Apparatus Finals Day Two Gymnastics: World Championships

I can't believe it's the last day of the finals. Shall we get the classic

shot before we go? Ready? Start the countdown!

We are the right way up now. Hello and welcome back to coverage of the

World Gymnastics Championships. From Glasgow. This has already been the

most successful gymnastics competition at whirled for Great

Britain to date, with five medals in all. And they are not finished yet.

-- at world level. Here is what is coming up.

Simone Biles goes for gold again, aiming for a total of five medals at

these World Championships. She will be joined on the floor by British

hopeful and Commonwealth champion Claudia Fragapane and Ellie Downie

who has already impressed so far. All around champ Uchimura is back in

the high bars. Who will hang on for gold? We will be reflecting on the

history makers, Louis Smith and Max Whitlock, finding out from Max what

it feels like to wake up as a world champion. The gymnasts for the vault

are making their way into the arena. Joining me to talk us through the

five finals we are going to say, three-time world champion Beth

Tweddle and world all-around silver medallist Dan Keatings. Welcome to

you both. It is all kicking off behind us, the prop eight from

qualification last week. Every so often in a sport, you get a virtuoso

who seems to change the direction of the sport and makes all the other

competitors realise what is humanly possible. With the vault, that

certain someone is Dragulescu. This is him at the 2004 Athens Olympics

with a double front and a half turn. If you are going to have a vault to

your name, you better do it properly. He absolutely nailed it.

Incredibly, after retiring twice, Dragulescu is back at the World

Championships, now 34 years old. This was his qualification vault. It

is amazing to see him back and performing the vaults he did in 2004

at such a top quality level. It is awesome to see someone that age

doing gymnastics at such a high level. To be fair, it is not really

an old man's event, the vault, with all of the power down the runway. It

is not, but he has worked really hard to come back and he has helped

the Romanian team to get up there. We are not sure if he is going to

raise his game from qualification for the final, interesting to see.

Third-highest qualifier, he is in with a shout. This is Kenzo Shirai,

who took gold in the four final yesterday. He will be using all of

that twisting ability. -- in the floor final. His first vault is a

triple twist, it is one of the most perfect vaults I have ever seen so

you could see nearly a perfect score. The way he can wrap in the

twist and spot the landing, because that is going to be the key in this

event. It is, he will transfer it from the floor to the vault, and he

has the perfect landing, which is what the judges will be looking for

as a last impression. He will really want a medal, he has been outside

the medals last year and the year before. He knows what it feels like

to have a gold medal in the gym bag, he got back on the floor. We will

join our commentators Mitch Fenner and Charlotte Still, for Kenzo

Shirai, who qualified in sixth, who has his sights on a medal.

COMMENTATOR: We know what Shirai can do on the floor, he is marvellous in

the air and he has plenty of time, the way he vaults. Superb technique.

Cutting himself off from the real world, Donnell Whittenburg.

Shirai, composing himself. Starts with a six value.

Always lovely technique and always fabulous aerial awareness.

The first man to Quad twist on the floor in competition. Here he is,

Kenzo Shirai. On vault. Qualified in sixth. A measured

approach. Three twists but he didn't quite make it around. He did not.

I'm not even sure they would give that. It was two at best. The

tolerance is a quarter of a turn, so they might give it, but they may

mark it severely. That's quite a surprise, because he usually rockets

around. When he lands, his shoulders were facing the wrong way, his feet

are, I think they might not give it. I don't think he made the three

quarters. That's half, I think. You will be able to see, because the

tariff for three twists is six, and if the judges decide he has not done

three twists, they will just down the tariff, so when the D score

comes up, it would be lower. Very unusual to see that happen. His

aerial awareness normally is super. 5.6. As predicted, they have reduced

it. 14.5. Sony needs absolute precision. He

has posted 5.6 for this one. Makes sure of the twists that time. Two

twists from the half turn on, not so difficult, only two twists, but at

least it was clean. He made good some of the damage, but he will be

disappointed. I know it is a cliche, but he will be disappointed

with his first vault. He has pulled it back nicely here, though. Makes

the twist, clean, a tiny walk back. That time a genuine vault. He was

quite lucky not to hurt himself on that landing, not this landing, the

first one, because he was completely sideways. Hang on a minute, that is

a half turn on, two twists... That is 5.2, not 5.6, he needs the extra

half turn for 5.6. Let's see what happens. You never know. Let's keep

our eyes on the difficulty score. Yes, you can see, downgraded to

5.2. Disappointment for him. Trying to play safe on the second

5.2. Disappointment for him. Trying no avail. That's a shame for Kenzo

Shirai. The master of aerial awareness. This man has had a busy

World Championships. He has competed every day of the men's finals.

Donnell Whittenburg. His presence has certainly been felt here. He

really can vault, a powerful man. He has had a good competition. The

double with half turn. Mr Dragulescu himself is here to see it. So many

have tried to get close to Dragulescu, that was a good

attempt, superb vault. It certainly was. Like you say, he has competed

every day. His legs are still firing. Two and a half somersaults

with the half turn out, sporting the landing really well. Down the

middle. Probably a deduction for a lot chest on landing. Some of the

very best, you will see them stand upright as they land. But to be fair

to him, he is not the lightest gymnast, but to get the block and

the push to give himself the room to rotate, it is a long way around. He

is a big old boy, he handles the air very well, and he was a bit flat

coming off as well, so he did well to get the rotations in.

14.52, the score to beat. The average from the two vaults. Going

for a very difficult vault. 6.4 posted on the difficulty scoreboard.

The turn on, full twist! Back out in the second, that was magnificent.

That was a smasher. Terrific, full twisting double, an amazing vault.

That was a smasher. Terrific, full Well, he deserves to be on the

podium. Absolutely. To get in a full twist in the first location and then

to twist in the first location and then

chest, but that was a phenomenal vault. So little time

chest, but that was a phenomenal superb. Really

chest, but that was a phenomenal top, the first twist, fixes the

head, twists really well and pulls the legs over.

head, twists really well and pulls seeing this move on the floor. The

double back with full twist, but when you come off the hands, it is

two and a half somersaults when you come off the hands, it is

unbelievable. He came eighth in the all-around, fifth in the ring is

final, is this is time to get a medal? 15.35. Whittenburg goes into

the lead with six gymnasts to go in the men's vault final. A

the lead with six gymnasts to go in of apparatus, Denis Abliazin,

Olympic silver medallist, two-time European champion. He has put up a

6.4, matching the difficulty of Whittenburg.

So sharp and powerful, that will be classed as a fault, I think he

touched with his hands. The same vault. He really went up and didn't

rotate quite so well, did he? Loads of height. The full twist, grabs the

legs early, just haven't got enough rotation off the top. He split the

twist, he did half in the first and half in the second. No, it was a

full, but it didn't pay off. An incredibly difficult vault. He

really rocketed in the air. Obviously you need lots of height,

but you need to snap and create the rotation. The most important thing

is to go around two and a half times to your feet. He blocked and set the

twist a little bit quickly, didn't he? How these guys understand the

platform and get the best out of it to get that propulsion... 14.3 for

the first vault. The second one will be slightly easier, 6.2.

You can see Dragulescu just underneath the difficulty

scoreboard, he is the next gymnast up. Quite an unbelievable level of

difficulty, this vaulting final. He does the round off this time and

that was super work. The round off and the flip on. Half turn and two

and a half twists off, you need to be so accurate. Let's see how square

he was. He certainly had good body form. He did.

The level of difficulty. Very clean. Very good. We saw the girls

yesterday putting one-and-a-half twists and that's two-and-a-half.

You really have to get some airtime in there to be able to wrap the

two-and-a-half twists in. It will be interesting to see if Marian

Dragulescu, the vaulter we were talking about earlier, goes for that

extra half twist he did in qualification. The fans are in. 34

years old, he's back. He came back, went away again and came back. He

loves this sport. The current leader Donnell Whittenburg, a score of

15.35. After that first vault. Hoping for a second placing. That's

where he is, 14.85. A good score for that second vault. 15.4. The highest

score is 15.6 so far for that second vault that he did. Four-times world

champion and three times European champion. The master, Marian

Dragulescu, takes to the end of the runway. Has he still got it? Let's

find out. I think he has. Just a pace back.

