Women's All-around Final Gymnastics: World Championships

Hello and welcome to the third day of finals from the world gymnastics

Championships here in Glasgow. Last night the men took to this arena for

the battle of world team champions. What a competition we witnessed.

Japan took gold for the first time in 37 years. Great Britain just four

tenths behind them, winning an historic silver medal, beating the

Chinese. Here's a reminder of the British team's sterling effort, blow

by blow. We say pretty much go for it. Not even thinking about the

medals. It was such an intense competition. The interest on the

more horse, it was my moment to do my job. -- on the more horse. We

were relentless as a team. It was a case of putting our arms up. We

delivered. It's just incredible. Under a lot of pressure, first world

championship. I think I was more nervous watching Macs than I was

doing my own job. I remember standing in the corner, put my arms

out. I thought, this is crazy. -- watching Max. There was constant

noise, a roar, which I enjoyed. Great Britain are the

silver-medallists. We can sit back and be proud of what we've achieved.

To have the competition we did, literally perfect. A group of very

good friends, it means a lot. It was a special moment, I'm so proud to be

part of it. What an upset it was for the Chinese team that has dominated

this final for the last ten years. The upset wasn't just because they

were beaten by five times runner-up Japan, but to be beaten by Great

Britain. It really puts things into perspective when you see it like

this. Joining me to reflect on last night's action I'm joined by three

times world champion at treble and current British gymnast and

silver-medallist Dan Keating is. Let's start with you, how surprised

where you and the rest of the British team that you got that medal

last night? -- Keatings. We were surprised to get silver, but we were

working towards bronze. Getting bronze at the Olympics in stills

believe in the British team. The next thing was to replicate it at

World Championships, our training and build-up has been going towards

fighting for the bronze medal, we didn't expect to get that silver.

Over the years you've been chasing countries like Russia and the USA,

now here we are battling alongside China and Japan. What does it mean

going ahead to the Olympic Games next year? It gives us a massive

confidence boost, over the last ten years we've been working to try and

catch the likes of Russia and USA. Now we've finally got there we

thought it might be another ten years before we start to catch China

and Japan, but the showing be put in yesterday, we beat China and weren't

that far behind Japan. In the index next year anything can happen. What

the men and women have achieved here over the last few days has got

everybody talking. If they have inspired you, all you have to do is

head to the BBC website, you can get loads of information, not just

gymnastics, all sorts of sport you can get involved in. Maybe there is

little trip down memory lane may help to get you inspired. -- maybe

this little trip. You are looking at one of the

greatest gymnasts ever. And that must have earned good

points. That's the sort of applause that she deserves.

She's got ten. And it looked that good. Ten she's got, it is quite

incredible. The title is hers. Svetlana, one of

the great Russian gymnasts. Phenomenal performance, she's this

World Championships. Beth, can you believe how much the sport has moved

on in a relatively short space of time? When you see those pictures.

It's really short, I was talking with Daniel yesterday, even the

first tuck back you think how young our sport is, even when the first

track back was done on the beam, they wanted to ban it, they thought

it was too dangerous for female gymnasts to do. Some of the thing

these female gymnasts are doing, even since I've retired, the floor

work especially has dramatically increased. Is it to do with the

equipment? The equipment helps, but the techniques, the support behind

the scenes, the expertise of the coaches coaching

these gymnasts. expertise of the coaches coaching

together is producing what we're expertise of the coaches coaching

gymnastics today. Even with foam pits, training aids, the

gymnastics today. Even with foam are taught, even though it looks

incredibly dangerous, the way these moves are taught, it reduces the

risk, moves are taught, it reduces the

have falls. When it's done under moves are taught, it reduces the

injury, you are likely to go for these big skills. Let's talk about

the women's all-around competition. And how it works. It's all about the

all-round gymnast. Four pieces of apparatus and the Scott Mills. Each

gymnast will have to do each of the four apparatus and the scores add

up, if they have a mistake on one piece, they can bring themselves

back into the competition if they fight for every point. In

back into the competition if they competition, Simone Biles is going

to lead the whole way round but the pressure is on her. It's hers to

lose. As we saw in B Team final, gold is taken, then it's a battle

for silver and bronze. -- as we saw in the team final. Time moves on,

people grow up, after 39 years, David McDaid has caught up with the

Queen of the perfect ten we saw in that last film. Nadia,

I was born in a pretty small town, I studied gymnastics when I was six

and a half. I started to do it because I had a lot of energy and my

mum found out about this place where I can do things that I couldn't do

at home, which is breaking the furniture, other things that

probably a lot of kids do today. We all thought it's going to be

temporarily. all thought it's going to be

that. Have you seen anyone more confident on a 4 inch beam? I was

asked by journalists, what do you think you are going to do? I said,

asked by journalists, what do you would like to win a medal in the

Olympics, if it's possible, gold. My expectations were not that good. Ten

she's got, it's quite incredible. I think that's the tent that changed

my life and the history of the sport. -- ten. Nobody expected

my life and the history of the They were not well prepared for that

school. She's got it again! Britton not prepared for the score.

Everybody is interested to see the Americans now, there is one

spectacular gymnast, Simone Biles, who can do amazing gymnastics. I

think gymnastics is... It has changed a lot and it is exciting to

watch it. I'm happy to see a lot of other countries that we didn't think

about at the time I was competing, they are striving to be a part of

the common you know, the best in the world. I think this is great for the

sport. We heard Nadia talking about Simone

Biles, as far as qualification is concerned, she is streets ahead of

the rest of the world. Let's talk about that placing for second and

third. And where we think it'll come from. You hope, don't you, for the

European all-round champion today. It's a perfect opportunity for

Steingruber to step up to the mark. She has looked so solid. She's

really improved with her gymnastics. She always had the skills, maybe the

consistency wasn't quite there. At this year's European Championships

she took the all-around title. She was unbelievable. I really hope she

can follow it through at these championships. She'll have a lot of

competition, the Chinese had a tough time in qualification. But she's

coming through. The current Olympic champion, who has taken a couple of

years out, but has taken the world by storm. This is her first

competition outside America since London 2012.

