It was so surreal. Someone I idolised, a role model on TV, to

:27:07.:27:11.

suddenly I almost beat him at 16 years old. It was crazy. And Louis

:27:12.:27:18.

has continued to beat some of the finest gymnasts in the world.

:27:19.:27:24.

Exciting news, well, it isn't for Krisztian Berki, the Olympic

:27:25.:27:29.

champion hasn't qualified for this final. So this could well be Louis

:27:30.:27:37.

's chance, and Max's chance as well. Louis Smith had a moment in the team

:27:38.:27:41.

final, he muscled through and stayed on, and that is the key on this

:27:42.:27:47.

piece. Definitely. He went for a more difficult routine in the team

:27:48.:27:50.

final. It was good for him to get that routine under his belt in this

:27:51.:27:53.

arena so he was fully confident ahead of the final. Beth, it is

:27:54.:28:00.

always that conundrum of difficulty versus execution, because we know

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that Macs can do a very difficult routine as well. Usually in finals,

:28:05.:28:10.

gymnasts will tend to raise their game. Louis is going in the middle

:28:11.:28:15.

of the field so he will have to decide whether to go for the more

:28:16.:28:18.

difficult routine. Personally, I think he will go for broke, he has

:28:19.:28:24.

nothing to lose. Max is at the end so he can decide which routine to

:28:25.:28:28.

put out there. The first gymnast coming out is the European silver

:28:29.:28:37.

medallist, the, from Armenia. He is more than handy. Merdinyan. He has

:28:38.:28:45.

been inconsistent in the past but he did a really nice routine in

:28:46.:28:48.

qualification, so interesting to see what he can do here today. Vernyayev

:28:49.:28:58.

will be next up. He did not have much fun in the all-around on the

:28:59.:29:02.

pommel. But if he hits, he is going to be hard to beat. He is going to

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be hard to beat, but having had the disappointment last night, he will

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want to rectify it. He is one to watch. He has strength of

:29:13.:29:16.

character, he has come back after disappointment and won world

:29:17.:29:19.

titles, so he is a dark horse. And he posted a 7 difficulty in

:29:20.:29:26.

qualification. He is handy on the pommel, if he can stay on, he will

:29:27.:29:31.

come away with a big score. Some big guns in this, it's not going to be

:29:32.:29:47.

an easy final to win. This is the US champion, Naddour. Max will have

:29:48.:29:51.

watched all of these gymnasts burst, or maybe he will be training and not

:29:52.:29:57.

paying any attention at all. That is your tactic. -- gymnasts first.

:29:58.:30:07.

Scott will be keeping an eye on it for Max I think he will look at the

:30:08.:30:12.

presentation and then be back in the gym taking his mind off what

:30:13.:30:18.

everyone else is doing. What a competition the Japanese gymnasts

:30:19.:30:24.

are having. He was alongside Uchimura, who won his sixth

:30:25.:30:27.

consecutive title. This man definitely wants a medal hanging

:30:28.:30:31.

around his neck at the end of today. Who knows what colour it will

:30:32.:30:36.

be? He knows what it is like to medal at this level. Louis Smith,

:30:37.:30:44.

looking calm. He looks really calm, looks like he is enjoying every

:30:45.:30:48.

moment. Relaxed, and that is good to see. He has the gloves on, to keep

:30:49.:30:56.

his hands warm, Beth. It is very important. Because he is in the

:30:57.:31:00.

middle of the pack, he has to decide, does he go back to the

:31:01.:31:03.

warm-up gym, does he stay out? By the look of the gloves, he has

:31:04.:31:07.

chosen to stay in the arena and get the atmosphere. Another world and

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Olympic finalist, Vid Hidvegi. He is quite used to this competition. He

:31:14.:31:19.

went to college in Leeds. He competed alongside us as a guest in

:31:20.:31:23.

the British Championships for a couple of years, so we know him very

:31:24.:31:24.

well. Not the highest start value, but

:31:25.:31:34.

what he does is very clean, so he can expect in the low 15s. Someone

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to keep an eye on, Robert Seligman. He was fifth in last year's worlds,

:31:41.:31:47.

fourth in the Euros. If the others crumble, he is consistent. There is

:31:48.:31:52.

always that chance. That is what it is about in the final, if you can

:31:53.:31:56.

put in a good routine and stay on the pommel, you are going to be in

:31:57.:32:01.

with a chance. He is back. Is he ready? Has he had enough time to

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calm down since both -- since the silver medal on floor? The most

:32:09.:32:14.

almighty roar for Max Whitlock. It is great to be here. In everyday

:32:15.:32:20.

life now, people are able to name these British gymnasts. Back in the

:32:21.:32:24.

day, you would not even have known if a British gymnast was competing,

:32:25.:32:29.

but nowadays people are following the team's progress and they are

:32:30.:32:31.

able to tell you what they are up to. The preparation is over.

:32:32.:32:43.

The stage is set. The question is will Beth be joined as the only

:32:44.:32:53.

gymnast to have a world title? We are going to hand down to Mitch and

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Christine in the commentary box. What a final in store, the men's

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pommel horse. Mitch and Christine, over to you. Lots of British

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interest, of course. This is the most precarious of the men's

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apparatus. Harutyun Merdinyan from Armenia. Of course, no warm-up in

:33:16.:33:20.

the arena. They warmed up a couple of hours ago. They have to come in

:33:21.:33:27.

cold. He just had a little feel of the handles. And that's all. It's a

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huge test. First up in a world pommels final.

:33:43.:33:54.

Nice travelling scissor with half turn. Unusually simple start but he

:33:55.:34:05.

is into a rhythm very quickly. Good circles on one handle. Triple

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Russian. Three times around with a straight body. Likes his triple

:34:17.:34:34.

Russians this young man. Up he goes. Nicely through to go first up. Clean

:34:35.:34:43.

and efficient. Well done. Well, that looked to me quite a solid

:34:44.:34:47.

challenge. Might not be the most difficult but it was not shoddy. The

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difficulty score was 6. 7 in qualification so it's right up

:34:53.:34:54.

there. He didn't give much away at all. Absolutely. The trick is to go

:34:55.:35:01.

through on an apparatus like this, that's an advantage. Definite

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feather in his cap to go through as first up. Now the others have to

:35:06.:35:15.

watch it. A difficult job from the guy who qualified second. Got 15.

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466 in qualification. I would have thought he would be towards that,

:35:21.:35:27.

wouldn't you? His style was great. The transitions between the circles

:35:28.:35:31.

and the single leg work and the flairs were all very good. Very

:35:32.:35:35.

efficient indeed. He has to be around 15. 3. Is there a little bit

:35:36.:35:44.

of a hesitation on the dismount? Just paused slightly. That can make

:35:45.:35:50.

a difference. They like to see it swing all the way through, almost

:35:51.:35:53.

accelerated to the end. I think that was a good routine and certainly as

:35:54.:35:58.

first man up a great job. The pressure is on the others.

:35:59.:36:04.

Absolutely. That's when it's great to be first, when it all goes well!