That's the Dragulescu. He invented it. Masterful he is. He needed extra

height, clean twist. He invented it and he can still do it. Beautifully

done. A huge vault. Look, I like the way that Dragulescu kicks it out.

Some of them just roll the shoulder but he really commits. The two

somersaults. As he comes in for that last half, kicks out. Just the pace.

Very impressive. A great example of harnessing power. Good, strong

vault. He's at the races, that's for sure. That's a six difficulty. Will

he up it for the second vault? 15.3. Looking for consistency here. He

needs a total score of over 15.35. To try and regain that world title.

6.2 difficulty. What a story this would be.

In the beginning we saw the double twist. He's nominated the

two-and-a-half. Let's see the round-off, the height, easily done!

Fantastic. He was saving that one up just for you, Matt. He's back and

it's as if nothing has changed! Unbelievable. Stepped up the

difficulty. Saw Abliazin doing a cracking investigation of the same

vault and thought, that doesn't put me off, I'll do the same, maybe a

little bit better. He's delighted. It would be wonderful to see him go

up into the lead. Look at this. Half turn, nice and accurate. Good

height. Good line, and just that pace back from the two-and-a-half

twists. Lovely stuff. Let's see how square he really is here, Chris.

Really good. And he had so much height it almost overrotated. It

wasn't a question of squeezing that last half in. Fantastic. So

Whittenburg has 15.35. Will he go ahead of him? Oh he has done! He's

got 15.4! Yes! Can he stay there? Can he get a fifth world title on

this piece of apparatus? 5,999 people here who hope he does. Look

at that. Well, Whittenburg still in medal contention, but I do want to

tell you that the highest qualifier is still yet to come. Oleg Verniaiev

got a bronze at last year's European championships. A slight frame but it

belies the power he can harness. Another Dragulescu! He almost stuck

that. That was just a tiny adjustment. Boy oh boy what a final!

They are having a Dragulescu-off! He really stuck his feet down there.

Like, OK guys, you can do it, I can do one better. A Dragulescu fest

even. He's really a light, slight guy, but he plonked those feet down,

I'm not moving. Pick the bonus out of that. Power, chest in to get the

rotation guaranteed, and I really hope he would stick that, but a tiny

adjustment at the end. Superb vaulting. Huge vaulting. Through the

chest as well as the heels. Just look at that. He is the roll it

round category but very effective technique for him. What's he got?

15.466 execution of 9.466. That's certainly the highest execution

score we've seen, so he needs every tenth of execution here, because his

difficulty is down just a smidgen at six. Looks very focused indeed. Half

turn. And the triple twist. The Tsukahara with triple twist. That's

fabulous vaulting. A big start, a giant step forward, which indicates

to the judges he was a little bit low in height. But lovely vaulting

just the same. Great to see such versatility from all these gymnasts.

The big double somersaulting vault and then the great twisting vault.

Consummate all round ability. Look at that triple. The twist, he can

rotate about any axis. A virtuoso on the vault. Well, he's virtuoso

anywhere. Will he stay in the 15s? He should do. Dragulescu has a total

score of 15.4. He's in the medals at the moment. 15.283 his total. 15.1

score of 15.4. He's in the medals at for that second vault. There's a

step forward I think. So Marian Dragulescu hangs on in there at the

moment. But Se Gwang Ri from People's Republic of

moment. But Se Gwang Ri from highest qualifier. He's also a

member of the 30s Club. Experienced and very, very powerful. Is he going

to upset the party for Dragulescu? In qualifying he did two

to upset the party for Dragulescu? a 6.4 difficulty. He's got the

ammunition. Look at that... Oh, superb, a Dragulescu

ammunition. Look at that... Oh, some vault. A tiny adjustment on

landing. That's got to be the highest mark so far I think.

landing. That's got to be the cracking vault. So the Dragulescus

we've seen previous have all been tucked, but look at the

we've seen previous have all been leg. We lost it a little bit in the

end. He could no doubt feel he was just running a little bit out of

air, but the first two somersaults are beautifully straight-legged.

Going into the half turn he loses a little bit of leg tension, but

magnificent vaulting. Such power off the top of the platform. Conversion

was so powerful. 15.6. Very, very impressive. It is

one thing to have one difficult vault that you can do, but to have

two of the same value of 6.4... He's very special. Se Gwang Ri with vault

number two. Two gymnasts after him. Already posted a massive score for

the first vault. Full of focus, half bomb, full twist, back out. Oh, he

held op to that, just. Two steps. Two steps might be the difference

between gold and silver. He invented the vault. He has power left. A

little bit overcooked. Had to scuttle sharply to bring it under

control. Smacks into the value, pulls in, perhaps a little too hard.

Really wonderful. He has done bags of rotation but he just wasn't

confident to stamp it out. He was still waiting to see, is the floor

there? How costly is this landing? 8 10ths I think. Absolutely. Between 5

and 8, I think. So that's out of your execution score, so we would

expect his E score to be down a little.

APPLAUSE. He's gone into the lead with a score of 15.45. Marian

Dragulescu drops in to second, just 0. .05 behind him. Donnell

Whittenburg hangs on in there in that third spot for now. He gives

you impression he's loving to be back. Can't read it from here, can

we Matt? Just directing you towards a bit of social media. Igor

Radivilov of Ukraine. He knows what it is like to medal at the high

level. He got bronze at the Olympics. Silver last year. Three

times European silver medallist. Yet another cracking vault. In the

Dragulescu Club. And just a tiny adjustment again on landing. It's a

super vault. Years ago we used to dream of putting a half twist in a

double, but these guys are pumping them out, Chris. It is very

impressive. Legs are a bit wide apart. The judges will take off a

little bit for that. Landed, you can see his head and face were down a

bit, so you would expect his execution score to be a teeny bit

lower. I know it sounds like we are being picky but you have to find

some way of choosing between them as to which is better. We had four

golds yesterday on the women's uneven bars because they couldn't

separate. But here there is room for judges to deliberate and separate. A

little bit low. 15.2 for his first vault. That score for that third

spot at the moment is 15.35. Donnell Whittenburg. That's the value of his

second vault, 6. Really going to concentrate on the execution here.

He needs to lose less than 0.7, 0.6 in deductions on this vault. He

knows he needs to be very nearly perfect. 20 metres they have to get

the power... Double pike. It was very good but it had a pace. It is

just marvellous, that's the word, the level of vaulting is just

marvellous. Double rotations with and without twists. Courageous and

very difficult. Every one of these vaulters... A huge vault, really

well landed. Has to pull hard, get the pike in, hold on to it. He was

very low on landing but held the shape through the rotations. This is

a good vault. Top Bang. Not a lot of rotation left

there. He used up every degree. Always amazed at how they can... How

strong their ankles are to walk away from landings like that. So well

conditioned in the ankle. A gymnast that has been around for a

long time now, hasn't he? He has been part of the Ukrainian team. A

great all-rounder a few years back. Very good indeed.

The current leader, Se-gwang. Marian Dragulescu, in Silver spot at the

moment. Whittenburg in third. But this gymnast is the current world

champion. Hansel Kim. He did qualify in fourth, but don't

let that put you off. Oh, that was a wipe-out! Such a

pity. His nose was first to make contact.

Se-gwang's coach is confident that's enough. He is indeed. If the

judges consider that the feet did not get down before the hands, it's

a zero. I think they might just say feet first, but it will certainly be

a hallmark off, and a lot of deductions for not completing the

vault. -- a whole mark off. A lot of energy came out of the vault. It was

close. 14 scored, so Hansol Kim is out of

the running for a medal. And it's all or nothing when you

vault at this level. It must be very difficult for him to come out and do

this, although he wants to show the world what he can do, as far as a

medal is concerned... Clapping all around this arena. Everybody is

willing him to his feet, not to hurt himself.