It's different from competing in your home country, not as much

pressure to be on the world scene. It's a talking point of the

competition to have the current Olympic champion and double world

champion going head-to-head. The gymnast that got silver in the last

World Championship had a shocking qualification, she only had one

score above the 13s, Iordache. She didn't have a great qualification,

didn't look happy, she started on the floor, downgraded her routine

because she was struggling with the first tumble. Interesting to see

whether she put it back into night. Vault was fine, but she fell on the

bar and beam. Romania have had a bad championship. The Chinese gymnast

faltered in altercation, but if she hits... She can be up in the medals.

Look at the team performance couple of days ago, she put in some amazing

scores. Chunsong Shang. Who would you put your money on? Can I say

what I'd like it to be? Definitely Simone Biles, then I want it to be

Steingruber. Then it'll be the Chinese or Gabby. Are you going to

say? I'm going to say China. America one and two, China in third

position. Let's catch up with the condition, it's been going on for a

little while, we'll give you an idea which gymnasts are starting where.

In the first rotation, you we go, the USA and Russia. They are

starting on Vault. We'll bring them to you now. On Uneven Bars, Japan

and Germany. And on the beam... Iordache on the beam. Jurca on the

floor. Top group there, the second group on Uneven Bars, then you've

got beam and the fourth group working on the floor. Mitch Fenner

and Christine still in the commentary box.

COMMENTATOR: The Olympic champion, Gabrielle Douglas, fixed the flaw in

this women's all-around final. Four pieces of apparatus, this is the

first. Starts pieces of apparatus, this is the

relatively straightforward Vault. Beautifully performed. Flips on,

lovely straight arms, wraps those two twists in. A good landing. The

score for Gabrielle Douglas is 15.3, exactly the same as she got in

qualifying. Ruby Harrold of Britain starts her bed in this women's

all-round, starting on the bars. Ruby Harrold.

Started for the team on this apparatus. Two nights ago. Very

nicely performed. This is very original, the half turned, feet

through. Into the handstand. Straight into the full pirouette.

Super handstand shapes, she lifts high, up to the high bar. Half a

turn. You comes the release... Front somersault, caught on beautifully

straight arms. She hops up, double turn, nicely performed. A great

opener from Ruby. Ruby Harrold is looking good. In her opening bid.

Looking good with her opening bid. Giulia Steingruber to the vault.

Beautifully done. She kicks it out beautifully. So clean and easy.

There is the front somersault, 1.5 twists. Looks so easy. She kept the

body virtually straight all the way through. A very difficult vault.

Slightly to one side. Great attack. Great propulsion from the top. 1.5

twists. Easy as you like. Hi and clean. Her best apparatus. You won't

be surprised to know that. Score for Ruby Harrold. 14.533. The score for

Giulia Steingruber, a very healthy looking 15.6. Simone Biles. Opens

her bid to defend her World Championship. You can't do it much

better than that. Just a pace forwards but it was so high and

long. She attacks this and just flies into the air. Absolutely down

the centre. You have to try and stay on that red line. Could vault.

Really beautifully central. 6.3 tariff. The score for Simone Biles,

an incredible 15.833. Seda Tutkhalian from Russia. A little bit

unsettled on landing. Round off, click onto the horse, double twist.

Not a great deal of height. She had to scuttle a little bit. The score

for Seda Tutkhalian, 14.866. Shang Chunsong Shang on what traditionally

has been a great piece of apparatus for the Chinese. Certainly, in the

team final, they nailed this piece. Watch this first.

team final, they nailed this piece. pike Tkatchev. Into the Gienger.

Really packing the difficulty in. pike Tkatchev. Into the Gienger.

The Chinese very good at these swinging pirouettes. Into the big

front somersault. A bit of a stumble on the turn but recovered well. A

super high double-twisting back somersault dismount. Kelly --

Elsabeth Black from Canada. A little skip from the start. Translates

beautifully. Very clean, very efficient. There is the somersault

and there is that full twist. Right, bang down the middle. Elsabeth Black

scored 15.0334 that fault. Chunsong Shang scored 15.1 bars. Second

all-around last year in the World Championship. Didn't have a happy

qualification. We'll be very keen to do best here. That's very good

indeed. Full twisting Tuck back to start with. Super. Straight back as

well. She has wonderful rhythm on the beam. Very clean in the double

spin. Iordache had a year of injury. Just back to competition fitness.

Two very nice leaps. The judges have a lot of marks to give. For

shortness of performance and good rhythm. This has much better rhythm

than a lot of the routines we have seen. Constant movement. Cider

somersault. So, just the dismount to go. The round-off. The backflip,

triple twist. My favourite dismount of all. Wonderful to see her back

confidently performing. Very confident indeed. Super work. That's

a skill that she needs to nail to give a good performance. Once that's

happened, she is quite confident. Her score, 14.766. For Great

Britain, Amy Tinkler. Very nice handstand start. Full pirouette.

That was excellent. She went straight into the very difficult

move. She made it very cleanly indeed. Good half term, a difficult

release coming. She just went a little bit wild stop the half turn

and struggle back. She almost got the hands over but if you don't get

them right over, you can't hang on. That was a shame. Up to the

handstand, really got is to go. A beautiful double-twisting back. What

a shame. There the Marco -- she just let it go in the end. But she got it

back together at the end. A beautiful double-twisting back.

Leading after the first piece of apparatus, Simone Biles going for

her third consecutive all-around title. Giulia Steingruber in second.

Gabrielle Douglas in third with Chunsong Shang in fourth. You can

see quite a few gymnasts from the same country. Two from each are

allowed in the top 24. If there was three it goes down to the next in

the 24. We had three, LE unfortunately missed out because the

other girls were echoed of her. To confirm, Amy Tinkler is in 21st.

Back to the commentary box and we are now live. COMMENTATOR: A

beautiful display. A superhigh Gienger. Just a touch a late on the

pirouette. A big split of the legs to learn. Not the classiest routine

but quite efficient. Certainly attacks the apparatus. Famed for her

vaulting but she is a good all-rounder. The European all-around

champion this year. The score for Lisa Verschueren from Belgian. Asuka

Teramoto on the vault for Japan. Oh yes. Handspring, straight front with

1.5 twists. Really nicely performed vault. She was sharp, wasn't she?

