Women's All-Around Final Gymnastics: World Championships

Welcome to the European city of sport, Antwerp in Belgium where

Welcome to the European city of championships has returned to the

place where the competition first began in 1903. It has turned out to

be an historic event. Kohei Uchimura the most celebrated gymnast of all

He did it in emphatic style. We not expect anything else. Talking of

greatness, hello and welcome to not expect anything else. Talking of

programme to Beth Tweddle and Louis Smith inside the sports Palace.

Kohei Uchimura did a superb attempt. There was a British interest as

well. Ann Purvis finished in seventh and Max Whitlock finished in fourth.

What a performance. It was great. People say fourth is hard done by.

out for. Yes, it is hers to lose. tensions turning to the women's

out for. Yes, it is hers to lose. She is the favourite. And Kyla Ross

as well. She had a nightmare and qualification but she will be more

Steingruber. And Vanessa Ferrari. settled moving up the rankings. Over

Steingruber. And Vanessa Ferrari. She won her first word title in

2006. It makes me fill quite old! And this is where the great British

interest is, Rebecca Tunney and And this is where the great British

Harrold. It is nerve wracking to go to the World Championships but it is

the one with the least amount of place to make mistakes. We will

the one with the least amount of to see how they hold their nerve.

When it is over and done with you can enjoy the competition. And Asuka

Teramoto from Japan, 11th at the Olympics. And Elisabeth Seitz, the

ones to watch out for. The crowd, they are absolutely right behind the

gymnasts. They love the competition and we will head to the commentary

A very good opening for the host difficult but a good performance.

Championships. Good start. She qualified 22nd. Kyla Ross... Part of

Efficient vaulting, not the most we will see today, two twists but one

of the cleanest. She went right will see today, two twists but one

the middle of the landing area. will see today, two twists but one

lands on the middle white line exactly as you should. Legs locked

together, straight arms on the top of the platform. Doesn't really

together, straight arms on the top many marks to the judges to take

16 years old. The Americans keep producing this talent. 15.366. A

The most difficult you will see the platform. Fabulous power and

Miles into the sky. Clean on the twist. Watch the conversion. She

blocks hard. Pushes up, rockets twist. Watch the conversion. She

and the pace at the end but look at the determination. Good low shade,

She comes out beautifully. Out of the twist to meet the floor. Dear,

oh dear. What a start. At 15 point 85. She proves it is no fruit.

Chunsong Shang. Tiny little figure. 17 years old. She qualified in

Well, the contrast in physiques could not have been more stark.

Well, the contrast in physiques lifts up, only enough airtime for

one twist. The tariff for the vault is quite a bit lower. Nice and neat,

The traditional, worried look. Elegance personified. She qualified

determination. A flicker of legs apart. She looks like she means

business today. Very measured in the approach. Backflip onto the horse,

good conversion, double twist. She may get a deduction for being out of

the corridor. She veers to the side, where is the foot going? Just about

get away with it. She very very quickly turned and presented to

get away with it. She very very judges, not giving them too much

time to ponder whether feet had She has been European all-around

off the top. Wraps in nicely. Just off to one side. Quite often the

gymnasts create the wrong direction from the round. She is not too bad,

the push of the top, she pushes from the round. She is not too bad,

preparation for wrapping into the twist. Lovely height, clean legs and

She really wraps it in. You can twist. Lovely height, clean legs and

This is Vanessa Ferrari, she has written her own history book in

terms of this sport. She goes back favourite apparatus. She is swinging

A good solid opening for Vanessa. What a pedigree she has got, world

competing. A powerful gymnast. She holds her style and keeps the swing.

competing. A powerful gymnast. She before twisting double to finish.

Always difficult when you are having to wait to start. The judges will

not signal to start until the score for the previous gymnast is up.

Mustafina has a little bit to do. And that was the British team and

physiotherapists looking on there. Rebecca Tunney, coached by Clare

Duffy at the City of Liverpool, Rebecca Tunney, coached by Clare

She exploded onto the scene at the Britain's topped gymnast, but this

is a very difficult skill. She just did not have quite enough speed

is a very difficult skill. She just power to hold it. That is costly.