Another very difficult six tariff. Much better that time. Much better.

Twisted his way to... Maybe a triple. The half turn on that time.

The snap and three twists off. The knee went down. Five to ate. --

eight. How many times do you do these with gymnasts back in the gym?

You do a lot of repetition twisting off the top of the horse. And you

work in the pits with crash mats on top. So you work at realistic level,

but on a service that will go down as you land, if you have not made it

quite the way around. Ri Se-gwang is the world champion.

Marian filming himself, filming his

to this level of competition. We are well championships and he has got a

silver. Four times world champion, he retired, he came back, he retired

again, and now here he is at 34 years old. He went around to every

single delegation, every gymnast he could find, and shook their hands.

Everybody said the same thing... Good to see you back. And I'm

delighted to see Dunnell Whitten Berg being commended for his

efforts. -- Donnell Whittenburg. He has worked so hard and got himself a

bronze. Confirmation that Se-gwang is the New World vault champion.

Beth, let's have a word with you about that return to form. What form

it was with Marian Dragulescu. We wondered if he could still achieve

at this level. I mean, it wondered if he could still achieve

not a day has gone by since he was competing last time. The first vault

was insane. Me and Dan thought he was going to land it, but that is

down to experience, he hasn't been competing. Dan said he has not been

in competition for about two months. He has been in training, and

to bring out the extra half twist... You can see in his face how

delighted he is. He is in good physical shape and he can now build

the numbers before Rio next year. Dan, your impression of the second

vault? We did not see it earlier on with the extra half twist. To be

honest, it looked easier than the vault he did in qualification. A bit

of adrenaline, he was pumped. The first vault was amazing, his

Dragulescu. If there are many and team don't qualify in the test

event, Marian Dragulescu, because he has a medal here in the individual

apparatus final, he will be in Brazil. Yes, he has already secured

his own spot. Any medallist from these championships, if you are not

part of a team who has qualified, they have qualified themselves, so

his ticket is saved but he would love his team-mates alongside him.

We are moving from the vault to the beam, a piece of apparatus that has

not really changed at all over the years. We might be looking at some

wonderful old footage, if we can show it. Talk us through the fact

that the equipment has stayed as it is, but the moves have changed

somewhat. They have upgraded the difficulty. The first back

somersault was done on the beam in 1972. They wanted to ban it, they

said it was far too dangerous. They fought against it and the

somersaults the gymnasts are now doing, the likes of Simone Biles...

At the beginning of her routine, she does a somersault with a half turn

on the beam, and a spin in the clutch position. Lots of unique

skills now going on, on the beam. -- the Crouch position. The dismount

into the full twisting double back. Very few gymnasts do that. When you

look at the difference between Nadia Comaneci and Steingruber, this

wonderful dismount. The style of the routines we are going to be seeing

today, what do the judges need to see? What can the viewers look out

for? The gymnasts need a mixture, a forwards element, a front

somersault, and a backwards element. And they need a big dismount. The

sideways elements are very difficult to land because you only have ten

centimetres to place your feet on to. They need a mixture of spins and

leaps. The beam is usually about who can stay on in the final. Let's talk

through some of the contenders. Komova has to be one of the

favourites. Along with Simone Biles, who will be wanting to upgrade the

bronze she picked up in the vault. Komova picked up one of the four

gold medals on the bars yesterday, and Ellie Downie is so dynamic. We

usually find anything does happen because so many mistakes can happen.

This is the thing. In the all-around competition, the beam was the

problem. Simone Biles just managed to Klingon. It proved to be a vital

piece for her in the all-around. -- to cling on. It did. She knew that

she was going off and she managed to save it. She will want a flawless

routine today. Do you think she will go through and get gold? I think she

can. The difficulty is very high on her routine, and the dismount is

spot on. And she has the floor final to come later on. The last gymnast

in the beam, Tutkhalian, is the fifth highest qualifier. She has

really impressed, just 16 years old. A very young gymnast but she has had

a lot of experience. She went to the youth Olympics last year and she has

made quite a few finals there, great for her to get that exposure and

that experience a head of Rio next year. We will let you enjoy this

beam final and we will talk to you in a little while.

A good position in seventh for Simone Biles. It is. She is not so

elegant. Wevers from the Netherlands will show the exact opposite type of

work. Both Dutch girls are very elegant. We will have to see what

the judges favoured today. A great achievement for the Netherlands,

Mitch, to have two gymnasts in this competition. The first is

Thorsdottir, the eighth highest qualifier. The women'sworld beam

final. The gymnasts have to use a coded mount, but that does not have

to be included in the difficulty. Nicely done. Very confident on the

leap into the free cartwheel and the Olga Korbut flip. A tiny bit

off-line. Though, I was about to say very

nicely done... The half turn onto the hands. First performed by

Onodi, the great Hungarian gymnast. Very difficult to correct if your

body weight is not over the beam. Those are the leaps that get you a

lot of marks. The head has to go right back and you have to lose

sight of the beam. If the judges think that you have and you have

touched your head, they will give you lots of bonus marks. Two spins,

linked together. And a third spin linked to a leap.

These combinations will add up to increase the score.

One error, the rest very clean and elegant. Two and a half twists but a

couple of paces back. She will be a little bit disappointed, but she is

not really a gymnast with huge experience of finals. The work on

choreography and grace and style is paying off. Patrick, responsible for

that area of work in the Netherlands, he has done a great

job. Her lines were lovely. Beautiful lines, beautiful

splitMac. That is her acrobatic series, the free cartwheel into the

Olga Korbut flip, Lou was the first person to perform back. The half

turn into the handstand. -- who was. The second leg was completely out of

line. Gymnasts have to finish with a D dismount, two and a half twists is

a D. So she will have got the full composition marks for finishing with

a D. But you can see she was underrotating and had to take a

couple of paces back, which will be costly for her. If you can limit it

to one pace, you can limit the deduction to 0.3. As soon as you

take the second, it is at least 0.5. You can always spot the Dutch

supporters in the crowd. Even in the air she manages that grace. She

does. You can see on the free walk she almost manages to see the foot

land while the head is still back. Lovely touches.

Well, she's 17 years old. Still plenty of time left. 12.733 for

Thorsdottir. The fans from the Netherlands have a lot to look

forward to, as here is her compatriot. The second highest

qualifier, Sanne Wevers, the Dutch champion. Takes to the beam.

Very nice, plight, easy mount, gets the routine under way. Double spin

with the leg held up. Very, very difficult and very well rewarded.

Free cartwheel, that's her only acrobatic series, and she performed

it well. The free walkover. She held on to that. Had to take a step

backwards. Sideways dance which has to be included these days. Just the

single spin. Oh, and she missed the link two the backspin there. Just

the single spin. Oh, and she missed the link two the backspin there. --

missed the link two the backspin there. Straight into the split leap.

