15/10/2011 Gymnastics: World Championships

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

Rebecca Adlington is bringing it Hello and welcome to the World

Gymnastics Championships, here in Tokyo. Taxi! Over the past five

days we have started to realise that life here is a bit trickier.

Metropolitan gymnastics centre? I want to try to get to... Excuse me?

The circle? How does this work? Oh Right, well I am looking for the

exit and I have now arrived on Oh, is that me? Try this one. I

know what I fancy but this is going Great. Clear as mud.

Olympic bronze medallist Louis Smith has the hardest pommel horse

routine in the world. He already has a bronze and a silver in the

world medal but the only way he can go for a gold medal is to make his

life even difficult with a harder routine. You don't have a spoon, do

Great Britain's Louis Smith. It is is so under control. Lovely

confidence. Keep the rhythm, Louis! This is fabulous. That is superb!

Well, his chances for a medal will be coming up very shortly but first,

the qualification heat was not just about individuals making the finals

but also the first opportunity for both the men and women's team to

make the top eight and qualify for London 2012. It was a case of

ladies first four Hannah Whelan, Danusia Francis, Imogen Cairns,

Rebecca Downie and Beth Tweddle, all of forming -- performing in the

same arena as the gymnasts of the 1964 Olympics. There were no big

mistakes but the strain of qualifying for their home Games was

obvious. It was a nervous wait as they watched the scoreboard, had

been for at least a number eight next to Great Britain. Until we had

it on the scoreboard, none of us wanted to take it for granted.

not think any of us have felt that in our lives. It was horrible!

all-around final for Hannah, BET and a place for six in the hope to

next summer. -- in the O2 Arena next summer. Such as the women

relaxed, it was the much fancied men's turn to flex their muscles on

the podium. A great stop by the team was unravelled by a shocking

Hyde Park rotation. It was a tense and edgy struggle for the men from

there on. An imperious, nerveless Paul Moore routine from Louis Smith

saw him enter today's individual final to keep the men's hopes alive.

He was tenth overall. There has been no panic from the British team.

They have a second chance to qualify through the test event in

January and it was a very mature Dan Purvis and Louis Smith who

taught me through what happens next. I think everyone is looking forward

to a bit off a rest and putting on some weight, Christmas pudding and

that! It could be a blessing in disguise. We should qualify. I do

not want to say we are because anything can happen. We have the

strongest team we ever have, the boys are good. So it is all about

going to that event in January, sacrificing our Christmas puddings

and proving to everyone that we can do it and we do want to qualify for

the Olympics. Huge congratulations to our British girls but one

thing's the lads did not expect was to lead a second shot at

qualification. But that has been the flavour of this year's World

Championships. We have come to Their confidence... Were at a

cracking vault. The way up in the rafters. Great Britain... She is

the best we have ever seen. The USA are the women's team champions.

absolute thriller, this. Oh, yes, he says! He enjoyed it as much as

made. The finest all-around gymnast they we have ever seen. He is

unbelievable! The world team champions, China. Whatever final

the double pike. She will be out. She has fought back well. She has

great performance from Dan. Just like that, welcomed! An absolute

Dan and cannot are here. It seems first of all that Dan is the man in

Japan. I had to fight my way through Japanese girls to get to

you. I know! A shame it doesn't happen in England! Yes, I think I

might stay here another week. Fourth plays, such a difficult

position to come in, so last night, we celebrating or slightly

commiserating? Celebrating for the team mates and back. We got a big

McDonald's. Hang on! That is how you celebrate question are you have

a McDonald's?! Did you go large question but yes, I did. We reflect

on it. I am really happy and it is a positive outcome for next year.

And you are feeding good this morning? You must feel on top of

the world. I feel good but a bit sore. My back is killing me. Hannah,

you had a fantastic performance and were overall ninth.S said you were

sort of aiming for top 12 for so did you so pass your expectations?