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Oh, yes. What does the European silver medallist - what has he

:36:16.:36:19.

achieved here? Posted a difficulty score of 6. 7. He has matched that

:36:20.:36:26.

with difficulty. 15. 5. It's a big score. A great start. First up, a

:36:27.:36:34.

big score. The others really have to be on song here. On that difficulty

:36:35.:36:44.

theme, Oleg Verniaiev put up a seven difficulty in qualification. He can

:36:45.:36:53.

swing pommel horse, I tell you that. Light, quick, accurate. Great in the

:36:54.:37:01.

handstand. Nice little undercut to get into the second handstand.

:37:02.:37:10.

A little hesitation there. You have to keep the swing. Triple Russian

:37:11.:37:20.

between the handles, not a lot of room to do that skill.

:37:21.:37:26.

Great on one handle. There is the rushen on one handle. Back in,

:37:27.:37:37.

that's so difficult. -- Russian. Oh! You could see there, as he started

:37:38.:37:44.

that treble, but well rescued. He has his form back. Into the

:37:45.:37:51.

handstand. Lost the body shape, stayed on that end, but still built

:37:52.:37:56.

a sufficient difficulty dismount. Yeah, what a recovery. Whether or

:37:57.:37:59.

not he will get that seven value on the difficulty we will have to wait

:38:00.:38:04.

and see, but execution a few 10th, Chris. He just looked like a

:38:05.:38:08.

different gymnast to last night. We saw him in the all round last night

:38:09.:38:13.

when he could easily have been up there fourth on the pommel horse, he

:38:14.:38:17.

really looked so much more secure today. He has a lovely technique. I

:38:18.:38:22.

was really supplied to see this happen. -- really surprised to see

:38:23.:38:26.

this happen. Shoulders on the wrong side. He had to break form to keep

:38:27.:38:31.

contact. A big pike to get back in. The judges won't miss these things.

:38:32.:38:34.

But very much worth breaking form in order to stay on, Mitch. Oh, yes!

:38:35.:38:41.

Three 10ths against one whole mark. No brainer. There quick thinking

:38:42.:38:49.

because the body wasn't straight enough to travel and twist

:38:50.:38:57.

efficiently. Did well. 15. 5 the score to beat. I think he will be

:38:58.:39:05.

lucky to get that. I think so. His qualification score was 15. 15.

:39:06.:39:09.

Well, we will see what the judges come up with. They've to be super

:39:10.:39:15.

strict today and all be in line with their scores. Let's keep an eye on

:39:16.:39:19.

that difficulty score, as well. And see if they've deducted on that. The

:39:20.:39:24.

discussion will be whether the break of form was bad enough to take away

:39:25.:39:31.

the value of the difficulty. That's the discussion. Well, they've stuck

:39:32.:39:41.

with a seven. He gets 15. 266. Merdinyan still leads from Armenia.

:39:42.:39:48.

Alexander Naddour from the USA approaches the pommel horse. Been

:39:49.:39:51.

watching this guy all week training, in the same group as the Netherlands

:39:52.:39:57.

team, and he really is a good pommel worker. The United States have

:39:58.:40:05.

lacked those in the past. Lovely handstand. Good undercut into the

:40:06.:40:11.

second handstand. Slight lack of rhythm there.

:40:12.:40:17.

So much time on the one handle combinations, that's very unusual.

:40:18.:40:31.

Spindle catches so many out, but not him, not today.

:40:32.:40:31.

Oh! He did well to recover after that

:40:32.:40:46.

slight break of form. But again you cannot afford to give anything away.

:40:47.:40:54.

Really pacy routine. Like you say, Mitch, almost because he had such a

:40:55.:40:58.

good pacy routine he could cover it up and move into the next thing.

:40:59.:41:07.

Pretty impressive. He seemed to have so much time on one handle. The

:41:08.:41:11.

whole routine flowed very well. When you make a giant treble to set up a

:41:12.:41:17.

giant treble you have to keep form, get your shoulders over the right

:41:18.:41:21.

side of the handles. The gymnasts can feel when they need to split,

:41:22.:41:26.

feel when they need to get that extra little bit of swing, by fair

:41:27.:41:33.

means or foul. Look at this on the one handle. So much time. Not a lot

:41:34.:41:40.

of space there. He makes it. He is a good pommel worker.

:41:41.:41:48.

A little brush of the legs there. A bend of the knees. They're all

:41:49.:41:59.

little deductions from the judge's pen.

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The discussion now... Did they see it, he is saying? Yes, they did is

:42:18.:42:29.

the answer. 15. 2. Naddour in third as it stands at the moment.

:42:30.:42:36.

Five gymnasts left to go in this world pommel horse final. Kazuma

:42:37.:42:44.

Kaya is the next gymnast. Louis Smith is next after this.

:42:45.:42:53.

What impresses me about him is the sheer joy of being here and

:42:54.:42:58.

competing. Let's see if he can retain it over the next 40 seconds

:42:59.:43:09.

or so. Treble, in scissor. Not spectacular lash. Keeps the swing

:43:10.:43:15.

and rhythm. -- spectacular. Handstand. Nicely done.

:43:16.:43:28.

He is making a combination now. The difficulty is there. He did that

:43:29.:43:34.

treble without a break of form. And again. Slight pike on the end. He is

:43:35.:43:45.

going well. This will be the break into the handstand sequence. Safely

:43:46.:43:49.

through. He is up there. Look at him. He is celebrating again. He is

:43:50.:43:54.

loving it. A mature performance for an 18-year-old. He's loved this

:43:55.:43:59.

championships. You can see a real showman. Full of enthusiasm. Quite

:44:00.:44:08.

different to the usual demeanour of the Japanese gymnasts. Yes, this was

:44:09.:44:15.

relatively simple in the start and the pick up. Then he got into the

:44:16.:44:19.

real business of the routine after this handstand. Did the very

:44:20.:44:30.

difficult move. Some marks are lost when you pick up from this work into

:44:31.:44:38.

the circles. He is not fully extended but it's a clean, efficient

:44:39.:44:52.

swing. Makes the treble. A D dismount with a little flourish,

:44:53.:44:57.

as well. He was in control. Well done, young man. When we say they

:44:58.:45:01.

have to include the ten best elements, they have to include the

:45:02.:45:05.

dismount in that, so it has to be of a high level. If you want to just

:45:06.:45:10.

get off with something very simple, you start - the difficulty score

:45:11.:45:18.

will be down. And you get a contact deduction. 15. 5. Kaya goes into

:45:19.:45:28.

joint lead with Merdinyan, sharing gold at the moment. Well done, young

:45:29.:45:41.

man. The stage is set, Matt. Well, here is the current European

:45:42.:45:46.

champion. Third at the worlds back in 2011. Double Olympic medallist.

:45:47.:45:54.

He looks calm. He looks ready. He is a man who can swing almost

:45:55.:46:00.

slowly and deliberately. Look at that.

:46:01.:46:04.