Again those connections get the bonus points. Very nice. Changed leg

leap into full turning flip. It is well balanced, this routine. Spins,

leaps, acrobatics. The dismount, the straight Gaynor

has to be dead in line with the beam and have the body held straight all

the way around. She got through it. and have the body held straight all

She may and have the body held straight all

of difficulty in order to stay on, which really is the key.

of difficulty in order to stay on, there, her father, and a proud dad

he is too. She's always been great on the beam and she transfers that

elegance from floor to beam beautifully. And that's the very,

elegance from floor to beam very difficult spin. Leg held up at

horizontal, round twice. Not many gymnasts in the world can do that on

the beam. Most struggle with it on the floor. But these are the two

free cart wheels. The judging system requires you if you want your full

difficulty to link to acrobatic elements.

difficulty to link to acrobatic needs to be directly in line with

the beam, if it is off to one side it gets downgraded. Has to hold the

body shape. Very nicely done. it gets downgraded. Has to hold the

had a 5.9 difficulty to start in qualification. You said she missed

one connection, so can we expect it to be down a bit from 5.9? Yes, I

don't see her routine every day. A lot of gymnasts record everything

they do. Will she be writing in the connection, or not? So the two Dutch

gymnasts have finished. Just two gymnasts per country allowed in an

individual apparatus final. It's a talking point that's always

interesting, we all wonder if more should be allowed in. 14.233 is now

the score to beat. Difficulty just down a little to 5.6, so most of the

connections she got. The next gymnast got gold at the Youth

Olympics last year. She did have a bit of an ordeal in the all-around

competition on this piece. But she's certainly capable of mid to high

14s. This is Yan Wang for China. And we are likely to see very big

acrobatic skills here. Keep your eyes open for this first one. Front

somersault with half turn... Oh, and we've seen her do that quite

successfully, but she headtated. Once your feet land you have to lift

the chest with conviction. Oh, and she's a little bit rattled now. That

changed leg to ring, settles for the sheep jump. Now she has another big

acrobatic skill here. And pride will mean she wants to hold on to it. And

she does! The round-off straight-backed somersault. One of

the most difficult forward elements and backwards and here's another

front somersault. Sky high. Free walkover, immediate jump. He's

getting more rhythm now. She was very tentative to start with. The

two jumps successfully joined. Just the big dismount left. Here we go...

Three beautiful twists, easily round. What a shame she failed on

that first element. The thing was she went for it, she didn't hold

back, because she knew if she could nail this she would be in with a

shout for a medal. It is always going be with a piece like this,

surely they are right on the edge of what is humanly possible now

Christine? They are, and you have to do huge repetitions to be confident

enough to handle the pressure once you come out here. And also if for a

little gymnast like this, she's 15 years of age, she'll have had a

little look and thought, I could do this. And that's always the danger,

to think ahead whether you could achieve or not. She did very well

with that, because the foot was only half on wasn't it. But she is a very

dynamic little gymnast. We've seen here in the vault final as well. I'm

sure she'll learn from this experience and we'll see her firing

on all cylinders in Rio. She could well have a very successful Olympic

debut. Sanne Wevers the current leader. 14.233. Con soldiering

Thorsdottir. Con soldiering Thorsdottir. -- consoling

Thorsdottir. We understand Wevers's coach has put in an inquiry on to

her score. You can only put an inquiry in on the difficulty score,

so here it is. This could be to do with this connection. She was

looking at her book. She couldn't quite understand why the scores

didn't match. She obviously put down all that she felt she had achieved

and was working out to see what start score she expected. So in this

case they will literally look back on the video? That's right. They

will look back on the video and if they think they have been too

generous they'll take it down. We've heard of that before. And how long

do they get to put in that inquiry is this they can't wait until the

end of the final and go, hang on a minute... No, before the score for

the next gymnast in, so they have to put it in quickly before the finish.

Before the finish of the next gymnast. So there you can see her

going through all of her moves. You can see they are all letters, moves

that are graded in a bunch from A to G? An A is worth 0.1, a B 0.2 and so

on. If you link two Ds that will give you a bonus. They have accepted

the inquiry. . The D score has changed. And it is now 14.333. An

extra tenth given. From a 5.6 to 5.7 on the D score. A vital 10th no

doubt. Yan scores 13.633. The difficulty score there, 6.4,

considerably higher. Viktoriia Komova from Russia the next gymnast

up. Gold yesterday on bars. One of the four. Incredible that, wasn't

it, half of the final got golds. They are waiting for the judges to

settle themselves after that inquiry. She was 8th in the Olympics

in London. 8th in the World Championships back in 2011. But

looking at these scores, she's capable of 14.533. The score to beat

at the moment, Sanne Wevers, with 14.333, that new, corrected score

after that inquiry. They've not got a green light yet. It is 30 seconds

after that they have. She has such grace and style. She was beautiful

on bars yesterday. She's one of the celebrated gymnasts around the

world, part of the Russian team, in the Olympics 2012 she took the

silver medal all-around. Beautiful technician. A little bit like a

ballet dancer. But she lost that connection already. If you go three

walkover, that's how you build that difficulty. A nice back flip and lay

out somersault. You can see she's stylish and elegant. This is a big

skill for her. She needs to be determined to hold it. Oh, and she

did. She didn't give in. That was good to see. Lovely splits on the

leap. Beautiful catch spin, has to catch hold of the leg and pull it to

splits. Strong front somersault. She's fighting hard but she's not

quite going for her landing shapes. That was slightly better. Good side

somersault. Smooth and rhythmical. Got the difficult dismount to do.

She's grown really quite a lot, quite a tall gymnast now. Has to

squeeze the double back in and she did. It was a bit of a fight but it

was great to see. Fighting for another medal here at these World

Championships. Second, the Russians still to go in this final. Beautiful

lines. Absolutely taken to the max mum there. Bang centre on that

connection. That's so impressive, the standing Arabian. Struggled a

little bit but pulled it under control. The hips back in line. She

really showed all her natural ability to balance and

determination. We've seen her quite often just plonk off when it hasn't

gone right, so it's really good to see. Very focused and very elegant.

It is just lovely to watch. She needed this and she delivered.

Wrapped it up nicely. 14.333 is the target. There were a lot of wobbles

and big step-back there, but it is really good to see Komova back and

fighting for medals. I'm sure by the time Rio comes round she'll be back

to the strength of performance we saw in London. 13.933. The coach

doesn't look happy. This is Pauline Schaeffer for Germany. 18 years old.

Quite an unusual mount, straddling back to the box splits position. A

very clean gymnast. She did

positions. Backflip layout, oh... I was about you can see the arms

straight into the landing position, but she just had a little bit too

much speed there. Good free walk over.

I think the judges will consider those two linked and give her the

bonus. Unusual little bit of dance. A very strong bubbles spend. --

double spin. The gymnasts have to include at least three spins or

leaps, it cannot all be acrobatic. The double spins is worth a lot of

marks. A big circle of the arms but she

held it under control. There we see the straight gainer, a

favoured dismount. Not many landing penalties from it. It is really good

fun, that dismount, isn't it? It's much harder than it looks, you have

to push the hips forward, because most back somersaults travel

backwards and if you did that, you would land back on the beam. It

seems to be the story of this final, just fight to stay on. What a start

that is. Very well disciplined in her

approach. Backflip layout. We could see she was well in line there, if

she had just employed a bit of body tension, she would not have had the

wobble. Easier said than done when you are out on that stage. The free

walk over, and the double spin is excellent. You can see how the

gymnast loses sight... Easy to be disoriented.

On the dismount, pushes the hips forward.

She will have Komova's score of 13.933 in her sights.

Three gymnasts to go, Ellie Black, Simone Biles and Tutkhalian as well.

Interesting to see how important that Wevers enquiry will be as we

come to the end of this competition, because we expect Ellie Black and

Simone Biles to go up there. And Tutkhalian could knock Wevers out of

the medals. The last three gymnasts have a lot of difficulty. She will

be looking at that 13.933... Taking their time, again to do with the

tolerance and the difference between different judges from different

countries. Yes, the judges doing the difficulty score have to absolutely

agree. Then the judges doing the execution... Not a lot of difference

are allowed. They have to come up with very nearly the same score. And

the same score as the jury as well. It is all in an effort to keep

consistency. And in a final that is as tentative as beam is... For the

gymnasts coming up, you have to try and time your warm-up to absolute

perfection. It's quite unfortunate that the gymnast up next when this

sort of thing happens. But it's something from a young age they get

fairly used to. When you compete, you have to be ready for all

eventualities, really and truthfully, at gymnastic

competitions. Ellie Black wowed us at the

Commonwealth Games on beam. She has one of the highest difficulty value

routines. I wonder what they will be

deliberating? Will it be to do with the huge wobble and whether the

difficulty of the move... ? They wouldn't lose the difficulty of the

move, it is more likely to be on the leaps to see whether the head went

right back. The truth to jump, if your head goes right back and you do

it properly, they will credit it with a D. -- the two footed jump. If

you don't get the full extension, you can get nothing for it, which

can change the start value by 0.4. And all eventualities in between.