The approach run from this. Sharp off the top of a horse. Nice and

punchy in the twist. She is one of the more experienced gymnasts out

there. In this cauldron it is seeming that the experience is

counting for a lot. It is packed to the rafters, can't see a spare seat.

The atmosphere is tremendous. They can see the difficulty of the vault.

Standing by his Giulia Steingruber. That's a good score for her bars.

You can see the relief on her face. STUDIO: All eyes now on this young

lady, Simone Biles from the USA. This, believe it or not, her least

favourite piece of apparatus. The only apparatus she didn't finish top

on. But that was very efficient. A very good full pirouette into a huge

Tkachev. She hasn't got such a high start score but that was nice. Full

Tkachev followed by a high salt over. Straight into the full

twisting double back. She didn't give much away there. She may not

have enjoyed it but we did. Absolutely. Such power in her. The

landing spot on. Good handstand shape. If this is her least

favourite, goodness help the rest of the field. Look at this dismount.

One did beautifully. Speaking of the dismount, 13.366. If you would like

to join us for more chat, we can do later on the red button. Amy Tinkler

with her second piece. Amy with a little bit to do. After a mistake on

the bars. That was cleanly through. A very difficult lead. Now, an

interesting combination. That was a shame. She is Israeli a little

unsettled. So secure in the team competitions. -- she is really a

little unsettled. The team now a bit weary. That was good, the change

leading into the sea zone. She has settled herself down very

nicely indeed. She performs that very well indeed, confident Tuck

back. Hits her read them again now. Three cartwheels. She had to fight

there, but fight she did. All of the gymnasts have do have

sideways elements of dance, there we saw it from Amy. She has a very

impressive dismount. Let's hope she concentrates and makes this.

Superhigh triple twists. What a lot of class. With her dismount she's

been fantastic, even the bars, when she got up there. That was the gain

She's already 1.2 ahead of Giulia surprised. Simone Biles, 14.9.

Very good, efficient. She's Steingruber. Seda Tutkhalian.

Very good, efficient. She's right that time. The full

Very good, efficient. She's the catch. Keeping with. Keeping

control. Double front to land, very clean, tiny adjustment. She was

sixth going into this piece, so keep an eye on her. She didn't Vault

fantastically well. All of the younger gymnasts,

fantastically well. All of the mind, did it for the team. She

fantastically well. All of the a 1 of thing earlier, she said

whatever happens, I'm a 1 of thing earlier, she said

of all the gymnast a 1 of thing earlier, she said

have that mentality going into this competition. They are probably quite

They love the team to drained by now. This is one

They love the team to they, these gymnasts? This has

Just one twist. Very clean and really been about qualifying

Just one twist. Very clean and efficient. Seventh in the all-round

at the Commonwealth Games efficient. Seventh in the all-round

same. The tariff of the vault is one of the big things that separates the

gymnasts out. 14.233. It's a good score.

Lieke Wevers from She didn't compete for two years

after a really bad injury on her leg, she tore her ACL. She qualified

in fifth, a good all-round gymnast. Nice start.

Clean in the handstand. Here comes the transfer. This is good work,

it's flowing well. Got to make those handstands. Inverted swings nicely

done. Into the double front, just a little bit overcooked. Well done,

Lieke. She's done every thing she can just pay in the top five. What

an accolade to be in the top five in this company. She's very modest.

Working well. Yang for China. The Chinese champion.

When they have socks on you know there will be a lot of spins in the

routine. A big tumble to start, though. Super, really good landing.

Very dramatic interpretation. 1.5 twists, walking out into the treble.

So cleverly performed and choreographed.

Ooh! Two and a half punch fronts, she didn't take off at all, she was

leaning back as she met the floor. Strong leaps. The gymnasts are not

allowed to stand on two feet in the corner, they have to go straight

into the tumble. She's done that. Double pike, clearly landed. What a

shame she mistimed that middle tumble. A shame about the sits down,

really close, wasn't it? She was 11th going into this rotation, you

get a feeling they are trying to chase too much, not settled, when

you force it sometimes it doesn't happen in this sport.

-- LE black. This will be a key piece for

she qualified fourth, but had a mess. 13.733 she got on this piece.

She will know this is a very important rotation for her. Lovely

handstand position. Again. Nice Yeager.

Lost form a little bit. Back online now.

Nicely under control now. A lovely landing. What an improvement. Now

she is half way round. She is, she had two of her big pieces. Last year

at the Commonwealth Games she really didn't look fit and confident, but

since then, this year, she's won the Pan Am games and really looks a

different gymnast. Jurca for remaining up on Vault. They will

want to show their bitter gymnasts, they didn't have a good

qualification. That shows that she is. One of the youngest Romanian

gymnasts, she got silver at the Junior Europeans on this piece of

apparatus last year. Good, strong vaulting. They lost one of their

team members to an injury in the final training before the team

competition. They really were thrown.

Into force at the moment. -- fourth-place.

Wang Yan 13.5 for the floor routine, a lot lower than she would have

wanted. Black was in fifth. Just waiting for her school, a chance to

see some more of her routine in slow motion. -- waiting for her score.

Unusually, she uses one, then the other, to set this turn from the low

to the high bar. It's named after the first gymnast to perform it.

That's lovely hop into the front somersault. She packs the difficulty

in. Sometimes just a little bit loose around the legs, where she

will lose marks. The actual difficulty is very nice indeed. One

of the more unusual dismounts. The judges are taking their time with

this score. They are the machines had time to pack her hand guards

away. A great improvement on qualification, she stays fifth for

now. 15.433 needed from Douglas to match

Simone Biles's score at this stage. She's grown into a very elegant,

mature gymnast, lovely full pure wet. Down to that low bar. They have

to hit handstands. I love this combination, the half turn, her

hands in reverse grip. It has been clean. Half turn on the top bar,

winds into a super double straight Gienger, very elegant. Caen we said

maybe she's not competition fit, but she's driving here. She hadn't

competed outside the USA until 2012, the team competition. This is her

third competition in this arena. She's probably feeling a lot more

confident than she did on day one. She has grown with each performance.