Yes, I just went out there to try to enjoy my competition and do as

well as a good. Was it easy for you to retain your commotion? Your

mother was a wreck! Yes! Fifth in the team final, as well, was

absolutely... Can you replicate that at the Olympics? We have

worked so hard and we deserved to come FIG on Tuesday so we are going

to go back, were just as hard and hopefully we will do for just as

well or even better in the Olympics. A super performance so far from the

top of the Great Britain team. We have the men's floor, the women's

vaults, Louis will be up on the pommel horse. There is know best --

Beth Tweddle on bars and the men will be on the rings but we will

more or add to his medals by taking the men's Tour title? Or world

qualifier Sue Key I win a second gold for China? What a final this

is going to be. Two world champions, European champion and Olympic gold

medallists, world silver medallist podium at the World Championships.

combination at the end. Very well has absolute confidence and

half twists, and one and three rotations. Very complex. Same again,

other. He's punching the air, but did he cut down on that start? That

twisting start? Is he playing safe? I think it is the same routine as

we saw before. There was just, unfortunately, it was that second

tumble where he had really quite a big step. It is a good opening.

Here we are, the whip into the half turned in double Arabian Nights

pike. -- Arabian Nights pike. The second tumble was where he had a

really big step on landing. This is the triple right at the end to,

good and clean. But he has opened the door enough, I think. He has

been around for a while. He is now 25. And he is still competing with

the best in the world. Yes, he had a 6.8 to qualify, and it is very

hard to build that sort of difficulty up. I wonder what

happens in this final. He has 15.466. This is going to be good.

Stephen Legendre of, he can challenge the Brazilian. He did

score a 0.1 above this court that the Brazilian has already marked up

three-quarter role. There is a no- nonsense quality about this. He

rotation straight body. That was a lovely Filali from him. Very

exciting. The routine was packed with stuff and he had a bit of time

before the end when we heard the buzzer, which means you have 30

seconds to go, so he took his time. Absolutely full of difficulty. Look

at the twists. He really is very confident landing forwards. You see

him spot the flaw over his shoulder. He lost sight of his either. Here

recently the one and a half twists in a double straight somersault.

Really big difficulty. And here the finish. The half-turn in double

front pike, a tiny hop back. cannot beat the Brazilian. It is

15.4. He's a 0.66 behind the Brazilian. The current European

gold medallist is gone the floor. Flavius Koczi. He qualified with

the eighth highest score. He is a gymnast with quite a different type

of repertoire. He twists so well. He has already done two-and-a-half

where you are. He does snatch a little bit off the floor. Sometimes

the judges will deduct for lack of height. Very nice balance. He lifts

through and has to go clear of the floor. Holding the hands stand to

requirement. You have to hold the handstand. I think this is a big

the landing. The only deduction is lack of height on some of the

tumbles. He is not feeling too tired. He had a difficult

qualification time. Touches of brilliance. He was better last

night. A top 12 finish. The Christine said he snatched one of

his twists. Look at this. He knows the landing but goodness me, what a

combination! The shoulder back on very early. May be lacking a bit of

top of the gym. A small deduction for height. Incredible spacial

awareness to be able to do another punch run with a twist. Absolutely.

You have to set and spin and feel way you are. That was a great

performance. There were no landing at the last World Championships on

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hold this blitz long enough. He does all that work and finding

he showed in the all round. It will be very tight. The crowd love this

guy! He put on an amazing performance yesterday. He is

obviously tired. He did not want to hang around. Well, it was a great

performance but last night he did not take a single step on any

landing. Consequently, that is the standard we are a judge in him by.

There was a huge mistake in comparison to last night. That

really was the only big step... He has such lovely form in the air. He

holds his body so straight and well. Absolutely no doubt he was round on

a triple twist. Like you both said, a little bit tired today. A little

hangover from the excitement of last night. This got to beat his

15.466. -- the score. He is in second. Behind the Brazilian.

will do, he said. He will be pleased with that. They could be a

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challenge. The Japanese coach had a this floor, it is on a paging, it

is very bouncy. They fear between huge dismount. But again, not

without deduction. Things seemed edgy out there. Even on the role.

quality. He is normally a superb worker. Lovely twisting technique.

It was deep. Double twist into full twist. That was a very deep landing.

Some judges would give five for that. It was deep. In terms of

qualification, he was 0.1 up on the Brazilian. He left his head back.

that go on for? I do know. What can they be querying? Perhaps he put a

little bit more in hoping for a higher start Valley this time. It

will go to the jury. The Residuary judging every routine as it goes.