She will be started with one whole market deducted for the fall. Much

but has managed to hold her nerve. Double pike somersault, did that

excellently. Good recovery for Rebecca. A very difficult element.

She was not so much off-line. It just really did not have enough

speed to bring the shoulders up just really did not have enough

when she does the double pike off the end, she is so efficient in

when she does the double pike off round off. Three pieces to make

when she does the double pike off the damage. And she is already

looking a very keen competitor. She was British champion in 2012, in her

first year as a senior, and she was British champion in 2012, in her

into the Olympics as the youngest competitor from Great Britain in any

sport. She was the baby of Team competitor from Great Britain in any

at the Olympics and she performed without a flicker of nerves. She

came 12 all-arounder at the Olympic but since then she has had a bit of

injury. She did not perform at the European Championships because of

injury and she is probably a little bit short in the competition this

year. The judges are taking their time, the deliberations. Judging on

There is the double pike. A tiny skip backwards. That was a very

There is the double pike. A tiny improved performance. She struggled

a bit in qualifications. She was well down the pack, having been

really impressive at the Olympics. 11.966. She has a little bit to

really impressive at the Olympics. -- the school for Rebecca Tunney.

Really rude to see this. 20 of hard work. What are they going to reward

her with? We will have to see. work. What are they going to reward

really good to see this. She does not all be time connect lots of

difficulties together. The first two she does but to get really good

That was a mount! What a shame, straight-backed Somerset Mount she

She could have tried to join those big, strong double pike dismount.

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Lovely double pike. A lovely moment for her in front of a packed house.

Apart from that one error, making appearance. Double pike. Enjoying

Good to see Vanessa Ferrari in eighth. Yes, a great start on bars.

The fact she is there, she will eighth. Yes, a great start on bars.

pleased. You can never tell from the first piece, different apparatus you

can score better on. And of course the British gymnasts, Rebecca Tunney

and Ruby Harrold. Ruby qualified in six but this is how she has ended

up. What has been going on. A unique exit, it is always difficult to

confident at this stage. Yes, a great front somersault, quite solid.

And this is where she had a mishap. Slightly off-line. When you are

off-line, you cannot pull it back. She tried to compose herself and

calm down and get on with it. When you for once, you have to think

great dismount. You have to keep composed. The fact she got up and

did a dismount was brilliant. And now, she must get as much experience

styles. One is so dynamic, one so mistakes, you cannot do anything

styles. One is so dynamic, one so beautiful. She is a powerhouse.

styles. One is so dynamic, one so knows where it is. It is the same

every time. Beautiful gymnastics. We'll Kyla Ross be able to compete?

As it stands, Kyla Ross and her team-mate. We move on to the second

piece of apparatus. Back to the A very nice vault. She is delighted.

The one twist in the second flight. But it was good. It was high. She

did not give many marks away at Very nice, very clean. She has made

That really is a good routine. Kyla Ross building on a good start.

She swings with beautiful ease. uses the stoop in and out. The front

judges who deduct a little bit for the bent arms will stop she is very

efficient in and out, that is when you do not put your feet on the

efficient in and out, that is when very well rewarded. A very nice

double straight. She holds her shape into the floor. Congratulations

double straight. She holds her shape round. She is halfway through the

competition. These four pieces are a real challenge, you have to stay

Simone Biles, if you did not know An interesting score. She was in

Simone Biles, if you did not know her before, you will know her name

Not the most difficult we will see but power packed from beginning

Not the most difficult we will see end. She doesn't have any wasted

Not the most difficult or elegant but the efficiency, dear oh dear!