She's not tall, but she's one of the longer gymnast now. The double

straight looks beautiful house like that. She is in the bar final,

qualifying with the sixth highest score in qualification.

Over to the beam. Murakami of Japan. 19 years old. She qualified in the

top ten. An unusual mound, gets her low on

the beam to start the routine, fulfils that requirement from the

judges. -- unusual mount. Two hits and a lovely high straight-backed

somersault, very businesslike. I was impressed with that, the

change leg immediately into the tuck back. Free cartwheel. Very

difficult, the double spin, she negotiates it well. That they might

not credit, the feet were only really at the bottom of the head.

But I like her rhythm. Elegant arms and movement. She has kept the

routine going well. Determined, focused. Double pike dismount, that

showed maturity, that was a classy performance. She is delighted with

it, so she should become a sharp and confident. -- so she should be,

sharp and confident. A great feeling in the Japanese team at the moment.

Gaby Douglas goes into second place. Ahead of Steingruber.

She was in fourth for China, Chunsong Shang. A very slight, but

very able gymnast. She held Chunsong Shang. A very slight, but

well. She fell here in qualification, this was the

well. She fell here in piece for her. Clare

well. She fell here in half turn. The Chinese have always

well. She fell here in been beautiful on beam, but erratic.

well. She fell here in It's the leaks that sets them apart,

isn't it? It is. -- leaps. It's the leaks that sets them apart,

was good. You have to show a variety of skills. Forward, backwards,

sideways. I liked the front somersault, they are very dynamic,

even though they are tiny, these gymnasts, they are very powerful.

And she performed that really well. The double spin is one of the most

difficult elements and gets a lot of marks. It's worth risking. Nice,

strong free walk over into the jump. She's going for her connections. And

the free cartwheel. So, this will be a serious challenge, if she can land

the dismount as well. Up, triple twist, she does! A serious

challenge, Matt. Absolutely. She spun like a top on that little

twist. She must have felt shaky going into this knowing that if she

could nail this, carry on around the rest of the rotations,

could nail this, carry on around the a chance of a medal. Absolutely, you

can see she was quite off. 14.7 put her in third. Simone Biles

leads. Well, Larissa Iordache is introduced to the crowd. She didn't

have a very happy time in qualification but her competition so

far has gone well. Super. Was that fought out? Beautiful landing.

Presents the routine, always, so beautifully. Look at those spins.

Very elegant presentation. More power. Makes the triple look so

easy. Great controller. No delay into this tumble. Double pike again.

A beautiful landing. The side semi-to wrap it all up. That was

lovely. She has a lot to prove here. In this third group, way down the

field. Not used to rotating with gymnasts she is competing with.

Romania have had a torrid time here. They have not qualified for the

Olympic Games. They have to go to the test event. She will feel that

they need this performance. She didn't do that in the qualification

competition. She is obviously going for broke now. She really is a class

performer. Second all-around last year. Ruby Harrold and beam for

Great Britain. She had the responsibility of starting the

competition for Great Britain in qualification. It was her solid

performance that set them on the road. Couple of tiny little wobbles

there. But it is going well. Punches a good strong front somersault. The

gymnasts is performing these routines so many times during the

day. That turn was good. Just a wobble. Backflip layout somersault.

She just didn't have enough power in that backflip to lift her into the

layout somersault. Disappointed with herself. Clean on the free

cartwheel. Held it well. Big dismount for Ruby. A bit heavy on

the landing. A shame. She just rushed into the dismount. It is the

same with Amy Tinkler. They have given their all and they are tired.

In the team competition they both worked outstandingly on the beam. To

help the team qualify. They didn't either of them do beam in the team

final way you do only choose three gymnasts. You can see the

disappointment in Ruby's face there. Two more pieces to go for the

British girls. 12.4334 Ruby Harrold. A chance to see Iordache on Friday.

She seems to be enjoying it there. She most certainly does. It is the

end of the routine so no wonder. She is up into fifth. I think we can

have a word with Beth Tweddle to get her reflections on the first

rotation. That top group, nobody is giving anything away. They are all

fighting. Those last little tents can mean the difference between a

middle -- a medal or not. Would you expect Simone Biles to be further

ahead? Not really. Beam is her worst piece. She has a mark ahead of every

other gymnast. She will pick up the difficulty and go-ahead of the

ranks. It is great to see the competition is so close. We talked

about Iordache in the studio. Along with Steingruber and Sung Chung.

It's all to fight for. I am pleased to see that Iordache has come out

fighting. She has upped the grade and put in the double double. She

looks really relaxed and businesslike tonight. I reckon the

Romain Iams will have been given to prove their point tonight. That is

why she has come out fighting. The beam is a great piece to start on.

We have seen her be successful on that piece and it got her off to a

great start for this competition. We know she can do a solid double

twist. It is just turn it is, bars, last. The four pieces of the

all-around, suddenly, we are here at the halfway stage with just two

pieces left. What happens with a gymnast psychologically at this

point, almost on the final straight. You have to forget how many pieces

you have done and take each piece at a time. You make mistakes if you

start to relax. The athletes are not thinking about the end of the

competition. We are talking about Shang. Is this a good piece to have

as the puddle ultimate peace for her? Some of it and some hated.

Literally, it is up to the individual. Thank you, Beth. We will

get back to you in the next rotation. Amy Tinkler for her third

piece. Plenty of chalk. It helps with the grip. Just to give you an

piece. Plenty of chalk. It helps idea, that top group is now on

clean. idea, that top group is now on

floor. The third group is on the vaults and the fourth group are on

uneven bars. How vaults and the fourth group are on

alight. This is a very big tumble. New this season. Real confidence.