A good start. Slight delay on the pick up. Second

:46:05.:46:07.

handstand is fine. Precision and time. The Russian was

:46:08.:46:20.

great. So easy to lose with, but he

:46:21.:46:37.

doesn't! -- to lose rhythm. Safely through the Wu.

:46:38.:46:46.

The handstand sequence. A small delay, art makes sure of the

:46:47.:46:56.

pirouette! A superb dismount, a great routine. He is in the

:46:57.:47:01.

running, for sure. Well done! That was tremendous. He used all of his

:47:02.:47:09.

experience there. What a performance for Great Britain's Louis Smith!

:47:10.:47:15.

What is so impressive is the time he seems to have to do it. It was paced

:47:16.:47:20.

beautifully, it was precise, it was rhythmical. That was great to watch.

:47:21.:47:27.

That's the best performance I've seen him do. For me, he looks like a

:47:28.:47:36.

true master of the apparatus now. The way he came down from the

:47:37.:47:39.

handstand into the flares, the power he generated in the hips... The

:47:40.:47:46.

accuracy on one handle. The transition here, that's beautiful.

:47:47.:47:52.

You remember those flares, Matt, I'm sure. Not giving too many full marks

:47:53.:48:03.

away. The arm flies up, that's the flourish they all want to achieve. I

:48:04.:48:10.

have got so much time, Mr Judge, take something away from that if you

:48:11.:48:16.

dare. Surely it has to be a medal? I reckon. Fantastic work, the ultimate

:48:17.:48:21.

performer. It's a huge score! He is in the lead at the moment. The

:48:22.:48:40.

look on his face... I told you I could do it! A terrific score and a

:48:41.:48:47.

huge challenge for those to come. Three left to go, Max Whitlock is

:48:48.:48:52.

one of them, but that is a very tough score to beat. This one will

:48:53.:49:00.

be going right down to the wire. The Vid Hidvegi, 29 years old. He is

:49:01.:49:10.

capable of more than 15.16, which he qualified, but quite a lumpy start.

:49:11.:49:15.

You need to be smooth and clean. Lovely extension. To achieve that on

:49:16.:49:22.

one handle is impressive. Quick through the Russian. Quick through

:49:23.:49:25.

the spin. Triple Russian. The body has to be

:49:26.:49:31.

kept straight. Up and back, Mr Magyar invented

:49:32.:49:49.

those moves. A heavy delay, but he rescued it. A good routine from

:49:50.:50:00.

Hidvegi. A little smile. He had a lot of pressure on him after having

:50:01.:50:04.

watched Louis Smith's phenomenal performance. Many might have wilted

:50:05.:50:12.

under the intensity of the crowd. But no, an experienced professional

:50:13.:50:18.

gymnast. He did a good job. The swing was light once he got going,

:50:19.:50:24.

he had a lumpy start. The judges have been quite heavy on this. The

:50:25.:50:31.

spin takes a lot of practice, to extend from it. Some lovely touches.

:50:32.:50:38.

That hesitation will cost him at least three tenths.

:50:39.:50:44.

The arch in the handstand would do him huge credit. -- won' t.

:50:45.:50:59.

He has been in the shadow of Krisztian Berki for so long, who

:51:00.:51:09.

didn't even make this final. Louis Smith, the current leader, two left

:51:10.:51:10.

to go. Merdinyan and Kaya share the silver

:51:11.:51:39.

at the moment. Robert Seligman from Croatia is the third highest

:51:40.:51:43.

qualifier. He is the only gymnast who stands between Great Britain

:51:44.:51:50.

having a world champion, because Max Whitlock is the last gymnast to go

:51:51.:51:51.

after him. A very elegant gymnast. Swings with

:51:52.:52:04.

extension, but you need to attack it. And he lumped his way through

:52:05.:52:12.

that, a deduction on the travel. The extension at the front of the swing,

:52:13.:52:17.

and the spindle keeping the extension makes this routine very

:52:18.:52:18.

special. Shape. He lost the style. To stay extended on the difficult

:52:19.:52:33.

one-handed combinations is a risk. It did not pay off this time. Most

:52:34.:52:42.

people, Matt, play it safe there and don't really go for the extended

:52:43.:52:44.

shape. He's a great stylist, you know. Look

:52:45.:53:03.

at that, love it. Super. Travel up, travel back, lovely shape. Triple

:53:04.:53:10.

Russian. He complains it with the dismount. -- he completes it. I'm

:53:11.:53:19.

fortunate. Like you said, one of the cleanest performances, in terms of

:53:20.:53:21.

while he was circling. Beautiful style. A great distance between his

:53:22.:53:28.

body and the handles, which is what you are looking for. He is a great

:53:29.:53:34.

technician. I feel sorry that his technique wasn't rewarded on this

:53:35.:53:39.

occasion. Throwing the hips forward, fully extended, travels forward and

:53:40.:53:48.

backwards. Lovely style. The dismount is a Delta level, but he

:53:49.:53:52.

needs to get the legs over the 30 degrees horizontal and I don't think

:53:53.:53:56.

he does it. -- the dismount is a D. Maybe. Shame.

:53:57.:54:06.

Will there be a bit of tussling from the judges, before the score is out?

:54:07.:54:16.

Such an experienced gymnast, 29 years old. We have commentated on

:54:17.:54:20.

him for many a year. Many. What does the pommel have in store

:54:21.:54:33.

for Max Whitlock here? Louis Smith will be watching very, very closely.

:54:34.:54:43.

Max put in a score of 16.1 in the all-around competition. Louis has a

:54:44.:54:50.

score of 16.03. I can remember the days when the British team used to

:54:51.:54:54.

approach the pommel horse with fear and trepidation. How that has

:54:55.:55:00.

changed. Make your witnesses your strengths and you will be a

:55:01.:55:08.

champion. -- your weaknesses. That confirms that Great Britain have a

:55:09.:55:11.

world champion, but which gymnast will it go to? Max Whitlock whiz his

:55:12.:55:20.

-- with his 20th routine of these championships. They could share

:55:21.:55:29.

gold. Max Whitlock for Great Britain in this world pommel final. That

:55:30.:55:35.

hesitation will cost him three. There won't be many more if he is on

:55:36.:55:37.

song. Lovely pace and rhythm. He skipped through that. Lovely

:55:38.:55:56.

pick-up. The spindle was quick and extended. This is good work. Travel

:55:57.:56:01.

up, travel back, keep stretching, young man. No break of form,

:56:02.:56:10.

straight into the triple Russian. He is up into the dismount series,

:56:11.:56:15.

makes the pirouette! What a superb challenge. Just the tiny fault at

:56:16.:56:21.

the start, but that is a challenge, and that is phenomenal. Well, it

:56:22.:56:29.

really is a battle of the Britons. Who is it going to be? It's going to

:56:30.:56:34.

be very, very close. It will certainly need all of those expert

:56:35.:56:39.

judges to prise them apart, but what a fantastic team performance.

:56:40.:56:46.