Sometimes it depends a little bit on where the judges are sitting and the

angle they see the moves from. The judge they were showing is the judge

from Ireland. Of course, you are only allowed to judge in this final

if you haven't got a gymnast in it, so there will not be a German judge

or a Dutch judge on the floor. She has gone into second at the

moment. The beam final can now continue. It

will be the gymnast use for warming up a moment ago, Canada's Ellie

Black. 20 years old. Come on world

champion. Canadian champion. And she can't half packed in the difficulty.

She did a 6.4 difficulty in qualification, the highest of all

the gymnasts in this final. Starts lowdown to the beam. All gymnasts

are required to show elements low as well as high. Double spin negotiated

well. Always looks a little tentative on the first element.

Super high pike front somersault. Backflip, straight somersault,

landing on two feet. A little wobble but she managed to control the

middle of her body. This, the super difficult

combination. Make or break of this routine. Backflip and somersault

with full twist! She's so nearly made it! She would be so

disappointed with herself. Two difficult leaps, the changed

leg, and the changed leg half. Plants the feet securely on the end

and on the landing. Two and a half twists, she will be so disappointed

with herself. You spend hours in the gym to push the difficulty and to

win medals on this stage, but at the end of the day, that is what can do

you in. The same equation you have said so many times, Matt, difficulty

versus accuracy. Versus elegance. The gymnasts fight so hard for this

opportunity, hundreds of gymnasts here at this Championships, only

eight make the final. Such an achievement to make the final, and

you so want to give your best when you are there.

The full twist there. She really wasn't very far off. She seemed to

be square, we saw the left shoulder popped up a bit which may have taken

her off, but she seemed to be accurate there. Very often it seems

to be, as much as anything, your expectation as to whether you put

your feet down and stand up and correct it, whereas she just paused,

didn't she? down... Have I made it? No, I

haven't. She was square and then you saw the shoulder popped up. Such a

shame. Cracking gymnast. Very good gymnast, had a great all-around

competition. Legs just a little bit loose in the

two and a half twist, the judges will have a few tenths off for that.

She will lock that one away to experience.

Wevers is still in the lead and is guaranteed a medal. Two gymnasts

left to go. See you in Rio. Great for Dutch gymnastics.

The highest qualifier, can she get herself another gold medal here?

Goal with the team, gold in the all-around.

And we saw a very uncharacteristic mistake in the individual final. At

that is such a fantastic spin. And it counts as a full spin. The fact

she did two and a half did not matter.

Front somersault with half turn, she just makes it look as easy as a

The acrobatic series, layout, second the

The acrobatic series, layout, second layout, shoulders up, not a waver.

Strong in the front somersault, immediately into the jump.

You can see how, by moving swiftly, she exudes confidence. Lovely series

of three elements there. Nothing tentative about this

routine. There might have been a wobble but she didn't let it be

That anything more than a little

That routine, the full twisting double

That back at the end. Really a class

apart. It was as solid as a rock. back at the end. Really a class

She has the same difficulty value as the last gymnast going in

She has the same difficulty value as final, so it's going to be

She has the same difficulty value as to execution. If she can get it, it

will be her ninth world title. Even when she made that tiny mistake, she

whipped her leg back into the right position. Failing is not on her

agenda. So impressive. The centre of her body is so strong,

her core is so strong. That, off a little step jump... You have seen

other gymnasts do that skill but they have run the length of the beam

to get the power for it. The arms lifted immediately to the

correct position. Beam is about discipline, and even with that

wobble, she kept the arms fixed and knew where she wanted to be.

If you watch her do the beam routine in training, every time, the arms

are in the same place, there is any improvisation. Consummate.

Absolutely. The beam is not sprung. She is jumping off a block of wood

there. We were saying earlier on, you think of the greats, Nadia

Comaneci... Her name has to be up there now as one of the finest. I

would consider her very similar to Nadia Comaneci, actually. Yes. The

athleticism. At times, she can look graceful as well. A strange mix, but

the result is just mesmerising. With her coach, Amy, who has coached her

since she was very little. And the team USA leader for the last 15

years. Wevers will be delighted. So will everyone in the Netherlands.

The school to beat is 14.333. She knows it is good. But how good? I

think we might crack into the 15s with this score. Do you? I think so.

I think she will be disappointed if not. She had a difficulty score of

6.3 in qualification, so that is a maximum 16.3. And the Golden score

at the moment is 15.358! She has upped her difficulty from

qualification by 0.1, which is going to make it very, very difficult for

the last gymnast in this final. The arena calms as Seda Tutkhalian

of Russia takes to the beam, just 16 years old. Can she remain composed

and get herself a medal in this world final? And the answer is no. I

would say those first three gymnasts will remain now. She's got a lot of

difficulty still to perform. Change leg, half turn. And this very

difficult, full twist... Oh, and the hard full twist, she does absolutely

wonderfully. It's a little bit like the nerves have gone now. She's got

nothing to worry about, just perform, with her usual technique.

Lovely height on the change leg leap. More interesting dance. She's

strong and supple, a powerful gymnast. She had a little up and

down championships but a first year senior and a gymnast I'm sure by the

time we get to Rio will be wowing us. The big dismount, double pike.

Apart from that obvious error, she didn't let it completely throw her.

She kept her focus and produced a solid challenge, but it is surely

not going to get her into the medals? That could squeeze into the

third spot. That would be marvellous, because she deserves is

it, it was a wonderful routine. We'll see. Maybe that's ambitious.

But her difficult skills she performed well. It was this very

first straight-backed somersault, it is right at the beginning of the

routine and she didn't do it with very much conviction, did she,

Mitch? No, it was almost as if she gave up on it. Such power

afterwards. Such focus to get on and do this with such skill after the

disappointment. She dismounted very confidently. Let's see. Had a bit of

a mixed championship, the Russian team. Team. I'm sure level be lots

of work to make sure they go to Rio really solid. There's been lots of

promise shown but uncharacteristic mistakes as well. Look at the effort

there. Squeezing round the double pike. She deserves a medal from the

way she fought back from that early error. She had a 6.3 difficulty

tariff in qualification. If she's up with that... You never know. They'll

be wondering now, well, they are celebrating already. Tutkhalian

didn't Lieke there was much chance of it being different. Good to see

three gymnasts who stayed on the beam and fought well. Unusual not to

see a Chinese, a Romanian or a Russian on that podium. Absolutely,

China have been very successful on the beam. You can see how tall

Komova is now. In 2012 she was quite a little gymnast. I think she's had

to work very hard to get the work back. 13.5 and 6th place. The judges

are true to their conviction of being quite severe.

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Claudia Fragapane and Ellie Downie have

Claudia Fragapane and Ellie Downie And we'll wrap up proceedings with a

Blue Riband event, so stand by for high bar. Yesterday as Max Whitlock

and Louis Smith came out into this arena the stage was set for a first

for Great Britain. Let's remind you what happened in the world final of

the pommel horse. The stage is set. Mere is the current European

champion. Double Olympic medallist, he looks calm, he looks ready. A

great start. Now come on! What a performance for Great Britain's

Louis Smith! A great routine. He is in the running for sure. Sure. Max

Whitlock, this world pommel final. He skipped through that. This is

good work. Keep stretching, young man. What a super, super challenge.

That's phenomenal. It really is a final of the Britons here. Who is it

going to be? It's going to be very, very close. Max Whitlock is the

pommel horse Worrall champion. He beats Louis Smith into silver. What

a story for this young man. 7.5 billion people on the planet and

I'm winner on the pommel horse. It's been historic. Couldn't have asked

for a better World Championship. The medals are here and so are the boys.

Let's welcome Max Whitlock, world champion, and Louis Smith,

wonderful, wonderful display. You said you were speechless there, Max.

Has it sunk in yet? Mow did it feel this morning when you woke up?

Has it sunk in yet? Mow did it feel feel tired this morning, to be

honest. It's been a long week, but it still feels crazy. Hasn't sunk in

at all. The whole week has been crazy for all of us at Team GB.