Not content with one huge tumble. A double second. Really sure and

really strong. Gymnasts have double second. Really sure and

difficult tumbles. She does a 1.5, walks out

difficult tumbles. She does a 1.5, bag. Changing there. This is her

fifth. Needs to land perfectly and it does. Beautiful double pike she

didn't look tired then. Well done, Amy, indeed. She is a fabulous

gymnast on for stop Great Britain have an abundance

gymnast on for stop Great Britain are really confident on all stop

gravity and science on this piece of apparatus. -- she seems to defy

gravity and science. Incredible posture. Semi-half term. So much at

home. Quick layout into another layout. Absolutely rock solid. She

almost lost it but how quick was that reaction? Could be very

significant. She will regain her composure. Certainly thinking hard

now. She must focus. She looks a tiny bit unsettled. Not as confident

in that connection as you would have thought. Flick, flip, pulling in

back out. How important will that be? She is showing signs of jitters.

That incredible three in a row is preying on her mind. But how good

was that recovery? The layout was a bit low and I think she was a bit

casual going into that front somersault. You want good rhythm but

you need to harness and focus. She looked like she didn't focus enough.

But look at this dismount. It is something else. How would they

counter that with the adjustment? A four? I think they would. Simone

Biles is looking a little more concerned than usual. Amy Tinkler,

13.966. It has made a competition of it, anyway. Seda Tutkhalian, the

Russian gymnast. The youth Olympic champion. Good, confident, held the

landing well. Then two very nice jumps.

The leap with the half turn. Ooh! She didn't really take the round off

over the top Rob Vickerman that's such a difficult skill, straight

back with full twist, my goodness me, the beam is proving tricky for

these gymnasts tonight, quite a poor jump.

Moves smoothly and smartly with the dance. She held the landing well,

but she didn't really hit the splits position. So, the big dismount. The

big round off double pike. That was good, she fell in the team final on

the dismount which is why she took such a long pause. The full twist

never looked on. She was sixth going up to the beam, but I think she'll

drop away now, no doubt about it. You could see that, it really wasn't

directly over the beam, we've lost the shock of the beam, you can see

she was quite a little way off. Started out off-line. Inevitable,

really. Chunsong Shang waiting for the floor

judges to give her the all clear. If you have any questions, anything you

would like to ask the team, get in touch.

Although she's a tiny gymnast, this young lady is quite experienced. 19

years old. We've seen her in competitions fail a bit, you always

learn from failing. She looks much more focused and prepared today. The

floor and the Vault to go. Open ultimate piece. She is currently

third. Very difficult. Watch carefully,

this next tumble. So, 1.5 twist, she walks out into three twists,

immediate punch front. Really impressive.

The spin. Very clean. The quad spin, four rotations.

2.5 punch front with a half turn. Lovely leap there. Now we have yet

to see her do a double somersault. In two double pike, double tuck, she

has to include one of those in the routine, every other tumble has been

twisting. A big double pike, she lands well, this will be a difficult

a high-level start value. Saving the spin for last, my word, she had

power, she had energy and she had some very impressive, impressive

landings. So quick, so light. Very clever, because the triple twist, if

you want, wasn't very cleanly round, but because she immediately hunch

froms, it was nearly impossible for the judges to sit. Will they give

her it? I think so. This was 3.5 to start, not many female gymnasts do

that. Varies the 1.5, watch, she's doing a triple, when she lands, the

feet are just a little bit to one side, but because she punch fronts

so confidently, you wouldn't be able to see that.

On the vault, Iordache. A good double twist with skip back, clean,

efficient, she's very determined. She was fifth going into this piece

of apparatus: The halfway stage. Just one vault. Such determination

you can almost feel it. She wraps that in. Skipped back, but very

quick to adopt that landing position, confident and sure of it.

15.066 for Iordache. position, confident and sure of it.

this performance, than her qualifying round. Just waiting for

Seda Tutkhalian's score on the beam. Looking after her feet there.

Carlotta Ferlito on the vault. 14.266. In qualification. She's good

on beam, can she be powerful on the vault? Good enough, 1.5 twists.

Didn't really get up off the platform.

You can see she's very quickly off this platform, a little bit more

air. She lost leg form. Efficient enough.

Johnson's an, 14.533. -- Chunsong Shang. Consistent scoring, she'll

need a good vault if she wants a medal. Teramoto of Japan on the

bars. Very nice full wet into the Gienger salto. Her second big

release, the front somersault, the Yeager. She wheeled her legs a

little bit on that salto full pirouette, but smoothly into the

handstand. It has been cleaned. Can we have the big dismount? We can,

very nicely, for twisting, double back. Japan impressed me a lot in

the team and petitions, very businesslike, they knew their work.

The shoots down. Immediately to shoot up. You can see the feet

directly above the head, she hit the handstand. And the dismount, double

tuck, full twist. These gymnasts are so technically efficient. 14.366 for

Asuka Teramoto. Laura Jurca at the bars. She was

seventh going into this. Circle, clear circle. A little bit short on

the handstand. Nicely through that pirouette, into the Gienger. The

pack safely negotiated. Here comes the transfer.

So, she's got a decent rhythm to the routine. Short on handstand on

occasion, but the routine. Short on handstand on

good, she's a perky little routine. Short on handstand on

12.44 that even routine for Seda confident.

12.44 that even routine for Seda Tutkhalian. They are really

hammering the mistakes today. It is proving to be the beam. -- it's

proving to be the leveller, the beam. Lieke Wevers, from the

Netherlands. Use gold at the European games earlier this year on

this piece. A very interesting beam routine, quite different from many

of the gymnast will stop starts with a nice, clean leap, change leg into

season. Free cartwheel, immediate free cartwheel, that's her acrobatic

series, she had to make sure she didn't pause. A very nice free

walkover immediately to the sheet jump. She is going for those

combinations. This is what she is renowned for, the beautiful spins.

But she put the foot down early there. Super, super double spin.

Write up on the terms. Smoothly into the flip. -- write-up on her toes.

She has been smooth, but missing that first spin will be costly.

Lovely, straight gain salto. Great competition she's having. A family

affair for them, her twin sister on the team. Varies Dan Vincent,

they've had a great week. And it goes on. There is the standing,

Simone Biles hands-on ahead of Chunsong Shang. And Iordache in

bronze medal position at the moment. Still if you gymnasts to go, we

haven't seen Douglas yet. Look at that run. She needs it.