Unbelievable. It has to be 16 plus, just the error at the start. Look at

:56:47.:56:49.

the camaraderie between those two. 16.03 is the score to beat. The

:56:50.:57:07.

speed he went through was rages. The pick-up from the flares into the

:57:08.:57:11.

extended circle sets him apart. -- was courageous.

:57:12.:57:17.

Very unusual, very, very impressive. It's going to be so close... How

:57:18.:57:26.

great to see them both work so well. No one capitulated. They fought to

:57:27.:57:35.

the end. The score to beat for silver is 15.5. So you think it is

:57:36.:57:42.

Britain one and two? Oh, yes. I would love to see a shared gold. Not

:57:43.:57:48.

quite the aplomb at the end that Louis had. It's going to be close.

:57:49.:57:57.

He already has a silver to his name today, he got a silver in the team

:57:58.:58:02.

final as well. Is this his golden moment?

:58:03.:58:07.

Max Whitlock is the pommel horse world champion! He beats Lewis Smith

:58:08.:58:23.

into silver. What a story for this young man. Silver in the all-around,

:58:24.:58:32.

silver on their macro and now he is a world champion on the pommel

:58:33.:58:42.

horse. -- silver on floor. In the past the pommel was a problem for

:58:43.:58:51.

Great Britain. Not now. A fantastic performance for both Brits. Louis

:58:52.:58:55.

finishes with the silver, but Max Whitlock did not collapse under the

:58:56.:58:58.

pressure and produced a fantastic routine. What a championship this

:58:59.:59:03.

has been for our British gymnasts. Louis Smith, gracious in second. Max

:59:04.:59:14.

Whitlock, victorious in gold. And you know what? He did a routine with

:59:15.:59:21.

0.1 more difficulty and that is what won it for him, the courage to go

:59:22.:59:28.

for that extra bit. Well spotted, Chris. He needed that difficulty.

:59:29.:59:37.

The Armenian Merdinyan takes blonde. He was first up, he had a long

:59:38.:59:44.

wait. -- takes bronze. A joint bronze with Kaya. What a special

:59:45.:59:53.

moment for Team GB. You can almost see his body sagging with relief

:59:54.:59:59.

there. Let the shoulders drop, deep breath, you have done a fabulous

:00:00.:00:06.

job, old chap. And Louis did brilliantly as well. What a

:00:07.:00:10.

performance. I don't think Max can believe it. He can hear the roar but

:00:11.:00:15.

this will feel like a dream moment. Beth Tweddle knows what it feels

:00:16.:00:21.

like to achieve this accolade. Beth, you are now joined by Max

:00:22.:00:28.

Whitlock. There is confirmation that he is the world champion.

:00:29.:00:41.

Beth, if we can just reflect on this. Max almost looks stunned. He

:00:42.:00:49.

does. I don't think Max sometimes realises how much of an impression

:00:50.:00:52.

he is having on these competitions and he knew what toad do. I don't

:00:53.:00:57.

know whether he will have seen Louis score when he came out and it was a

:00:58.:01:01.

huge score to beat. He scored 16. 1 yesterday. He did his routine and

:01:02.:01:06.

you can see the relief. As soon as the cameras came to him his

:01:07.:01:10.

shoulders like... Yeah, finally done it! Scott, as well, his coach, it

:01:11.:01:13.

would have been hard for him last night and to come back - I texted

:01:14.:01:17.

them both and said you will come back fighting tomorrow. They've done

:01:18.:01:21.

it. Well, we are going to go straight down now and talk to Max.

:01:22.:01:25.

David is with him. I am with the new world champion.

:01:26.:01:30.

Max Whitlock, and the new silver medallist, Louis Smith. Max, world

:01:31.:01:34.

champion. How does that sound? It's unbelievable. I never thought, you

:01:35.:01:37.

know, if I ever dreamed of hitting that moment, I never thought I would

:01:38.:01:41.

get emotional but I feel it now. It's unbelievable. To be alongside

:01:42.:01:46.

Louis, you know, done an amazing job with massive 16. Over the moon.

:01:47.:01:50.

Louis, the silver medal but a massive score and there was only

:01:51.:01:53.

really one guy that could possibly beat you today, wasn't there? Yeah,

:01:54.:01:57.

Max, the whole time I have been back I have been playing catch-up to Max.

:01:58.:02:01.

He has proved himself this competition. Unbelievable. For GB,

:02:02.:02:07.

you know, one and two on the pommel horse, having come from the floor,

:02:08.:02:10.

as well. Max has done an unbelievable job. I am so happy.

:02:11.:02:16.

Max, you have done 20 routines now this week. What has it taken out of

:02:17.:02:21.

you? It's taken a lot out of me. My legs on floor were a bit Ely. Happy

:02:22.:02:27.

to push three and the -- Ely and happy to wush through and the

:02:28.:02:31.

support helped me get through. It's been a tough year for you. You have

:02:32.:02:35.

been ill. This is the culmination of a tough year. Yeah, it has been a

:02:36.:02:40.

tough year with glandular fever at the beginning of the year. This

:02:41.:02:45.

makes up for everything. All of that stress, all of everything on the

:02:46.:02:48.

build-up to this, I am absolutely over the moon. I can't believe it.

:02:49.:02:52.

It's history, the first British man to win a gold medal. Yeah, I am

:02:53.:02:56.

speechless to be honest. I can't believe it. It's amazing. For

:02:57.:03:00.

yourself it's been a road back, as well, Louis. A break after London

:03:01.:03:06.

2012. You have come - you are up there again, aren't you? The idea

:03:07.:03:09.

was to prove I am consistent and prove I can be an asset for the

:03:10.:03:13.

team. This is my last competition of the year. Every competition I have

:03:14.:03:17.

been in I have done a clean routine. Every competition I have done first

:03:18.:03:21.

and second place. I am happy, I have done my job. The main goal was

:03:22.:03:27.

qualifying for Rio, done that. I am just so happy to be back and yeah,

:03:28.:03:32.

it's just been crazy. You are both finished the competition now. Max,

:03:33.:03:37.

if I could ask you to sum up for the week for GB, I know you are

:03:38.:03:40.

speechless. It's been historic for everyone. Starting with the silver

:03:41.:03:44.

medal as a team was unbelievable for us. Everyone's literally got such a

:03:45.:03:51.

high off it, and everyone's gone through, with The Adrenalin and gout

:03:52.:03:54.

out there and performed on the day, couldn't have asked for a better

:03:55.:03:59.

championships. You said GB is one of the best nations in the world. We

:04:00.:04:03.

are definitely the best gymnastics nation on pommel horse in the world.

:04:04.:04:06.

What can we add to that? Unbelievable. Congratulations. Thank

:04:07.:04:08.

you very much. Well, humbling to hear them talk.

:04:09.:04:22.

They're so down to earth. Yet what they can achieve physically is

:04:23.:04:27.

just... That word unbelievable is so overused, but in this case it's

:04:28.:04:35.

justified. Unbelievable! And it was. What shined through there was two

:04:36.:04:39.

guys, they're not foes, they're comrades there. They're sharing this

:04:40.:04:43.

triumph. I am sure it will have been just as well the other way around,

:04:44.:04:48.