Such power to call upon. A nice transfer. A little shuffle along

She struggled through big problems It adds up. You fight and fight

She struggled through big problems it catches up eventually. She showed

It adds up well for Simone Biles. Vanessa Ferrari. Will she ever

She is the Olympic champion on uneven bars. This is her piece of

apparatus. She has a new element in here as well. Watch carefully when

she transfers from the low bar to the high bar. She does it with a

she played safe in qualifying but went for it there. Great stuff.

she played safe in qualifying but the superfine elegance we are used

to from her but grit and difficult skills in that routine. Lots to

to from her but grit and difficult your teeth into here. You at home

transfer, she proceeded with a full and powerful. This sets out her

twists in the double. Great to see. school. -- score. It is refreshing

to see she did not hold back. She went for it. And it is the way she

What do you think? Well, she will be delighted. She messed up in the

qualification on the bars and that is her for peace. -- that is her

She was great as a junior, Iordache, four peace and she performed it

She was great as a junior, Iordache, on the bars, but somehow lost her

She was great as a junior, Iordache, way a little bit as a senior. But

Romania and Russia used to give way a little bit as a senior. But

Van Klaveren is not happy. But she has got the second half still to

come to make good some damage. She did not have a great time on

bars in qualification, much better here, but she did have a good time

on beam. She qualified top four beam. This is setting her up nicely

Just a bit untidy on the legs. She lets fly apart moments. Fourth-place

Front somersault over the bar, the only female gymnast to do that.

That was very strong work from Vanessa Ferrari. 22 years old now.

She has been European champion, world champion... Showing us that

She was precise. She was confident. I have seen so often in the past

You can see just a tiny figure at the back there, one gymnast still

routine, and nicely tidied up at the end. Yes, one of the iconic gymnasts

It is incredible to think we are halfway round already. Simone Biles

leads the way ahead of Kyla Ross, who has now closed that gap to less

than 0.1. But Jinnan Yao has swung her way up into medal contention.

Seitz is doing well as well, now up in tonight. -- up into ninth place.

routine and she nailed it. It is floor routine. She got a score of 13

routine and she nailed it. It is Ruby Harrold's routine. She did

routine and she nailed it. It is disappointment on beam that she

thought to herself, let's get back up, and every landing on her tumbles

she nailed. She had a great routine and really showed off to the crowd.

It is so difficult when you make so many mistakes. You know this so

well, Beth, and obviously with your routine you had to change a lot

because of your ankle. Yes, I had the same difficulty in the fact

because of your ankle. Yes, I had had to land forward. It is a lot

more difficult. You cannot slot things in as easily when you are

going backwards, like the dismount. The double Arabian on the first

tumble with Rebecca, it is all about high bar kind of stuff, isn't it?

LOUIS SMITH: Unbelievable. I have only seen one girl ever do that

before, in 2005. Incredible. I like to see things that are quite unique

and original. And she is third place, so... We kept laughing at the

coach, who kept stepping in. Onto already, and the top six are moving

on to beam, and this is going to be a really interesting rotation,

because only one of them has made it into the big final. You have your

top six powerhouses on beam, and it is who can hold their nerve on the

night. They are beam specialists as interesting, this one, and Simone is

going to be up first, so in a way she can get it over and done with

some tension. Yes, get rid of those she can get it over and done with

nerves and do the job. What will be going through this gymnast's mind am

thinking about it. She will just be going through this gymnast's mind am

They are experienced gymnasts and sharing it here. Simone Biles. This

The power at salute the rock-solid no signs of nerves. 16 years old.

The power at salute the rock-solid double. Incredible stuff. Carlotta

Vanessa Ferrari. In the past she has captured a lot of hearts. Some great

She has matured and so has her work. Absolutely living the performance.

Vanessa Ferrari, you have lost nothing. That was a really lovely

performance. One of the things is, it look easy. She lands very well.

A flicker of the golden eyelids keep her focused. When you are as

tiny as of this, some pieces are hard but the beam looks wider!

difficult leaps and spins and the double spin is one of the best

She really is very dynamic. What a shame she made the error earlier on.