There are reference judges as well, off sorts involved. In perspective,

0.033 behind the Brazilian. If he is successful with this,... The

inquiry has been accepted. He has now gone into the lead! His

Well... scratching his head and shaking it

thinking what is going on? As the arena settles, Alexander takes to

the floor. The European silver medallist, can he Cnoc Diego out of

the medals? It is all about the needed all the way through. He has

errors early on in landings but he loves it. Well, has he done enough,

that is the question? He had the same difficulty in qualification as

was earlier awarded. He got better as it went along. He started off a

little bit edgy. If you compare landing for landing, he was about

equal on the landings. He was. This is quite deep. His chest is right

down to the floor. That could be a costly start. That one better. The

shoulders were up more. Well, he needs over 15.466 to get into the

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In the absence of top two from last year, this could really be anyone's.

There is one woman in here he was winning medals at world

championship level before any of the other competitors were even

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sport. The favourite here is only a quarter of a market ahead of the

rest of the field. That might not sound a lot but it is under a mark

separating this top eight. It will apparatus. -- Proms. A powerful and

strong attack through the vaults. Yes, we saw her compete in Beijing,

a finalist on the vault. She brings all that experience to bear. A

lovely left. She makes the double twist look easy. You can see how

upright she was on landing. The judges will not have a big

deduction for the chest down. Good straight legs on the flight on,

legs locked together. Really a was out of 15.8. Less than one mark

of deductions which is pretty good she staggered at the end but she

was just online. She has heard herself. It was not actually on the

landing. It was one of those strange things when she stepped

backwards. Near the half-turn, she lands nice and then she stepped

back. She really turned it there, didn't she? That is one of those

very bizarre things. She concentrated to land properly and

then as she stepped back, it just really turned. Ligaments. The very,

very painful. 14.566. She goes Vietnam. It is her birthday

somersault with the one and a half shape. She kicks it out very

strongly. She left the shape in for a slightly too long. Really, it is

a difficult bowled. Her shoulders were left down at the end. She was

a little bit deep on landing but score of this next bowled. --

vaults. She wants an overall score of over 14.566 to go ahead of the

performed bowled. She is slight and I did not expect such a good one as

couldn't control the landing. Still a little angle in the shoulders.

She could have snapped a bit more but very good to convert it in the

air. Crossed ankles but a double twist -- on the double twist, but

it was not all the way round. the tiniest hint of feet not being

all the way round. 14.733, an overall score which put her ahead

Republic here hits with this first bowled she could cause a massive

upset. It is the slightly easier one first. One and a half twists. A

bit of direction of problems there but it was high and flighty. Almost

too much power, but in the wrong dimension. My guess is she twisted,

over twisted, on the top of the hauls. -- course. She set it up

very nicely but very difficult to time the one and a half twists. Her

head stayed down so she could see where she was, then she pulled it

forwards. Lost a little bit of control there. Focusing in on what

will be the most difficult one that of her legs where she will grab the

likely to be a zero. You have to get your feet down first. It is a

very big gamble. If it scores -- if it goes well, you will score big!

Respect from every competitor. pulled the seat in too soon and

kicked it out. That angle has to be gone in the shoulders. She has not

got as much pride as the men and she runs out of it here. But what a

great attitude. She smiled, she says, well, I gave it a go. You're

right, Kris. A score of zero across Maroney, qualified first. She

scored exactly the same execution for those vaults in qualification.

massive vaulting! I have never seen anything as high and flighty as

that before. A very young gymnast. Not yet 16. So much power. Look at

the pop up from the top of the platform. She kicks it out. She has

such awareness and such confidence. This is amazing vaulting and you

have to give her that. The judges have to do their job and they have

got to deduct but it is immense. It carries. She was given the full

difficulty. One of the execution of 9.3. A score of 15.8, by far the

highest score we have seen so far wonderful form, such explosive

power. She could be the champion. We will have something to challenge

that very shortly. But it is deceptive, the way she converts all

that power. Beautiful. Shoulders well up on the half-turn, this is

lovely vaulting. Ankle gone from the shoulders, plenty of height. --

angle. She is amazing. Wonderful body line in the air. She can hold

her shape so well. Such good body tension. Still holding tension, the

way she walks, carries herself. Deportment, we used to call that.

years in international level. -- 24. She showed all her experience there.