Nicely done, double twist. Slightly deep on landing. All the way round,

good, square hips and shoulders. Power in the run. Round off. There

you go. Little bit pike through flight, made sure of the double

twist. 14.875. That is 60 forgot it. You

could see it posted on the scoreboard at the end of the vault

runway. Waiting for Lieke Wevers's score on the beam. It's 14.2. She's

in the beam final, one of the best beam scores we've seen today.

Ellie Black was joint seventh with Laura Jurca going into this piece of

apparatus. And in qualification Elsabeth Black performed brilliantly

on the beam, she's got a very difficult routine with a very high

start value, if she hits it all, varies the double spin... The D

element given the same value as the free walkover. Lovely bike front

somersault, very emphatic on the landing.

Here we go, backflip, straight back somersault. Corrected herself well.

Another big combination coming up here.

Backflip, full twist... Ooh! We've seen her perform that so well in the

past. It's such a tricky element, this, so little margin for error.

Somersault with full twist. The two leaps.

A tough front somersault now. You can see she's very well trained, she

rehearses these moves very frequently. She will want to make

sure she finishes well. 2.5 twists, just a little pace back, but that

will be costly. What an obstacle this piece of apparatus is proving

to be. We know from qualification it was tricky for Douglas and Giulia

Steingruber. The Young it's claimed its fair share of victims tonight

that's for sure. -- it claimed its fair share of victims. Douglas will

be the next gymnast under the beam. Let's watch Seitz first from Germany

on the Uneven Bars. Good rhythm in the start. A nice

Tkatchev. A straddled Jager. Clean so far. A little bit loose leg it.

-- leg. Full term. A tiny bit late. Very efficient twisting dismount.

One of her better apparatus. Yes, it's her piece, really. She mucked

up in qualification so she is not in the bar final but she really has a

good repertoire. Varied flight from below to the hive. Used by so many

of the gymnasts. Lovely, crisp pirouette. Proving why she had entry

into the Olympic bars final. How it all changes with one move. That's

right. Elsabeth Black. 13.3 for the beam. So, Gabby Douglas needs more

than 14.8 to take the lead. She was in second place. She did fall on

this piece in qualification. Nice big front somersault. Pike. Smooth

in the layout. The two elements linked. The backflip and the

somersault. The full twisting tuck back, very secure. That was the move

that she fell on. It was indeed. She went off the side in the early

competition. Managed to hold those moves securely. Many of these

gymnasts doing to different elements. Well held. The leg held

high. But I don't think that will be credited. You have to have the foot

up to the height of the head. Smooth, free walkover. Just missed

that link. Goodness. Even the Olympic champion is a bit edgy

tonight. Here comes the dismount. She has really performed critically

tonight. She will stay within reach of Simone Biles. Will she have her

name on a medal? It makes for a great competition. Olympic champion

versus world champion. You couldn't ask for better. There is the full

twisting tuck back from standing. ask for better. There is the full

You have to be so fast to perform that on the beam. That gives you a

good view of how little margin for error there is. And there is the

dismount. Just jams the feet in. the difficulty score changed.

Basically, I'm not sure what the difficulty score changed.

of apparatus were talking about but she's up to 13th. I think it

of apparatus were talking about but beam. I think it must have been.

That is the only thing you can protest. The difficulty score. We

will talk more about that after Ruby Harrold on the floor. Very dramatic

routine. Superhigh double Arabian. Really gives the dance everything.

That was a good double-twisting straight front. Quite a tricky

tumble. 1.5, punch into fourth. She held it quite well. Very nicely.

Hitting the splits. Just the big tumble to go. Needs to finish with a

double. Super. Double tuck. Well done, Ruby. The crowd here in

double. Super. Double tuck. Well Glasgow or for Ruby Harrold. -- they

roar. Double Arabian, half turn into double front. The big dismount.

Double tuck. You have to finish with at least eight double somersault --

at the ball -- you need to finish with at least

a double somersault if you want the high difficulty. Giulia Steingruber

challenging for a medal here. Good start. She is away safely. Now not

so safe. She parts company. Difficult, seconds after falling to

regain your composure. But they are so vastly experienced. Pike front.

In no problem there. Secure on the side semi. She really has regained

her composure. She has got a really good dismount. As quirky as

anything. She certainly regained confidence. A little wobble there,

as I speak. Al yes. Full twist. Not for the faint hearted. You have to

push your hips through and get the distance. There speaks a man who

tried it. The dismount is named after her in the code of points. The

layout somersault was a way of the line. Her feet were way across the

beam as she landed. She's going to drop away from the medals. Let's

just have a word with Beth Tweddle, if we can. Beth, you were very keen

for Steingruber to do well. It's a disappointment. She was last up and

there was a long delay as they worked out Tutkhalian's beam score.

Most of them are struggling with the beam to night. There is a real fight

for third and fourth. Hardly anything in it. We are going to have

Iordache's bars and junk song is Chunsong Shang's flow. She had the

tougher draw going last on the bars. How surprised were you with Simone

Biles on the beam. She loved unsettled at the beginning but she

saved it well. The rest of the routine was a little shaky. She is

not as far ahead as she would like to be but she is a fighter. I still

don't have any worries but it is gymnastics and anything can happen

on the night. Gabby Douglas looked pretty cool, considering her

competition experience. A few wobble is here and there is an beam. The

challenge tonight was just to stay on beam. She will be a bit nervous

having fallen off in qualification but just to stay on was a great

achievement and she will be going forward with a lot of confidence.

Thank you very much. We will let you sit down and let the gymnasts finish

their warm up. Very soon we will be on the last piece of apparatus. The

top group will be an floor, the second on Bolt, the third on uneven

bars and the fourth on beam. Gabby Jupp -- Gabby Douglas is currently

in silver medal place. Chunsong Shang is currently in bronze medal

position. Steingruber has dropped away. Larissa Iordache on bars will

be keen to literally hang on. She will. She didn't have a good time in

qualification but she can work bars. However, Steingruber has an

outstanding floor. She could pull it back up a little bit. What will be

going through the mind of Larissa Iordache. She got the silver medal

last year. Group way down the field. Computing on the opposite side of

the arena to those she would normally work with. It would be a

wonderful story. The demise of the remaining gymnasts at this

competition has been sad to see. For Iordache to come out and solve age

something would be fantastic. Iordache to come out and solve age

salvage something. A great piece for Steingruber to finish on. Warm up is

over. Seda Tutkhalian will be the last to go on this piece of

apparatus. The final chance for gymnasts to place their bid. A

16-year-old in her first year of senior competition. The all-round

women's final. You would think after rather a long warm up period that

the judges would be ready. Interestingly, over the last two

days, the previous competitions. It has been the same panel of judges.