It has not fazed her at all. So shame she made the error earlier on.

acrobatics and leaps. A confident Double pike. A lesson in focus after

Controlled and elegant but it wasn't to get focus together. Such an

important stage of the competition. She was very happy. I little bit

Well, she was in fourth at the halfway stage. That was an important

routine for her. The beam has dashed so many hopes in the past. She was

focused. She started very solidly indeed. She kept her present and

Only one occasion where she just lost her Mojo. She wrapped it up

was the top qualifier on the beam, European Championship on beam. It is

She didn't give herself a chance. We her piece and she felt the pressure.

She didn't give herself a chance. We full twist but if this mad I loved.

To give you a measure, she will Not a flicker. The judges will take

a bit for height and length but She looks so disappointed. She must

put it behind her. It is the next apparatus mentality. That being

looks daunting like that. It is daunting, especially when you are at

this stage of the competition and you know if you can do it just like

you do in training, you are there. Mustafina is in second at this

Goodness me, they have some current -- they have succumbed today, some

This is where the damage was done. Full-twisting. And just did not

This is where the damage was done. strong enough with her feet and

gymnast is performed these routines do it almost in their sleep. --

Her final tumble exploded into double pike, with a little step

Her final tumble exploded into back. Double straight with full

It is when you link the acrobatic skills with the jumps that the

Not a flicker. They are looking appreciation, too. Kyla Ross is

Not a flicker. They are looking lovely combination of energy and

power. She was precise. Isn't that lovely? She was determined. A very

good routine from her. She really attacked it. Head well back. Lovely,

Look at this. With one piece left to go, Kyla Ross goes ahead of Simone

Ross was the performance of the competition so far. How she managed

to keep her composure, it was just Having seen so many gymnasts fall

before her, she knew she had to Having seen so many gymnasts fall

in medal contention and she is now leading. What a rotational, Beth. We

hardest part and to see three of the leading. What a rotational, Beth. We

hardest part and to see three of the We are going to see those vaults

hardest part and to see three of the now. There is not a lot there that

the judges can take off her good double twist for a year or so now so

she knows exactly what to do for that landing. What a start she

she knows exactly what to do for what a shame kick she could not

she knows exactly what to do for started with that piece. That would

have given her confidence. The difficulty score of five there. She

went for the full twist. Nice and landing, obviously, that the judges

you can see the British girls are going to uneven bars. Ross is a

you can see the British girls are at the moment, ahead of Biles. Biles

is the highest qualifier on floor. We are going to see fireworks on

that floor. The interesting thing was just to see Biles walking to her

last piece of apparatus. She was smiling and almost dancing to the

music. It is going to be an exciting final. They are definitely putting

on a good show for us. It will be good. Mustafina, second up, is

currently lying in third place. good. Mustafina, second up, is

whole competition will finish with all eyes on Biles. That is a test.

She's used to that pressure and performing in front of thousands,

She is working accurately. A little bit hesitant, perhaps. The double

very different routine. We are used 1.5, into triple twist, immediate

punch front. Really good open. Lots of confidence. The 2.5 into the

hike. Strong on her landings. And really quite a clever different

hike. Strong on her landings. And of routine. She almost paused. She

She has the more difficult routine so she has the highest start score.

Kyla Ross is the more classical have the higher execution scores. It

really is going to be interesting. In qualification she fell on the

first tumble. No such problem today. She gave that everything. What a

performance! That is Mustafina at Majestic is the word. There was

performance! That is Mustafina at choreography. That was wonderful.

Real elegance in the choreography. It was a performance, the type of

choreography you cannot teach. You have to perform. The power was

tumble. The head comes up. She was really in control of this routine.

She just about made the fourth turn. Triple twist, lost her legs a

is what women's artistic gymnastics is all about. That was to rhetoric.

And the contrast really with the American gymnasts is quite stark.

They are very good, well rehearsed but it is an imposed performance as

opposed to something from the heart performer. It is her performance,

not something taught. She transcends sport into the realms of art. Pure

thinking that was truly artistic. And if they give the maximum marks

competition. She made amends for the problem on the beam. That man must

put the beam behind her, really problem on the beam. That man must

for it on the floor. She is so powerful and dynamic. She makes

floor her own. Such a great tumbler. Double, double, two twists and

They are delighted. That is the Congratulations. She really strikes

the platform well. She lifts high, efficient in the twists. She has

been very impressive. We saw her as a junior at the Junior Europeans and

come back after a problem apparatus gymnasts have shown a maturity and

come back after a problem apparatus and produced what they are capable

Giulia Steingruber... She is the really strong and powerful vaults.