We have seen her warm up, not so confident. I did wonder whether she

was going to struggle, but that is what experience does for you.

got it dead centre, really complex bolting. Hit hard, high for the

rotation and then kicked it out to make the twist. You have got to get

the heat and pour out if you want to get the twist and she got very

close to it. -- the angle of the they have submitted. The judges

have to decide whether enough of it was shown in the straight position,

and I think they will feel that it has to be two-thirds of it shown a

straight. Yes, given the 6.3. 15.066, challenging for a medal,

then, as predicted. What colour is thoroughly delighted, and so are

the German camp. Well, it was good but was it good enough? Beautiful,

clean work. The difficulty awarded will keep it down but look at that

approach. It does credit to any long jump sprint approach. This is

side at the end, but we are splitting hairs. It is impressive

to look at real time. There is the current leader, the current silver

medallist. Will she be set on the seat between them? -- Sat. I think

it will be silver. That is my guess. Well, if she wants a silver she

needs over 14.66. She has got over that score! She has scored 14.733.

She takes the silver, then. Maroney wins world fraught final. -- world

bowled final. There she is. The Vietnamese athlete he was the Hayes

highest qualifier takes the bronze. Confirmation in the women's vault

final. McKayla Maroney from the USA takes the gold from Oksana. And the

Vietnamese athlete, what a performance from her. She takes

The question remains, how many more years will the German beat vaulting.

Our attentions turn to the pommel horse at the far end of this arena

and Great Britain's a Louis Smith is filling in a pretty confident

mood. Not surprised that you are qualified for another world finals.

How does it feel thinking back to 2007 when you first qualified?

was a lot harder to qualify this year. So much has gone on since

2007. The readings have improved, the element of risk is higher. --

the routines have improved. I have kept a level head. You qualified

with the second-highest score, with the hardest routine, but you can go

harder. Yes. I really want to do my heart is routine in the competition

but my coach is not too sure. There are three guys in this final that

are in front of everybody else and there is meat and two others.

Everybody else is a little bit behind. A my coach says to me, if

you do a normal routine, an easy reading, you are guaranteed a medal.

But I am not looking at it like that. I have already got a bronze

and a silver. But what happens if you do just that routine. I am

looking at 2012, what any to do at 2012, to get a gold medal, and it

is to do my hardest routine. -- what I need to do in 2012. I have a

championship final a couple of months before the Olympic Games and

I would love to do my heart is routine. Whether I fall off, it is

a learning curve. Who knows? It is You have your difficult to side and

execution. If you cannot beat them on execution, the only way you can

beat them is on difficulty. That is the tricky bit. That is what the

risk is involved. At what point will you know, you are renowned for

getting up on the pommel horse and... I won a 15 minutes before I

go out and compete. -- I will know. If it is not going right then I

could go back to the easy one. is an interesting problem to have.

You know back home you have a bronze and silver. I have

sacrificed a lot of time since July. I have been practising like mad. I

have had many distractions back home. It would be a massive

confidence boost. It is a tricky one. I would work hard and make a

decision 15 minutes before. It is tricky. It is hard! Gymnastics,

you've got to love it! opportunity for a medal is seconds

away. Have you seen him? Yes, he looked positive. How was he feeling

from the difficulty perspective? How difficult would he make a

routine? I am not sure. He is second up, if he hits it it will be

great. We were not be sitting to commentate on this one. It is so

exciting! He is very calm. He knows what he has to do. The coach of the

camp says it will be 71. You can bet he will go for it. I would love

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to see 87 plus. We will find that the first man up. You have to keep

your shoulders in front of your hands. When the shoulders get above

the hips, you are in trouble. worth mentioning we are running one

piece of apparatus at time. It is a very lonely place out there. All

eyes are on these gymnasts. Every focus and the rhythm has to be 100%.

that was his chance and he has chance. For every gymnast, it is a

nerve-racking. We feel it more for the gymnast we are involved with

but it is nerve-racking for everyone. Once he made the error,

he showed us what a good gymnast he is and how well he can swing. But

that was not his best bit. Nice lift into the handstand to finish.

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was a huge shame. He made the difficult routine and right on the

last hand adjustment, he lost control. He went for it full on. He

put every bit of difficulty he could squeeze into it. This was

really... The second handstand was excellent. He really went for it.

Look at this. This is very complex. He has already made the TEA. That

makes it an E. He lost his legs a little. He really went for it. You

can almost see him. He almost changed his mind at the last minute.