You've done 20 routines and then you win the world title on your 20th.

How has that manifested itself within you as you went through the

competition. Even emotionally to get to Rio, there's so much happening

here. I've said it a few times, you have to take the pressure off

yourself as much as possible. You have to go in, know what you've done

in training and know that's enough and do your job. We all had to go

for it. Hopefully perform clean routines. Even if you look at the

team final, the everyone made a clean routine, we couldn't have

asked for more. Louis Smith, you were up first in that fifth spot.

Let's look through this routine. It was going incredibly well. Talk us

through. Right now I'm thinking, I need to overcome the noise of the

crowd and just focus. All the hard work we've done in the gym, it all

comes down to this moment. Did you know how difficult you were going to

go? Yes, this is all progression for Rio. I wanted to prove to selectors,

the world, the GB guys I've got what it takes in the bag to challenge for

a Roy io spot. For a Rio spot. This is the bit that went a bit funky in

the team final... The power with the hips to generate the speed to keep

it going. I thought, stay focused and it is pretty much plain sailing,

but don't mess up the dismount. You were thinking that from this point

onstbhards Yes. And the power you generated on the dismount. A little

flourish at the end. And that's just, I've done my job. You did, and

to score over 16 is a huge achievement. Max, where were you

when that was happening? I was still warming up. For me, when go out and

compete I don't like to see many scores around me, as I don't think

that can help an athlete to compete straight after. Me and Scott walked

through the tunnel, going to the pommel horse. Scott said, what do

you want to do then? I didn't know what Louis Smith's score was. We

decided the difficulty and went for it. And you upped it by 1 10th. Yes.

We are going to play your routine now. Talk us through this. You

looked calm going into it. Yes, to be honest I felt a bit more calmer

after coming off of the floor. For me the floor final was my first time

being in the floor final of the World Championships, so coming into

pommel I had already bagged a medal. Pause it when you see that extra

tenth It was at the beginning, the one-handle work. I under it by doing

an extra Russian in the one handle. So when you've got that extra

difficulty out of the way, were you starting to get more excited, or

more calm? More tense probably. It was like once you've done all the

hard bit, with you've got to finish the routine off. It is very

difficult, but that feeling there was unbelievable. And did you know,

did you know, Louis. What was happening between you there

psychologically as you were waiting for the score? I knew Max had done a

great routine. I thought, if it is no a draw he'll beat me by just a

little bit. It was well deserved, so I was praying for a draw. Don't get

me wrong, I would have loved a gold medal, but hindsight is a wonderful

thing. Just to have gotten through the routine, Is away relieved. I bet

you were. To have two gymnasts, and you said this Louis, on top of the

world here. We are talking over 16. It is incredibly difficult to main

that and achieve that. You must be feeling great, the pair of you going

ahead to Brazil? Yeah, definitely. Not even just that, the I think the

whole team, girls and boys, it has been making history throughout the

whole week. That can make us go into next year, Europeans and into Rio,

with so much confidence. Really relax into it and get a feel for it

as quick as possible, so we are looking forward to it. There's

another world champion being crowned at the moment. This is Ri Se Gwang.

We'll be pausing for the national anthem for him shortly. Initially

coming into here the aim was to get to Rio. When do you start refocusing

for your own individual finals and the thought of getting that team

medal? It is always a secondary target. You are always thinking team

first, but you have individual goals you want to accomplish along the

way. When we had done with the team event and we realised the finals,

you can start to do your own preparation and get the team finals

out of the way and focus. We'll hold that thought as we pause for the

national anthem of Korea. Ladies and gentlemen, the national anthem of

the democratic People's Republic of Korea.

But DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA national anthem

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World champion on vault, ahead of Marian Dragulescu in silver medal.

Whittenburg takes the bronze. What a comeback from Marian Dragulescu. We

have talked about it, 34 years old, lads. It's lovely to see him back,

don't you think? Brilliant. First and second have a combined age of

64! I was talking to him in the training gym, he said his body feels

good and his mind feels great. He doesn't stop taking selfies, so he

knows it is one of his last comebacks! One of his last

comebacks, that is a great line! Might as well, why not? It was

hilarious seeing him with his selfie stick. Let's reflect on your floor

performance, Max. Huge congratulations. Ken so she right is

always going to be tough to beat. Was it all about the silver? --

Kenzo July is always going to be tough to beat. I focus on my routine

and I don't think about medals. -- Shirai. My first world

championships, I just tried to go as clean as possible. You look

incredibly comfortable on the floor. That helped me in the final, I

posted two 15.7s beforehand which gave me so much confidence. I knew I

just had to do the same again. And then see after that. How different

did the floor area field to other ones you have worked on? Everything

is slightly different. -- feel to other ones. Gymnasts have to adapt

to different arenas and different equipment. It's always going to be

different. You have to adapt as quick as possible. That is what we

train for. That is why we train in different environments. Different

types of pressure. The Bear Grylls of gymnastics! One thing you can't

train for is the noise in this place. As you walk up, the

difference between the screaming and then the silence, that must be very,

very difficult to compose yourself. It is. It's a challenge, it is

tough. One of the disadvantage of having a home crowd is having a home

crowd, it is through the roof, it is electric. I had to take a moment

before the pommel horse routine to tell everyone to calm down a bit. It

really was crazy. So many firsts at this World Championships, it has

been a joy to witness. We will show you the highlights of the team

final, the best ever placing for a British team in a World

Championships. Let's just go for it. We knew the potential was there, we

just tried not to think about it, anything like that. Such an intense

competition. I was definitely in the zone, my moment. The whole thing

from the start to the end, we were relentless as a team. It was a case

of putting up the arm and hitting the routine. To deliver in front of

a home crowd is incredible. I lot of pressure, the first world

championship, the vault was big. I was more nervous watching Max than

my own job. Start of the routine, thinking, this is crazy! The crowd,

it is like a constant noise, which is unreal. Great Britain are world

team silver medallists! Sit back and be proud of what we have achieved.

To have the competition we did, it was literally perfect. It means a

lot. It was was literally perfect. It means a

proud to be a part of it. Do you know, so

proud to be a part of it. Do you it? That seems like ages ago. When

you watch it now, how do you feel? Relieved. We have all been working

for this for so long. We have been progressing as a squad. We have

funnelled the team together here and we have done a job. It's a testament

to how hard not just we are working but people behind the scenes who

don't get the credit. This is the thing, Dan, it is such a challenge

to get into this team. It is, there were only six places available. It

will be even harder next year when there are only five. 15 gymnasts

pushing everyone hard to get in the team. That makes us stronger as a

nation. Thinking of Lilleshall, the National sports Centre, you are

there and it is not just you, the women have done it as well. They

made history on the very first day of the finals. This is how they got

on. # Good times. As soon as we walked

out, we waved and the roar from the crowd was amazing behind us. We have

been training for months and months and months, we fight for absolutely

everything. I was nervous going into the bars, it didn't go to plan. We

just went, don't worry about it, never say never. It put me in a

better mindset for the beam, because I knew I had to focus more. Becky

has been keeping as calm. Whatever happens, happens. -- keeping us

calm. None of us could hear ourselves think. That was the best

vault I have ever completed. It was pretty special. When we got ahead of

Russia after my score, I couldn't believe it. When the score came in,

I was completely shocked. Kept looking at the scoreboard, it was

incredible. That is a bronze medal for Great Britain! It's absolutely

fantastic that we have been able to walk away with a team bronze medal.

Made history. A massive roar has just gone up because Beth Tweddle

has gone down to present the women'sbeam medals. But let's

reflect on what the women did. You must have been aware of what they

were doing. Looking back through the history of British gymnasts, for a

long time the women were up there, the men took over, and then the

women... Did you feel under enormous pressure to keep the consistency

going, Max? Yes, there was that pressure. It did inspire us, in a

way, to compete the way we did the next day. Their team is so young, so

to do what they did with not a lot of experience was pretty amazing. To

make the finals they made, the girls and boys for Great Britain, it is in

a very good place. Absolutely. The juniors coming through, how well

they have been able to cope in a situation like this. It says an

enormous amount looking forward, because it does not feel like this

is a flash in the pan for Great Britain. Definitely not. We have

been training for this for a long time, starting about a decade ago.