Today it is different. Clean. Very efficient.

She qualified with 14.533. On we go with the gymnast on the floor, Seda

Tutkhalian. We've she competed at the youth Olympics

last year with this piece. Is a good on. Beautifully done.

The power through the flick. A good rebound tumble.

Nicely joined. Split series. 1.5 twist into half twist. A jump to

tidy it all up at the end. There you go. Nice, clean efficient

Floor Exercise. And vital There you go. Nice, clean efficient

for all these young gymnasts coming in. She was 15th going into that

piece but it is invaluable, isn't it, the year before the Olympics was

to mark absolutely, it's amazing. First second and third at the youth

Olympics, Ellie Downie didn't the final, she's fallen, as has the

Brazilian gymnast. They have shown they are young.

Seitz. On the beam. Jumps straight out today.

Seitz. On the beam. Jumps straight to a split position. Quite a

difficult mount and well rewarded on the marks.

Smooth backwards somersault, held it well, her chest was down a little

bit. Side somersault is difficult because the beam is cited as they

land. -- can't be seen when they land. With the free walkover they

can leave their head back quite a long time and see the beam behind

them. Nice spin. The problem with this routine is that it is one move

after the other. And that will be quite deducted, quite heavily

deducted, by the judges. Little bit short on the split in both leaps.

However, the very good thing about this routine is she stayed on. And

not wobbled about. She'll be delighted, just needs the dismount

. They are falling like flies on the Very pleasing. -- straight

. They are falling like flies on the beam. It's a feather in her cap. She

stayed on. Finishes with 13.566. Third at the moment. A lots of

gymnasts, including this lady, Chunsong Shang. Third medal place at

the moment. Yurchenko. She Chunsong Shang. Third medal place at

twist, just a tiny adjustment. You are going to ask me how many twists,

aren't you, Matt? Whatever she gets here, Iordache will need, they were

virtually the same score going into this. She wants to play absolutely

safe. And that is playing safe, just the full twist. Not the highest

tariff. And a big step forward. It won't be a massive score. It's

13.866. Maybe she's played it a little bit to save. I certainly

think that Iordache could score that if she worked her very best on the

bar. However, great competition. Did she do that vault in qualifying?

Yes, she did. Iordache needs more than 13.958 on the bars to go ahead

of her and into that bronze medal position. A total of 55.765 for

Seitz. The rant live a. -- Oliveira from

Brazil. She strides out confidently, Yurchenko, this time with two

twists. Nice. She strolls away from it as though it's nothing. Nice and

high and flighty, that. Nicely done indeed. She really did stride out in

that run-up. Double twist, clean and easy. Very nice. Landed dead centre

then skipped to the side a little. But good vaulting. The judges

agreed. She is seventh at the moment.

Carlotta Ferlito from Italy. 13.233 she qualified with.

Smooth start. A little bit of poorer body shape. Smoothly back up to the

high bar. Nice half term. Changes shape. You could see it was going to

come from that. Swing turn, little bit of an empty element immediate

full pirouette. Into the double front, half in double front. A good

routine, very solid, but not of the really difficult variety. Well,

Iordache will be on the bars next. That battle for third.

Elsabeth Black from Canada. Commonwealth bronze-medallist on

this piece of apparatus. Very powerful gymnast with some very

original tumbling. Builds lots of difficulty. Watch

this, round of Philip, two and a half twist, walks into a double

tuck. Two hugely difficult tumbles in one run.

She leaps well. Cleanly around that full-term. Forward tumbling this

time, very nice, double twist forward, immediate punch front.

Really difficult tumbles now. Full twist. In two double pike. Another

big tumbling series. Very original, very good. Huge tumbles. That first

tumble, we both applauded it. Superb. Double tuck at the end of

that series. Even the running front full twist walk-out in two double

pike, they are very unusual. I don't know any other gymnast in the world

who does those tumbles. Carlotta Ferlito finishes with

55.740. It's her all around competition over

with and soon it'll be the case for Iordache. She needs more than 13.958

to steal bronze. From the Chinese gymnast. Nice pirouette.

Immediately... And the half term. Clearly through the Jager

somersault. Down to the low bar. She going for broke. You can see odd

flickers off her feet apart. That was lovely, the shap half. Lifts up

here. Thought pirouette. That's good. Just the dismount, full

twisting, double back, what a very good performance from Iordache,

we're thrilled. She didn't hold back. She will get a medal, I'm sure

of it. You know, Chunsong Shang played safe, Iordache went all-out,

the right decision. She really showed her metal there. Thoroughly

deserves it. If she does manage bronze. A superb performance. Black,

14.425. On the floor routine. In the third at the moment. Three major

gymnasts to come, here's one of them. Gabby Douglas. All-round

Olympic champion. Looking for a medal here in the women's all-round

world final. Dramatic start. Confident. Her leg kept high and the

spin was accurate. Here we go. Double Arabian, into the leap.

Absolutely under control. More power to come through the flip.

Again, just to show she's in charge. Setting up the spin. Double pike,

super. She's thoroughly Tiny, tiny uncertainty in the

landing. But so far so powerful. So convincing in the choreography. Here

comes the final tumble. Double tuck, tiny adjustment. Boy oh boy, that

was impressive. A joy to watch, what an all-round competition she has

had. She really has, she has convinced more and more as the

competition has gone along. That was very clean work. Every landing

controlled, it was a really good example of working within yourself.

Still waiting for Iordache's scored to come in. A lot of deliberation

about it. She's trying to look calm. It's in now, it is 14.8, it's huge.