What a shame. That will be costly. What an effort. I am so pleased to

see him smiling. He knows he went for it. He went for gold.

Interesting, there was a wry smile when he came off. He made the

decision to go for it and came unstuck at the end. 15.066. Well,

will it be enough? We will have to He makes the handstand but does not

keeps his cool. But will definitely challenge for a medal. I would

think so. A clean, competent Legs glued together all the time.

So, the difficulty might not be so high. But the judges will not have

deducted so much from the execution. The gymnasts start with 10.

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Building it in the dismount. 15.266. slip affection. He lost the swing.

Watch his face. Expression on his face! He will take it. He said, I

cannot win them all! Great attitude. I think he will carry on anyway. A

grins and says, oh well. He has a two gold. He has rings next and

another goat arrive. -- another go. He looks as if he has upped the

difficulty on the apparatus. The all round, he went with study

routines, on floor he upped his difficulty and him as well. That is

taking a bit of a risk. If it pays off, great. If not, he had a go. If

he did a stock routine, he probably would not medal anyway. Great

attitude. Always easy to smile after you have got two goals in the

swing very quickly and cleanly. If he hits it, he will challenge. I

told you he was quick! Look at all of a sudden! What is the

pressure like out there? The third routine which has come to grief.

Amazing. He is Mr consistency. That he is great to watch. There he goes.

Such a pity because he is wonderful to watch. Absolutely. Like you said,

incredible speed. The slow motion will be normal speed. He looks like

he is on fast-forward! What a guy. He is a gentleman, too. A lovely,

lovely guy. I thought the judges have to be so quick with then notes

to get this down. This is slow motion. The hands and the body

moves so quickly. That is normal speed. Absolutely. The Saints beat.

-- the same speed. That was the rest in the middle. It almost

studied it in a Leeds. He was the eighth highest qualifier. -- he

DIS and almost fell through, but he gave it a really good shot. -- the

dismount. It seems the key in this final is stay on! He was gritty. He

kept fighting there. He has a good rhythm to his work. He depended on

that to just keep the routine swinging along there. Just brushing

the handles as he goes past. It just depends how heavily the judges

is in second still. So it would she Lorette drops out of the medals. He

has gone down to fourth. Two go for broke, Mitch? He should just

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Great stuff from him. A Yes, he knew exactly what was on order from

him, and he delivered. Wonderful work and composure. Very good to

see a champion's performance. He has been really quite dominate the

last couple of years on this. -- quite dominant. Those moves really

show flair. I know that there are moves called Flowers but the flair

of the lift of his single leg work is exceptional. Yes, he has brought

that policy to it. The score is in. He is in the lead, 15.833. A 6.7

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of the routine was very, very brave. happened there? That was going so

well! It is such pressure, out there! But you know, we said, it

has to be mm perfect. If a swing does not feel right you cannot do

anything. You cannot make an adjustment. He bent his arms, the

swing was stretched but he bent his arms. You cannot swing with bent

dismount. What a thriller this has been. Lewis Smith has a score of

15.066. It will be close. I think. I do not know what he did in

qualifier. He did a 6.4, but I think he might have upped it there.

It looked as if there was more in it but I was not analysing it

exactly. I was just watching the swings. It is amazing that laser

on... Look, he bent his arms and that is the swing over with. There

is no comeback. It almost looked a little bit like stamina. It was a

long routine. He was influential in the Chinese team that won gold just

a few days ago. What is it to be? 14. Sue 664 Teng Haibin. -- 14.266,

for Teng Haibin. The news is that Louis Smith has a bronze medal,

after falling off. And didn't he make the right decision to go for

broke, because if he had stayed on, it would have been gone? Definitely.

He had to. That man there was always going to challenge. 15.833,

he scored. But significant that Leary was 0.3 higher on his star

value than any other gymnast. -- Louis. If he can just increased his

score, clean that up, the medals at the Olympics but there for the

taking. The Frenchman takes so well. If you take the deduction for the

full and the lack of difficulty, Leary would have been very close or

in front. Great Britain's Louis Smith made absolutely the right

decision. He wanted to drive our routine in front of the crowd. You

have got to know how it feels. And all eyes were on him, let me tell

you. What a brilliant performance from him. The Hungarian a day in

his men's world pommel horse champion. The Frenchman takes the

silver and Louis Smith des Yeates another bronze medal at the World

You can go for broke, you can lose it just at the end but still come

away with a world medal. How does that feel? Unbelievable. It hasn't

quite sunk in yet. I was anxious waiting for everyone else to go.