Chris. I am sure Max would have been just as complimentary if Louis had

:04:49.:04:53.

won gold. Yes, you know, they're team members. They fought together,

:04:54.:04:59.

as they both said, the major reason for this championships was team

:05:00.:05:03.

qualification. Once that was done then it changed. But really team

:05:04.:05:06.

qualification was what it was all about. The focus as a team together

:05:07.:05:12.

was the most important thing. They've held that bond through to

:05:13.:05:18.

this. Ruby Harrold has -- has just been introduced to the crowd. What a

:05:19.:05:22.

treat for all those people who bought a ticket today. Ruby is on

:05:23.:05:26.

the uneven bars, which is the next final we are going to be treated to.

:05:27.:05:31.

I don't know if Beth is around to talk to. As a world champion on

:05:32.:05:36.

bars, Beth, you know what this event is all about. Talk us through what

:05:37.:05:40.

we expect to see here and how the routines are going to work. With the

:05:41.:05:44.

bars you lead a mixture of turning elements and release and catch

:05:45.:05:47.

elements, most gymnasts are connecting a lot of release and

:05:48.:05:51.

catch elements, that's how they'll build up their difficulty. There is

:05:52.:05:55.

a variety of routines that you are going to see. It could be anyone's.

:05:56.:06:00.

There is a lot out there with a similar start value, had a

:06:01.:06:09.

disappointment in the team values. Obviously you have ruby from Great

:06:10.:06:13.

Britain. Her third bar world finals so who knows what could happen

:06:14.:06:18.

today? Russia have had a great individual finals so far.

:06:19.:06:25.

Spiridonova highest qualifier. European champion. She is one to

:06:26.:06:30.

look out for. However, we are going to start with Shang Chunsong from

:06:31.:06:34.

China. Just outside the medals in the all round competition.

:06:35.:06:42.

Very light, slight gymnast. But really dynamic. Look at that.

:06:43.:06:55.

Beautiful clear circle. Back up to the high bar. You link the

:06:56.:07:01.

difficulties together to get the bonus. Here a pirouette series. Two

:07:02.:07:08.

lovely pirouettes into a sky high front somersault. Really builds the

:07:09.:07:13.

difficulty. She was a tiny bit late on that half turn, but a very big

:07:14.:07:18.

high and well landed full twisted double back. That was a solid

:07:19.:07:23.

opening. I would expect her to be towards a 15 for that first routine.

:07:24.:07:30.

Well, she got a 15. 233 in the team final and 15. 15.166 in the all

:07:31.:07:36.

round. So clean, wasn't she? She was. The

:07:37.:07:41.

Chinese gymnasts are very good at the pirouettes. That was lovely and

:07:42.:07:51.

high. That's the flight from the low to the high bar, which is very hard

:07:52.:07:55.

for her because she's a tiny little gymnast. Some of the taller gymnasts

:07:56.:08:02.

make that easier. You can see lovely straight arms on the giant swing.

:08:03.:08:08.

Knees glued together on the full twisting double tuck. I thought she

:08:09.:08:14.

was going to nail it there. Just that little hop to bring it under

:08:15.:08:20.

control. She smiles. She's had a good championships so far. She was

:08:21.:08:24.

impressive in the all round competition. Wasn't one of the

:08:25.:08:28.

gymnasts that had been talked about a lot for the overall title but in

:08:29.:08:33.

the end it came down to that last apparatus and she was fighting for

:08:34.:08:39.

the bronze medal. Technically that routine, the releases were high and

:08:40.:08:44.

clean, the pirouettes were accurate. Everything about it was technically

:08:45.:08:48.

super. Not very much wrong with it at all. A great job. Interestingly

:08:49.:09:05.

in team qualification they struggled. Just dips below the 15.

:09:06.:09:18.

So, that's the benchmark. Sophie Scheder.

:09:19.:09:28.

5th in last year's World Championships. Renowned gymnast for

:09:29.:09:36.

her uneven bar work. Lovely stoop in and out. And a stoop. They're very

:09:37.:09:45.

difficult when they don't put the feet on. From The Stoop again. Here

:09:46.:09:52.

we go, half turn from that stoop into the super high, front

:09:53.:09:57.

somersault. If they time them right they can really fly and that is

:09:58.:10:04.

really impressive. A little bit of a quiet half turn. Before the

:10:05.:10:09.

dismount. Full twisting. Oh! What a shame. She buckled at the knees

:10:10.:10:14.

there. It was a great first half that routine. Then the last half had

:10:15.:10:19.

about three moves that were of no value before the dismount. Sort of

:10:20.:10:29.

petered out. It was a clear buckle on the dismount. It's hard to

:10:30.:10:35.

appreciate how much energy they burn in that routine. That was lovely.

:10:36.:10:44.

Straight back down with the half turn. Those are the two devalue

:10:45.:10:54.

elements, linked together will give her a bonus. Shoulders really down.

:10:55.:11:00.

She keeps the chin in so that she can see the bar easily before she

:11:01.:11:06.

gets there. Lovely form and extension through the ankles. She's

:11:07.:11:12.

been particularly outstanding on bars. Surprise about the dismount,

:11:13.:11:17.

Mitch. She didn't look as though it was going to be underrotating. No.

:11:18.:11:25.

But that will be at least 0. 8, I think of deductions. Do they class

:11:26.:11:30.

knee contact as a fall? They do. That was close. She just got away

:11:31.:11:35.

with it. The target is still Shang Chunsong

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from China. Next up Fan Yilin, just 15 at the moment. Even at 15, she's

:12:12.:12:19.

the Chinese champion. Got a bronze at the Asian championships. A 6. 9

:12:20.:12:25.

difficulty in the team final. Stoop to pirouette and similar

:12:26.:12:40.

construction. That's what makes that difficult. Didn't have the upstart

:12:41.:12:45.

or handstand between any of these moves. They've had about five

:12:46.:12:49.

deelements in a row. Here we go again. One turn. Second turn. Third

:12:50.:12:55.

with a hop. Kicks high. Lovely double straight.

:12:56.:13:05.

She packed that routine. No wasted elements. Doesn't give the judges

:13:06.:13:11.

very much to deduct. That was really powerful. There is much more to a

:13:12.:13:16.

routine than just the dismount but it helps if you dismount with that

:13:17.:13:26.

quality. Great. Just a reminder, 14. 9 the score to beat.

:13:27.:13:33.

There is the first pirouette. Straight to the difficult deelement.

:13:34.:13:41.

Straight to another and feet in for another one. It really is the way

:13:42.:13:51.

you combine the work. That was four or five elements all in a row. Look

:13:52.:14:01.

how early she sets up that pirouette. The battle with the guys

:14:02.:14:06.

is to get that sort of efficiency. The coaches in this cycle have been

:14:07.:14:10.

allowed to stand close but for me I think that's interfering with the

:14:11.:14:16.

performance. I am surprised that the judges are allowing it. As

:14:17.:14:24.

intrusively as that the coach stood there. However, it didn't detract

:14:25.:14:29.

from a really good bar routine. There is the current leader eagerly

:14:30.:14:52.

watching the scoreboard. Has the youngster beaten the more

:14:53.:15:00.

experienced gymnast? She has! 15. 366. By a considerable margin.