Very clean and efficient. That is difficult. It was to decide for

Now, then is it enough? It was very deceptively powerful gymnast. She

looks quite slight but she is very powerful. Isn't that nice to see?

Before she performs she makes time for the other gymnast. Very nice

double Arabian, immediately into the jump. That gets a bonus mark. The

difficult tumble and link into a jump. And that was super. Tried

difficult tumble and link into a touch her head in the middle of

difficult tumble and link into a leap. 18 double pike, chest really

well up on landing. The judges deduct if the chest is pointing

well up on landing. The judges the floor on landing but here you

can see the tumble finished with the chest right up. That really is

she was very little. She has really been on fire in these championships.

All eyes are on Kyla Ross. The game, the judging is severe. Marks are

focused on Simone. 59.332 is out there in front. Mustafina is second.

performance in deed and there cannot be any doubt, surely. She was the

only gymnast in qualifying to make 15 on form. Certainly she has done

and she produces that. Wonderful stuff. Both his gymnasts have not

faulted. They have been strong. stuff. Both his gymnasts have not

wonderful training they have had. If you train enough, it works. Such

power. She unleashes it time after she produced it so many times. Just

I know I can do this well. Watch it in my body language. Better still,

watch it in this fantastic tumbling. Just a tiny little touch but it

watch it in this fantastic tumbling. shows. That is great to see. That is

team spirit. She has certainly won this competition. I cannot see

anything stopping her. Mustafina will get a medal. She knows that.

They are taking their time over Simone's score but it surely is

They are taking their time over They have loved this competition...

A colossal score! A worthy world competition. Mustafina is in third.

Absolutely fantastic competition. well, but these gymnasts are so

Absolutely fantastic competition. Really impressive. That has to be

mum and dad. Mike she has captured a Really impressive. That has to be

mum and dad. Mike she has captured a few hearts and the way she is,

mum and dad. Mike she has captured a silver. Mustafina did well to get a

It was never in doubt that the Americans were going to get up there

on the podium. We wondered if times had got harder but what a champion

pressing her all the way but I am Mustafina up there on the podium.

BETH TWEDDLE: It is so nice to see, like Mitch was saying, she is so

open with the other gymnasts. So she is a worthy champion and I am really

pleased she has taken it. Elisabeth Seitz there as well. Ruby Harrold of

the UK in 17th place and Rebecca Tunney of the UK in the 19th place.

Let's have a look at their routines. Ruby Harrold scored 14.533. You

Let's have a look at their routines. got the clean start. Straight back

to the low bat with the Pak salto. got the clean start. Straight back

Such a difficult start, going down, Rebecca has grown slightly and lost

her timing, so that is just where she has fallen there. Ruby Harrold

you get to see the men's floor. she has fallen there. Ruby Harrold

have the apparatus finals life. she has fallen there. Ruby Harrold

Harrold is on bars as well. You It was never really in doubt about

the Americans, was it? You can tell that they train hard. They do their

routines with such conviction. It was that battle as well between

routines with such conviction. It explosiveness of Biles and the

Mustafina. Yes, and Simone is just a powerhouse. She's just explosive in

everywhere. It is so nice to see all Mustafina in the couple of years

that she had before the Olympics, it is so nice to see her back-up. Can

we just say, when gymnastics is heading, 16 new moves have come

we just say, when gymnastics is 16 new accredited moves. It just

shows that as hard as gymnastics is at the minute is still -- it is

tomorrow. For Mark, it will be hard. He is a cool, calm and collected

guy. There you go, Simone Biles He is a cool, calm and collected

been crowned the all-around champion and has certainly made a name for

herself. Tomorrow, five more world champions will be crowned. Maybe one

of them will be British. Goodbye.