And really wanted to prove to myself I could do this routine and

use it kind of as a stepping stone for 2012. I was a bit shaky at the

end but to come away their bronze medal, obviously, the hard work has

paid off. I am very happy. Mitch, as predicted, Louise Smith did not

hold back. Gabriel nail-biter. He does parted company on the end. I

thought he did a wonderful job. was a moment we did not expect but,

as he said, he has got through. was nervous when he did of the

Russian with the swing on one handle. What promise of things to

come. That is the outcome of the pommel horse final. We are now

moving on to the A bars final. There is no Beth Tweddle. She had a

nightmare in qualification and did not make the top eight but earlier

by a torch through her routine, which no doubt would have

challenged for a medal. -- earlier I talks through her routine.

things that make this far reaching so special, it is the way she looks

she does now is a little easy turn into a big dismount without a step.

If she did that rooted in the final and qualified, how would she get

on? She would have won. It is worth 7.1, which is almost half a mark

more than any other gymnast in the final. Thank you. Somebody who also

has a gold medal is a rising star from America and she will be

looking to add to her medal Channel -- out to her medals. It is just in

-- out to her medals. It is just in You have never met Justin, then, so

we cannot start talking about just -- at least young Lady swings

hit the low bar. She has lost the bar. That will be costly.

Wonderful composure, though, to keep going after that. She does

swing beautifully. Look at this. Love Leto. There. -- a lovely Tote

You s, what a shame, because the swing overtook her. -- yes. They

did at 0.54 hitting the bar as you go past. -- they did at 0.5 of a

point. She had the presence of mind she continued and in fact she had

such presence of mind that you wonder if it is not that something

that has happened in training, because she almost didn't swap --

stopped the swing at all. It just went into the next move. I am sure

we will see a lot more of her, because the USA have not got age

huge number of gymnasts who swing bars like that. I was talking to an

Olympian from 84 and he said they have the world champions and

Olympic champions waiting in the wings to get back in this team.

they have. 14.2, then, is the score a point to prove. A point to prove

to Georgine there is the 16-year- little adjustment to the side, she

is so clean, beautiful in the air. One of the most difficult routines

in the final. And she did not give much away in execution to the

judges. She is fabulously trained from an early age. Both mother and

father are gymnasts. Mother in the 1985 Soviet team. She has been

prepared to be a champion. That super half-turn to catch the high

bar. She is supple. That, I love that move. Very clean with her

terms. Doesn't go for anything too complicated, technically great.

High above the bar as she dismounts. Beautiful. That could be a champion.

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She has answered her critics. of control in the middle but she

will be delighted. High difficulty and she achieved all the moves. She

will be given the full difficult to score. It is all execution from

here. Beautiful work. Very confident in all the moves. There

pirouetting is spot-on. Tiny perfect until she'd had to waive

the to the side. It will be pretty close. It will. That typified the

routine. She did not move the feet 14.833. She goes into second.

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was down. Yes, it is almost the selection of skills that make it

seem like it stop/start routine. The dismount swing is beautiful.

She shows real swing on the dismount but the start of the

routine is up and down, stop and start. She never gets the big swing.

Those moves, she hopes to get Ds for days. That is quite late. --

roundabouts. She needs over 14.2 to title, right down to the last piece.

She just nicked it. She will be delighted. A much better

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performance today. 14.5 puts her in for that this man. That is the

first time I had seen how smart they. A much better performance. --

for that dismount. You could see the look of determination. She

knows there is a sport she could grab. And this routine is excellent

give further bonus marks. Untidy legs on the dismount. She has 0.1

scoreboard. The Russian camp are assured of the gold. The first gold

that USA have not won in the women's competition. She has gone

into second! 15 scored. 6.6 difficulty. She up Ted difficulty

from qualification. That would have been linking those skills together.