:15:01.:15:20.

Difficulty of 6. 9. Well, Viktoriia Komova from Russia

:15:21.:15:24.

was the second highest qualifier. She was bars champion back in 2011.

:15:25.:15:30.

She's been European champion, as well. Can she regain that title here

:15:31.:15:40.

today? And Komova one of the great stars of the 2012 Olympics. We

:15:41.:15:45.

haven't seen her on the international scene so recently but

:15:46.:15:47.

that's a lovely stoop. Into this Shaposhnikova with half

:15:48.:16:03.

turned. Straight Jager, she has such a lovely feel on this apparatus.

:16:04.:16:15.

Tkachev, swinging well. I lovely half came dismount. We would love to

:16:16.:16:21.

see her come back strong like this. -- a lovely half turn dismount. The

:16:22.:16:29.

time she had in the air to transfer from one bar to the other,

:16:30.:16:33.

accurate, blighted, beautifully performed. For me, that was the

:16:34.:16:39.

routine so far. Whatever the score, it had lovely pace. I would agree.

:16:40.:16:45.

And she is enormously popular among gymnastic bands. -- fans. She was a

:16:46.:16:56.

fantastic junior for Russia, then had injury problems. Thrilled to see

:16:57.:17:01.

her back working well. Look at the shape. So high. Something very

:17:02.:17:09.

special about that performance. Everything taken to the extreme.

:17:10.:17:15.

Amplitude to the extreme. Never a toe not pointed. Straight into that

:17:16.:17:23.

dismount. That's what we mean about no empty elements. A lovely stoop

:17:24.:17:32.

Tkachev. When you are swinging and catching that high, it is so

:17:33.:17:35.

difficult to kill the swing, but she does that really well. It was her

:17:36.:17:42.

team-mate Spiridonova who posted the highest score in qualification, and

:17:43.:17:51.

that was 15.466. But that was just utterly beautiful. Beyond any

:17:52.:17:56.

textbook. That was something special. It had that marvellous

:17:57.:18:01.

ingredient, magical touch, super performance. That virtuosity you

:18:02.:18:08.

can't teach, that they feel in them. Absolutely. The judges are taking

:18:09.:18:22.

their time. Yilin looking on. The judges in their little booths. A

:18:23.:18:28.

different position for the judges, in this championship, at apparatus

:18:29.:18:33.

height. They have been sacked away from the floor. This will be to do

:18:34.:18:40.

with tolerance, and the difference between the judges from the

:18:41.:18:43.

different countries, this deliberation. It will be. You have

:18:44.:18:50.

two judges doing the difficulty score. They are all experts, but if

:18:51.:18:54.

you have a gymnast in the final, you cannot provide a judge. For

:18:55.:18:59.

instance, it won't be possible for the British judge to judge this

:19:00.:19:03.

final because Ruby Harrold is in it, the same for the Russian judge,

:19:04.:19:10.

because Komova is in it. So you have a different group of judges who

:19:11.:19:14.

don't often see these performers. So it's a different panel, a different

:19:15.:19:19.

type of scoring. We quite often sees cause we don't necessarily expect in

:19:20.:19:23.

finals. What sort of tolerance are we expecting between the head judge

:19:24.:19:30.

and the others? I think the reference judge, the jury, not

:19:31.:19:36.

actually sitting and judging... They have to be within 0.3. If a score

:19:37.:19:40.

comes in that they don't agree with... It is all to do with

:19:41.:19:44.

ensuring it is totally fair. The last thing Komova will want to do is

:19:45.:19:51.

rush them. She will want to get every 10th she can. I mean, where do

:19:52.:20:01.

you deduct from? Every time I see it, I'm amazed at the quality of

:20:02.:20:03.

this work. She actually fell off the bars in

:20:04.:20:18.

the previous competition. Well! Komova goes into the lead alongside

:20:19.:20:27.

Yilin. A joint score at the top. Sharing gold at the moment.

:20:28.:20:39.

Gabby Douglas is back after a long break. Lovely handstand as well. A

:20:40.:20:57.

clean pirouette and a superhigh Tkachev and Pak salto. This is one

:20:58.:21:04.

of my favourite bits, the Endo, the turns are a bit crisp and clean.

:21:05.:21:09.

Although that section was a bit empty, for me. But what a super

:21:10.:21:14.

dismount. Flying through the air. Well, she was the all-around Olympic

:21:15.:21:19.

champion. She took silver in the all-around competition here a few

:21:20.:21:24.

days ago. That is a bid for a medal. So stylish. I think you are right, a

:21:25.:21:34.

huge bid for a medal. I actually think that she's going to be better

:21:35.:21:39.

and better. This is her first competition back out of the USA.

:21:40.:21:44.

Just a little bit untidy legs, the feet were apart on the Tkachev, the

:21:45.:21:51.

toes turned art, but otherwise a very clean performance. The stoop

:21:52.:21:57.

again. Doesn't get the feet in quite so deeply as some of the other

:21:58.:22:04.

gymnasts. This is going to be tough, to pick the difference between these

:22:05.:22:12.

gymnasts. It will be the difficulty score that counts. She just Bentley

:22:13.:22:17.

arms a bit, and those are small reductions in the judges can take.

:22:18.:22:25.

-- she just bent the arms. She scored 15.3 the team final. At the

:22:26.:22:33.

moment the gold medal position is 15.366. It's going to be very, very

:22:34.:22:44.

tight, isn't it? A lovely dismount, though.

:22:45.:22:48.

She floats, doesn't she? Drifts towards the ground. Like I was

:22:49.:22:58.

saying, this is her first competition back since 2012, out of

:22:59.:23:03.

the USA, and I wasn't terribly impressed in the team qualification,

:23:04.:23:06.

but each time I have seen her she has got crisper, looking like she is

:23:07.:23:09.

enjoying being on the stage. Gabby Douglas goes into third spot.

:23:10.:23:29.

Fan Yilin still leading the competition with Spiridonova. Kocian

:23:30.:23:34.

the next to go. The US bars champion. Brought along

:23:35.:23:50.

as a bit of a specialist. The stoop in and out with full turn. She

:23:51.:23:55.

didn't link it, so she will be down on start value. Art nicely and back

:23:56.:24:01.

down. And then she does link very well indeed. -- up nicely. The

:24:02.:24:09.

pirouette and the big Jager. A tiny bit close, with bent arms.

:24:10.:24:16.

The full twisting double back dismount. Another classy routine.

:24:17.:24:28.

She did post a difficulty of 6.6, slightly higher than Gabby Douglas.

:24:29.:24:37.

But a couple of tenths on her. If she had joined it immediately from

:24:38.:24:43.

the pirouette into the stoop Shaposh, she would have got a

:24:44.:24:47.

bonus, so I would not be surprised if it was down 0.1, but we will see.