Beth Tweddle. Numerous World Championship medals. It has been a

long time coming. Great Britain are here to stay for a long time in the

gymnastics world. There are always these nations and individual

gymnasts that the rest of the world seem to be chasing, and this is a

fine example right here. Simone Biles comes out to receive her ninth

world title. Goodness me. She still has the floor to come today.

Imagine, ten by the end of today. Simone Biles takes the gold, 3 of

the four individual apparatus finals. Incredible. Wevers takes the

silver medal, but this moment is all about her. Beth stepping forward as

well. Wevers takes the silver medal back

to the Netherlands, the Dutch champion. Third for Pauline Schafer.

You could see how emotional she was. She is off to Rio as well. This

gymnast... It's hard to compete against a gymnast who believes in

the ethos of fun. She goes out there and just has a great time, enjoying

herself. How do you put pressure on a gymnast like that, Dan? That is

what is so amazing about her. She is like the Uchimura of women's gymnast

ticks, she seems to be winning everything but she is having fun at

the same time, which is so good to see. We will hold it there.

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Simone Biles takes her ninth title. The chance of a 10th still to come

in the women'sfloor final where she will be joined by Ellie Downie and

Claudia Fragapane. That is still to come very shortly, as is the men's P

bar final. Exciting times again for Great Britain. Nile Wilson is the

first British gymnast ever to qualify for the P bars final. You

are specialist, Daniel. Your P B is over 16. Definitely. It is only his

second world championship. To make the P bar final, he has such a

bright future ahead of him. As far as the P bar routines are

concerned, let's talk the viewers through the perfect routine and what

is difficult. A great routine, you have a mixture of under bar elements

and above bar elements. A lot of dismounts, double front with a half

turn to increase the difficulty. Keep pushing it right to the finish

and put in the extra half turn, when the landing is going to be key.

Definitely. That is going to be one of the main focuses, the landings,

because so many of the starts course will be so similar. Whoever nails

the landing will be in with a shout. Nile Wilson and your score is

matched in qualification, there is always going to be an argument about

how many gymnasts should be allowed per country in the top 24, it was

tough luck for Nile in the all-round qualification. It can be harsh

sometimes. When a gymnast deserves to be in, it is tough when they are

not. But Nile is very young and talented, so he has a lot of chances

ahead of him and he will go on to do great things. In this P bar final,

he has done so many solid routines in training and hopefully he can

pull it off today. Will it be difficult? It has been a while since

he has been in here for the team final, he has heard everything... He

is fired up, isn't he, Dan? He can't wait to get out there. Definitely.

He is going to be excited to be out there competing. He curbs so well

under pressure, he loves the atmosphere and it makes him perform

so much better. -- he curbs. We will keep everything crossed for him. We

have watched you go around with a chalk bag, Max. We have got you a

little present. A brand-new chalk bag! World Champion 2015 on it.

Who knows whether or not that chalk is good for you, but try it out. It

might be magical stuff. We are going to continue and talk about the

gymnasts behind us. These are the P bar finalists. We've got some

interesting pictures we are going to look at, because Shudi Deng is very

interesting, Dan? Definitely, he scored a 16 in the team final, which

should be unthere in the medals. It will be really exciting to watch

him. His compatriot is coming out, Hao You. He was fourth at the World

Gymnastics Championships in 2013. He's a gymnast capable of scoring in

the 16s, Verniaiev. Hinge he's hit 16 twice already. He is so

consistent on this apparatus. Danell Leyva is a master on the high bar, a

master on the P bars as well. Plenty of fireworks there. I love Leyva's P

bar routine. It is basically a high bar routine on P bars. 8 elements

under the war. On P bars. 8 elements -- under the bar. He's had a sticky

condition, just a bit off. He had a few mistakes in the all-around

final, but he qualified in great position for the high bar and P

bars. If he puts in a good performance he could come away with

medals. And this is Verniaiev. The current world champion, current

European champion as well. He's been double European champion. He's such

a light gymnast. Looking at the different body types, he's got the

perfect frame for this. I think so. He seems light. He's quite small and

he's very powerful. He's one of the only gymnasts as well. He competes

in every competition during the year, doing the all-around. It is a

unbelievable year, doing the all-around. It is a

that. And Max, a word from you on this man, Manrique Larduet. What a

world debut he's had. I didn't know of him before I come into these

World Championships. I heard the boys talking about this guy from

Cuba. He's amazing. He has come from nowhere and backed a medal in the

all-around. You certainly know about him now! Certainly. You should see

the tattoo on his arm, it says, the return of Cuban gymnastics.

the tattoo on his arm, it says, the CHEERING. Talking of the return of

gymnasts, here comes Nile Wilson. Listen to that roar! He looks ready.

What's it like, Max, for you to be watching these finals instead of

being in them? Really nice. I feel really chilled. It is crazy but I

can't wait to watch this final. It is going to be very close indeed.

The penultimate gymnast on to the stage, it is wonderful the way they

all come out. This is Shudi Deng, the seventh highest qualifier. 24

years old. But he'll be hungry for a P bars medal. He was

years old. But he'll be hungry for a year's world's. Got fourth in the

floor final. You know what it is like to compete against this guy,

Max. This guy picked up an all-around medal. He's in a good

place. I think Chinese gymnasts always pull them out of the

place. I think Chinese gymnasts They were always amazing, talented

gymnasts, so he'll be putting in a good score today.

gymnasts, so he'll be putting in a congratulations to the team for

beating the Chinese in the team final. I bet but didn't see that

coming did you? No, not at all. final. I bet but didn't see that

we go with the last gymnast from the eight. Qualified last week, this is

Yusuke Tanaka. He's one of the most stylist gymnasts to watch. Really

nice P bars. This one is going to go right down to the wire, so we'll let

the gymnasts unzip their track suits and we'll hand over to Mitch Fenner

and Christine Still in the commentary box. This one is set to

be a good one. The men's final in the parallel bars. For me one of the

most exciting pieces of apparatus these days. The parallel bars. They

swing beautifully and they've transformed the contest. The man for

my money is Oleg Verniaiev. What a final, a great event. It's stylish,

risky and it really has developed. . It has. It is one of my more

favoured pieces now and you see them, the lights go up and on they

perform. No warm-up today. Oleg Stepko. He is capable of some

beautiful work. This will be a Homber. Very smoothly. Just lost

form a little. Snatched the Healey. And that's the somersault. Little

adjustments, which add up. Two consecutive supermarkets, which add

-- two consecutive somer assaults. -- two consecutive somer assaults.

-- somersault. Needs lots of flight for the tip out and delivers. There

had been tiny adjustments, but you can see the skill of this man. A

very efficient routine, with a very efficient landing and dismount. Very

first start. First person up often sets the scene for the rest of the

gymnasts, even though it is not a team. But when you get the first

gymnast in a final being first and clean, it will often mean the rest

work well as well. It is a super event. That's a difficult move, from

the upper arms. Catch from straight arms and keep the swing. The chest

has to go in to allow for a smooth swing. Difficult. This is the

straddle. Front semi to catch. Everything was precise on the big

moves but on the tiny moves he had a couple of falters. There's one there

just in the handstand at the end of the tip-out. He's got such beautiful

extension though. Toes always pointed. Not quite. Yes, the

extension all the convey through. Just a little flicker on landing,

Stepko. Did the foot just slide behind? Yes, but he doesn't care.

And neither does he. He's happy. Stepko delivering first up in this

final. First up is always hard. He's not let himself, his coach or his

country down. For so long these guys dominated the apparatus, China.