Yes, she is definitely smiling now. She finishes 0.5 behind her team-

disappointment in the all round. On the rings, one gymnast reigns

supreme. A three-times individual world champion. His power, strength

and precision make him the man to championship gold rings medal to

add to his enormous collection of those goals. He was one of the

first took successfully swing and stopped dead. They all do it now,

of course. He was one of the first landing, he has done it again.

another gold. It has got to be. Kissing the apparatus! See you next

year, for another. I so enjoyed his performance on rings. He has extra

flair. I especially liked the dismount, he Blair's it out. --

flares. He is so compact. It looks hard work but it does not look a

strain. For many, that is not the massive score! I doubt anyone will

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double the width of his hips to make him so able to hold the

position. That is a strong strength. That is huge. Look at the

body shape and bounce back. Pinpoint accuracy. Hugely strong.

He held every strength part. The book says hold for two. These great

exponents hold it for three to make sure the judges do not rob them of

the strength. The swing was good as well. You might see a problem at

the top of the handstand but the dismount, through the ring this,

plenty of rotation, he is celebrating as hit the floor.

had 6.5 the difficulty in qualification and again. 15.6. He

goes ahead. Not quite enough to seconds. They have got to make sure

over rotated. I think he has done enough to get into the medals,

there. He needs a 15.2 to go ahead. A very stylish gymnast. See how

well he holds his shape, all the way through. And how he stops the

swing and shows the strength. step. He has a medal. It is bronze.

Chen Yibing De Beers. No one is going to take that title for a

while. A wonderful silver medal for the Brazilian and Yamamuro gets

another bronze to match that of he is... Let's sit back, relax and

enjoy it Louis Smith's medal ceremony. He went all out for

difficulty and it paid off. I mean, the fact that he came off the horse

at the end, had effectively a fall and to come away from the World

Championships with a bronze medal just goes to show what a great

looking down on Louis Smith for. very respectful, sociable. Very

approachable. And sadly, as it stands at the moment, he has not

qualified for the Olympics. There is this very odd rule that you not

only have to win gold but you also have to get 85 % of the

qualifications for on two other pieces of apparatus. 85 % of the

average qualifications for on the other two apparatus, and he may --

made a real mess of one performance. So as things stand, unless he gets

a wild card, he will not be going to the Olympic Games, but I am sure

Well, Louis, you went for it and you hit it with confidence. I had

to. I was very confident going in, kind of tricking myself. I could

not have any doubt with that routine. Yes, I did the reaching, I

did the hard part and unfortunately slipped on the easy part. It did

that shock you? I am not sure what it was, if I did too much warming

up backstage, I do not know if I'm relaxed, because I had done the

hard part, I do not know. It would have been a bit tricky if I had

faced this routine and got cold and gone into London with the gold

medal. At the end of the day, I did the rich in Atta World Championship

final. And it means so much for you for an experience point of view. In

front of this arena. And the fact is, it was just you up there. No

other gymnast up there. That must have felt indescribable. I had to

use this as a training session for the Olympic Games. It had to be a

dress rehearsal. There is not going to be a competition of this kind of

magnitude until the Olympics and if this is the routine I want to do,

this is the perfect opportunity to do it. And you got a bronze medal

and to effectively fell. So what does the bronze mean to you in

comparison with the other bronze you have? You just kind of thing,

what if? What if I had done the normal routine? All that I can do

is go back into the gym and trained, work out what went wrong, for

perfect it and see what I can produce in London. That is all I

can do. I did the best I could today, got a bronze medal. Has the

gold medallist spoken to you since? Yes, we were speaking backstage. He

congratulated me on my routine. But he did a fantastic to do his

routine under pressure. He is a nice guy. Well, Louis, you did

incredibly. You did you sell so proud. There is now a lot more

too, especially if you like getting And there is one more day of

gymnastics here in Tokyo left. Beth Tweddle may not have made the final

but she is a gymnast who likes to spread her talents. Tomorrow she is

Highlights of her final can be seen on BBC Two from 4pm and if you

would like to join us live, coverage is on the red button and

online from 5:50am. Louis, what you think her chances are tomorrow?

has got a really good chance. One of her best qualities is she can

perform under pressure. She has heaps of World Championship medals.

It seemed to be a common trait, performing under pressure in the

British camp. We are working on it. We wish her the best and we do not

see why she cannot get a medal. Indeed. We will all find out

tomorrow. How will you celebrate tonight? I do not know. I've been