:24:48.:24:53.

It bears repeating, we have said it so often, but the repetition to get

:24:54.:24:59.

to this level consistently... All of these gymnasts have posted really

:25:00.:25:03.

good routines. The accuracy of the dismount. The repetition in the gym,

:25:04.:25:10.

it it bears repeating how hard these gymnasts worked to produce this

:25:11.:25:16.

quality. You can see, she was a little close there, that will be a

:25:17.:25:22.

deduction from the judges as well. You are right, Mitch, they do these

:25:23.:25:30.

routines day in, day out, they know the moves really well, they know how

:25:31.:25:31.

to put it right if it's going wrong. She's gone into the lead as well!

:25:32.:25:48.

15.366! Three of them sharing the gold at the moment. Have they got

:25:49.:25:55.

enough gold medals! Room for a couple more. China, Russia and the

:25:56.:26:03.

USA, all in top spot as it stands at the moment. And there is another

:26:04.:26:10.

gymnast that could well join them, Spiridonova, who will be next.

:26:11.:26:14.

Wonderful camaraderie between the countries here. Certainly is. This

:26:15.:26:20.

is the current European champion. Daria Spiridonova. Can she got a

:26:21.:26:43.

tiny bit better than 15.366? She did in qualification, so let's just see.

:26:44.:26:50.

A super turn, that was clean. Immediately into the next element.

:26:51.:26:55.

Immediately up again. Lovely clean work. The half turn. A big high

:26:56.:27:09.

piked Jager. A tiny bit short on the swing turn but a very nice pirouette

:27:10.:27:14.

into the full twisting double back. A tiny hop. This is going to be very

:27:15.:27:20.

difficult! A whisker between them! Not another one! They are going to

:27:21.:27:28.

have to widen the podium! For me, it had the edge, you know. The first

:27:29.:27:34.

half, I definitely thought, had the edge. The second half, I thought she

:27:35.:27:40.

made the swing turn a bit short. 6.7 difficulty in qualification, which

:27:41.:27:43.

would be the top we have seen so far. There was a little stutter on

:27:44.:27:49.

dismount as well. The transfer was superb. She did another with half

:27:50.:27:56.

turn which was even more impressive. The transfer with half turn is

:27:57.:28:02.

really quite difficult. The first half of this was almost faultless,

:28:03.:28:08.

really. So confident. Her feet, straight onto the bar. Immediate for

:28:09.:28:18.

the Shap half. I thought she might have been a bit... No, it was quite

:28:19.:28:25.

good. Spot on, the accuracy. That might be the difference. Just the

:28:26.:28:32.

hop. We will see. When I said she had the highest, in fact that is not

:28:33.:28:40.

right. Fan Yilin has posted 6.9 already today. That is the biggest

:28:41.:28:48.

score. Above all below 15.366? No! I don't believe it! Congratulations!

:28:49.:28:57.

15.366! Four of them in top spot! Surely that has never happened

:28:58.:29:03.

before? In all my years, 30 odd, I've never seen anything like that.

:29:04.:29:09.

Incredible. And they are not going to split them, by the way. They are

:29:10.:29:15.

giving four firsts. Oh, dear, oh, dear! I hope Max Whitlock goes up to

:29:16.:29:21.

get his gold medal first, there might not be any left! Ruby Harrold

:29:22.:29:29.

for Great Britain now. She could potentially get 15.366! She scored

:29:30.:29:43.

15.466 in qualification. She has led the team so brilliantly. A full turn

:29:44.:29:50.

in the Pak salto, and a half turn, shooting down into the handstand.

:29:51.:29:54.

Really interesting work. A lovely full pirouette.

:29:55.:30:01.

Beautifully done. Flighty. Neil the dismount. Double front, beautifully

:30:02.:30:22.

performed! -- nail the dismount. This is going to be very close,

:30:23.:30:23.

Chris. It will be tight but she hadn't got

:30:24.:30:38.

quite such a big start value. It's good, but not quite as high. A

:30:39.:30:45.

little bit loose-legged at times, but what an interesting routine.

:30:46.:30:53.

Ambitious. Quite courageous really. And great to be a little bit

:30:54.:30:59.

different. Seen these gymnasts, one of the reasons they can't split them

:31:00.:31:03.

is because their routines are so similar. Yeah. An example of a loss

:31:04.:31:12.

of form. But so much great work. A little bit of polish and she's

:31:13.:31:22.

reraces, I think. -- And she's at the races, I think. Made all her

:31:23.:31:27.

combinations. Didn't have to put in extra upstarts. She does that so

:31:28.:31:32.

well, the hop. Right at the last move. Into handstand, as well. A

:31:33.:31:42.

nice double. Look at that landing. How many times did she releers that?

:31:43.:31:53.

Such a key -- -- rehearse that. A smile from ruby. Goes into 7th. --

:31:54.:32:00.

Ruby. So four number jass in this women's uneven bars final share the

:32:01.:32:07.

gold. No silver and no bronze. It's a golden affair. -- so four

:32:08.:32:15.

gymnasts. There we are four sharing a gold medal. Never have I seen such

:32:16.:32:20.

a thing. They had different little errors

:32:21.:32:33.

each. Unless you are sitting there judging what one was really great

:32:34.:32:39.

at, but like I said, the trouble is they do have similar routines by

:32:40.:32:43.

this time in a cycle, the judging and bonuses share after each

:32:44.:32:50.

Olympics so this is our final year with all these bonuses and judging

:32:51.:32:54.

and so most of the coaches have caught up with what's going to score

:32:55.:33:02.

best and have gone for, I am sure, exactly the same as the men. Look at

:33:03.:33:08.

that result. Four sharing the top score. China, two from Russia and

:33:09.:33:14.

the USA share the gold medal. Absolutely unbelievable. I have

:33:15.:33:29.

never seen such a finish. What do you think, Chris? I think it's great

:33:30.:33:34.

to see all the gymnasts together. There really is good camaraderie

:33:35.:33:37.

amongst the gymnasts, they all train so hard. It's a sport where everyone

:33:38.:33:41.

knows if you are at this level you have given your life to it. So, they

:33:42.:33:49.

do very much appreciate each other. There we are. Four gold medals. Also

:33:50.:33:58.

great to see that after the real powerhouses of China, Russia and

:33:59.:34:02.

USA, Great Britain are the next in there. Ruby proving that we are one

:34:03.:34:07.

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you, I am pointing at different people all the way across the

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country. You know something about putting

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effort in, that's for sure. Let's reflect on that bars final! Mitch,

:35:18.:35:21.

who has been around for a while, I am sure he won't mind me saying

:35:22.:35:24.

that, has never experienced anything like that. Four up there on that top

:35:25.:35:29.

spot. To be honest, I don't think anyone's experienced it. Basically

:35:30.:35:33.

half of that bar final have got a world title. You saw all the

:35:34.:35:41.

gymnasts, the first and third, everyone started giggling, by the

:35:42.:35:44.