She's gone into the lead at the moment. But still we are waiting

Douglas's score. Simone Biles has yet to go. It looks as though

Iordache has got herself a medal. Absolutely thrilled. There won't be

a gymnastics fan around the world that isn't pleased.

Well, Douglas now needs more than 14.374 to go ahead of your order --

to go ahead of Iordache. I think she'll get that, I'll stick my neck

out here. It was great, wasn't it? Lovely routine.

It's not quite such huge tumbling as many of the gymnasts we've seen.

It's good, but we've seen really massive tumbling from some of them.

The whole performance is clean. Her landings are accurate, aren't they?

That was nice. She's a subtle gymnast, she can leap, hit the split

easily. All the things that make her a

complete gymnast, really. That was an error. Little stutter to the

side. Whips

well. I think it will be close, looking at that. It's a

well. I think it will be close, weight. The school is in. It is

14.583. She has gone ahead of Iordache. With one gymnast to go in

this all-around final. Quite tight. Steingruber. Slightly off the pace

in six. But you say she is a powerhouse on this piece. She

in six. But you say she is a powerhouse. She can leap

outstandingly. Double straight with full twist. She sells the routine.

Second big tumble on its way. Double. No problem. Full twisting

double back in the third. Really performs well. Sells the routine.

She lives it. Absolute cracker of a routine. What could have been if it

wasn't for the beam. A few gymnasts are sharing that sentiment. Put that

one down to experience. She needs over 16 to medal. She won't go over

16 but it is a good floor routine. She naturally performs well. There

you see the lovely technique. The full twisting doubled great. --

double straight. Very expressive. She uses her face and her eyes and

connect with the audience. Not many gymnasts can connect with an

audience like that. How wonderful to see Iordache back to smiling and

enjoying gymnastics. Proving to the world what she is capable of.

Absolutely. I'm sure she will lead the Romanian team into the test

event and they will qualify. It has been a big moment for them in their

sport. 14.5 for Steingruber. Outside the medals in fourth. Simone Biles

going for a third consecutive all-around title. It's never been

done before. She needs 14.183 to do it. I have never seen a female

gymnast who can tumble like she can. Look at this. Double straight with

full twist. This tumble I love. The double straight. But she leaps right

out of the floor area. Lovely spin. Knows she needs to harness the power

now. Double-twisting double back. Good tumble. And her own style. Her

own dynamic style. Full twisting double back. So easy. And I love

that finish. Full of verve and full of energy. But she knows there was a

bit of a mistake. She did score 15.966 in qualification. She has a

bit of leeway. She needs 14.183. There won't be any problem I don't

think with that. Well, you've just seen I think, history. You have to

say. She is a thoroughly charming champion. Always full of smiles. It

was the jump out of it that went wrong. She landed the tumbling side

of the floor. That is the important bit. It will be deducted. .1 for

stepping both feet out. Wannabe .3. -- probably .3. But she had a lot in

reserve. Fabulous tumbling. So much in reserve. That leap out of the

area, surely won't be enough to rob her of gold. That tumbling was just

enormous. Look at this. So high and confidence. I agree. I think

everybody loves that finish. Oh yes. Isn't that nice. Look at that. It

was interesting that she has felt the pressure a bit tonight. First,

she didn't land her leap from the beam quite properly. That is enough.

There you are looking at the three times running world champion.

Superb. Those two are great friends and team-mates. Sharing the glory.

Gabrielle Douglas takes the silver medal. What a super competition.

Fantastic competition. You can see how much it meant to Simone Biles.

She seems happy-go-lucky but she is obviously steely determined inside.

And what a joy to see Iordache take a bronze medal and restore faith in

remaining gymnastics. -- Romanian gymnastics. That is a hugely

possible medal. Let's not forget Larissa. That is a superb

achievement. Behind gold and silver for the United States, rue mania can

take some joy. Simone Biles, three times world champion. A phenomenal

achievement. This does emphasise the power of the American women, first

and second. Very determined. Hugs all round. Smiles all round. Larissa

Iordache deserves every ounce of that medal. But the moment is all

about this young lady here. Simone Biles. It has never been done. Three

consecutive all-around world titles. You could see she had the pressure

on her tonight. She held it. Little errors here and there but she is

still three times world champion. Getting back to Iordache, you could

see how much it meant to her. She flew out of the arena to see her

coach and she had tears in her eyes. She has had a hard week. Not knowing

what will happen ahead of Rio. A tough week but she will be very

pleased with that. Looking down the field, we can see 22nd and 23rd,

Ruby Harrold and Amy Tinkler. It is worth the experience coming out

here. Amy said it herself, whatever happens, I am in the top 24 in the

world. It was a tough night for them both. A couple of balls. But it is

so hard to win that medal and bring yourself back up. -- a couple of

balls. -- falls. But it is in achievement and they will learn a

lot from this competition going into Rio. We are now going to hand to

David McDaid. Let's have a chat with him. I am with the world all-around

champion and the world silver medallist. Simone, your third in a

row. How do you feel? I don't even have words to describe it. I just

keep my own mind. How did you keep going with the crowd. A couple of

keep my own mind. How did you keep mistakes. A step out on the floor.

How did you cope? It was strange for me. On the floor. On the

How did you cope? It was strange for the red, I don't know this. I never

go out of bounds usually. A first time for everything.

go out of bounds usually. A first had a break. Your first competition

since London 2012. I am just happy to be back on the floor on the world

stage and I am very pleased with my performance. Time to get back in the

stage and I am very pleased with my marks. And that is heading towards

Rio. For sure. I have all the time in the world ahead. She is the

Olympic champ. I am only the world in the world ahead. She is the

champ. We are going to have to go head to head! Thanks very much for

entertaining as all week. That is hilarious. I'm not used to going out

of bounds. Can you believe she said that in the world final. The red,

what is that? In training she normally lands on the floor area.

We're going to keep talking. We are almost fair but we will keep going

for the dismount on the red button. You will be able to see the event

tomorrow. It has certainly been a competition of ladies first. We hope

you can join us for the men's, addition. Fingers crossed that Dan

Purvis and Matt Whitlock get a good nights sleep. Until then, good

night.