4th they were like seriously, is this happening? They looked like

:35:45.:35:48.

they were having fun with it. How do you choose? David has and he has his

:35:49.:35:58.

favourite. He is with Madison Kocian. Tell us about that, how do

:35:59.:36:03.

you feel to be world champion? I think it's amazing right now. I am

:36:04.:36:07.

so excited. I know I can do even better but I had a great time out

:36:08.:36:13.

there today. To have four champions, you are a young girl, have you ever

:36:14.:36:17.

seen four people on top of the podium? I don't think so. I think

:36:18.:36:22.

this is a first. Maybe the judges can decide who are the better team.

:36:23.:36:26.

We don't know much about you. Tell us where you are from and who you

:36:27.:36:30.

train with. This isn't my first year, I was at World Championships

:36:31.:36:33.

last year on the gold team, it's great to be back and an honour to

:36:34.:36:42.

represent USA. I am from Dallas, so I train, I go to Wogan and she's

:36:43.:36:50.

helped a lot throughout my career. I have always looked up to her and she

:36:51.:36:53.

knows advice to give me and I text her before the competition and it

:36:54.:36:59.

helped. This US A-Team is so strong. How well can they do in Rio next

:37:00.:37:03.

year? -- USA. I think we can have two teams to do well next year. It's

:37:04.:37:07.

almost a competition against each other just because USA is so strong.

:37:08.:37:10.

Thank you very much. Congratulations. Thank you.

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Of all the routines, Beth, I guess from my perspective, I thoroughly

:37:19.:37:23.

enjoyed Komova's. It looked beautiful and effortless. People

:37:24.:37:27.

will be wondering how with the different style of routine they can

:37:28.:37:32.

score exactly the same. Yeah, it's all down to the difficulties and

:37:33.:37:36.

they all had their own little errors in different sections so that's why

:37:37.:37:39.

the judges were able to come out with the same scores. Some had steps

:37:40.:37:45.

on the dismounts, some landed - maybe short on the handstands or

:37:46.:37:51.

turns. For the judges they can only deduct what they're doing and

:37:52.:37:53.

obviously the panel are taking that difficulty. They don't even really

:37:54.:37:58.

know what the difficulty is going to be. You can do that with your eyes

:37:59.:38:02.

closed, you should have been down there. Maybe ten years ago, not any

:38:03.:38:08.

more! What a day it's been. We have seen history made by Max Whitlock as

:38:09.:38:16.

the men's first ever world champion. You were looking across the women's

:38:17.:38:19.

team thinking they've done it. Now, the British men have a world

:38:20.:38:24.

champion too. What does it mean for this national sport? It means

:38:25.:38:28.

everything. There's going to be young gymnasts across the country

:38:29.:38:31.

thinking one day I want to be like him, I want to be a world champion.

:38:32.:38:35.

Now we have a world champion on the men's side hopefully we can install

:38:36.:38:39.

that belief among a load of British youngsters. We will look at Max's

:38:40.:38:43.

routine now. As a pommel specialist yourself, talk us through the key

:38:44.:38:48.

moments here. That was a little bit of a shaky start. I was wondering

:38:49.:38:51.

how he was going to deal with the rest of the routine. He actually

:38:52.:38:56.

upped his difficulty here by doing an extra Russian on the one handle.

:38:57.:39:03.

And then here before he goes up into the hardest difficulty level on the

:39:04.:39:06.

pommel horse, he has done it beautifully. That was perfect. From

:39:07.:39:10.

here it's usually easy sailing. I have never seen him fail a routine

:39:11.:39:14.

from this position. You knew at this stage he was more or less through?

:39:15.:39:18.

Yeah, it was basically just how quick he could get into the

:39:19.:39:21.

handstand on the dismount and it went up really quickly. That's the

:39:22.:39:25.

key to try and make it look as if the swing is continuous. Yeah,

:39:26.:39:28.

definitely. If there is any pauses within the momentum of the routine

:39:29.:39:32.

that's when you give the judges something to deduct. It was lovely

:39:33.:39:36.

to see that flourish at the end. Nice to see he has a British plaster

:39:37.:39:41.

on there, as well. Yeah, I noticed that halfway through. Has he

:39:42.:39:45.

actually got a plaster with a flag? Max keeps everything the same. I am

:39:46.:39:48.

sure once he has used it once it stays with him. It's very hard to

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put into perspective how difficult this move is on the one handle. As

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you train it, it's the dream really to be able to travel the length of

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the horse, to start at one end and walk along and that's how you build

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it. Definitely, pommel horse takes a long time to come, I remember me and

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Louis and Paul when we were younger, Paul would make us do 1,000 circles

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three times a week. It would take hours. That's why we got good. On a

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classic mushroom. I know what it feels like. I have been there. There

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is Louis and those 1,000 circles that you are talking about, they've

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paid off in spades. One and two, not just one and two, but one and two

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over 16. 16 is a massive score. If you score that you expect to be

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world champion. But Max getting another 16, that's incredible.

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Hopefully they can both keep that going ready for Rio. The difference

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between Great Britain and the rest of the field, Berki is not in this

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final, but he blew it out in qualification. Definitely. You have

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to make the final first, that's why the qualifications are so

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nerve-wracking but once you are in the final, we have seen Berki wasn't

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in there and the two British guys' title to lose. Max will be relieved

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that the competition is over. We are talking about the fact - that was

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his 20th routine. To be able to maintain his energy levels and with

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the last routine become world champion. Yeah, it has been a tough

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week for him. He had a shaky start with qualification. Then I think his

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mood will have been picked up by that team silver medal and the rest

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of his team-mates will have been there with him the whole time. Every

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time he steps out on to this floor, if you have that crowd behind you,

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he seems to thrive off it. The more he does a final, the better he gets.

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He doesn't seem to like qualifications, so maybe we should

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skip that for him. It's wonderful the way that the British gymnasts

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are managing to achieve and also the impact it seems to have be having

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for people watching this. And for them it's a new sport but people can

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keep watching because tomorrow we have more interest. We

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He has a high start value and is one of the cleanest competitors I have

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ever seen on parallel bars so he doesn't lose much. He almost made

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the all round competition. It was close. He scored the same as Max

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Whitlock. Yeah, in qualification because he scored the same they went

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back and took the top five pieces of apparatus and it meant that Max was

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0. 133 ahead of Nile. He just missed out on that all round final. Well,

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there is still gymnastics going on behind us. This is the men's rings

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final and if you want to watch that you can do on our programme which is

:42:52.:42:57.

The Dismount you can watch it through the red button or the BBC

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website. What a day of finals it's been. It will continue tomorrow at

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the same time on BBC Two. Listen, what a week it's been for British

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gymnastics. Max Whitlock rounds things off so far making history as

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the first men's British gymnast to become world champion.

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That is a bronze medal for Great Britain! Unbelievable! Great Britain

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are world team silver medallists. There you are looking at the world

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champion. There is the titles. All six of them and they're all yours!

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Max Whitlock silver on floor and now he is a world champion on pommel

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horse. What a championship this has been!

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