Interestingly, You... Stepko's score is 15.966. That's going be very

tough to beat. This gymnast, Hao, he couldn't compete last year so this

is a real chance for him this year. 23 years old. And he managed to get

a 15.3933 in the team final on this piece of apparatus -- 15.393. It is

a very different atmosphere in these individual apparatus finals. With

the all-around there's stuff going on, lots of people to look at and

you don't feel in the spotlight. But this, all eyes are on the individual

gymnast. So second gymnast up, You Hao. He did score 15.933 in the team

qualification. The score to beat is 15.966. Look for double somersaults.

You can see protection on his arms. First double. Beautifully

negotiated. Oh, fantastic. The extra rotation in the Suarez. That sets

this routine apart. Half turn in the peach. Again it is clean. Legs

locked together in the double pike. And not one small adjustment.

There's a clean, the tip-out, without catch. Superb. A small

hesitation there. I think he just avoided contacting the apparatus.

Another biggie. Double front. Half turn, he nailed it. It was that 7

8ths of a turn? I'm not sure. Such a routine from him. The judges will

have to look at this incredibly closely, as they'll be scrutinising

every tenth. There may have been a slight drop, and the dismount

they'll look at as well. They tend to land this double front half turn

deeply, and I guess that must be a bit of a deduction. Look at, that

it's beautiful. How he keeps the rhythm of the swing. With Really

nice, strong work. This is beautiful work. Watch this. There's the Suarez

but he hangs a little bit, the extra rotation and the cuts from it.

That's great control. Very original work. This is the swinging work we

are talking about, where it is becoming really more like high bar.

That's a real challenge from the tip-out. Cut-back after tip-out to

give that extra shave of rotation. This is super this routine. It is

one of the most painful pieces of operate us to master as well,

because you are constantly clattering yourself, whether it's

your feet, your upper arms, especially the upper arm work. That

dismount, we are seeing it again. Very nice, clean dismount, but the

feet are just a little... I think they'll give it but with a

deduction. If it is three quarters, does it go all the way around? It's

an enormous 16. .216. That is most certainly the score to beat. 7.3

difficulty. Stepko down into second. Six gymnasts still to go in this

World Gymnastics Championships of the parallel bars. Just talking

about the comparison between high bar and P bars, this lad, Danell

Leyva, certainly knows how to swing both of those apparatus. He's a

former world champion on this piece in 2011. He got silver last year. He

isn't tall. He looks tall, gives the impression with his swinging that he

has long levers, but he is not a tall gymnast. There's a full turn in

the peach. Lovely work. To one rail, but did he hold it for one clean

second? I don't think so. The extra turn. He has almost a lazy approach

to his swing. Stood to handstand. Big double front, well landed. Super

work. He needs 16.216. Is he going to be knocking on the door of a

medal? Such a clean dismount. That landing is completely blind and he

really nailed it. Didn't give a lot away. A couple of flutters early on

but what a level of performance. There's the Giant. Makes the

handstand. There you go, the Suarez. Very nicely done. There's the coach.

The father, of course, and totally involved in his son's efforts.

Straight arms until the very last minute. Impresses the lockout to

make the full turn. Such a hard move minute. Impresses the lockout to

to time. Clean swing ing with. He was the man who made the transition

from strength and static to flowing high bar-style P bars. And look at

that dismount. He deserves a good score. Will it be quite difficult

enough? And so does he. There he is hopping around. When Leyva retires

they'll make a good partnership in sports acro. I think all coaches do

live the routine but not all quite as dem on vatively than this.

Not easy to spot those. Qualification difficulty was 6.9. We

have already seen a 7.3, so he will need to have upped

have already seen a 7.3, so he will the hunt. Will he struggle to get

into the 16s? I think it will be the high 15s. It was 6.9 in

qualification. Certainly the standard of the first

three routines has been mind-boggling. Any medal in this

final is just the most remarkable achievement. Pushing what is

possible. Hydro Arena is in third at the

moment. A lot of good gymnasts to come. -- Hydro -- Danell Leyva is in

third at the moment. The Ukrainian gymnast Oleh

Vernyayev, looking to retain his world title on this piece. His

16.133, in qualifying, was with a mistake.

Half turn. No extra adjustment in the handstand grasp.

Healy out, super so far, not a sign of a deduction.

So far, I can't find anything wrong with this.

The big dismount, a hop forward. Apart from that, the judges would

have been hard pushed to find much wrong with that. Mr Vernyayev, you

are spectacular on this apparatus. Did he miss a link in the middle,

though? I thought he was going to go out and come down and then go back

up again, who knows? You can only deduct... You cannot assume, you can

only deduct on what you see, it was not a clear mistake. Would it have

affected his difficulty? It might well have done. He posted 7.1 in

qualification, 7.2 in the all-around. Absolutely spot on up

until that point. Precise. He was hitting handstands

so beautifully, you wonder if he almost went a little bit too

straight in order to get the momentum to go out. Anyway, as you

say, you can only deduct for what he did. It's only the start value in

question now, the D score. A little bit of quick thinking. Might I be

right in thinking he definitely needs a medal to win an Olympic

place? Yeah. He is given 7.1. He is happy with

second. Two scores in the 16s. Hao, the leader. Ahead of and Stepko. --

Vernyayev and Stepko. I seem to remember another final with two 16s

in it. The pommel horse. All of the best ones do!

Here he is, his third final. The last great Cuban gymnast, Roberto

Richards in 1976... He is not doing a bad job.

Swinging very clean, getting the handstand.

Flowing handstand -based movements is what the judges are looking for,

and look at that dismount! And you see him click his heels together at

the end? What a talent this young lad is, 19 years old, he is an

all-around gymnast and yet here he is, he could specialise in three of

them. And what a dismount. We said if they land the double front half

outs a bit low... Nothing wrong with that. The height he generated in the

middle of the routine as well. That was nice too.

It is hard to get your arms straight early and keep them straight. A

little bend there. That's a tough start.

This is the height you were talking about, Matt. Look at that, superb.

He was 30 centimetres vomit in new money, a foot in old money, above

the bars to clear it. -- 30 centimetres in old money. He really

does look a very exciting prospect, doesn't he? He certainly does. I

guess he must also be in the same situation, he got a medal in the

all-around but not in the apparatus yet, and it is the first three in

each apparatus that qualify in their own right. Nothing low about that

gymnast in the dismount. Superb. Fourth. 15.733. 6.9 difficulty, what

what a score for parallel bars in any case. All other scores have been

above fantastic stuff. The next gymnast, competing for Great

Britain, Nile Wilson, Junior European champion last year on this

piece of apparatus. That's nice. A tiny end at the top

of the handstand. -- bend. A little waver on the one rail. The

technique is great. Lovely in the giant, great in the double. Smooth

swing. Keep it going. Nice. The rid of the uprise

connected with the height of the somersault. -- the rhythm.

A little break of rhythm but this is technically very good. Tiny little

adjustments there, double pike, a little step back but that was a real

fine effort in his first final in the P bars for Great Britain. And he

lands as the first British gymnast ever to make a final in parallel

bars at a World Championships. Well done. Tremendous effort. He has all

of the heart in the world. But a lot of good technique as well.

Technically, a great gymnast with a great future. A nice handstand

shape. Lovely handstand shape. A well extended gymnast, beautiful

handstand, flat back, the extended. -- feet extended. Knees locked

together, really doesn't give many marks away. His difficulty score

won't be massive, it it won't be in the sevens. Look at the effort on

his face. But his execution should be good. Yes. Crossed his toes for

good luck there! A great effort in a first world final, and in such

company. These really are huge performances. 15.233! Good job! He

worked very hard at the handstand adjustments. Severely dealt with.

We are in for another treat now. Just needs more difficulty.

We are in for another treat now. Whenever the Chinese approach the

parallel bars. You can be sure of something hugely impressive. His

compatriot leads the field with 16.216. 16.066, Silver. 15.966, that

would knock Stepko out of the medals. Double pike.

Half turn. And a double. All from different connections.

This is another Healy to uninterrupted swing. Just

adjusted at the end! Healy to uninterrupted swing. Just

stuff. Well, this, I think, is now going to come down to difficulty.

Talking about the execution, how hard did he go? That is the

question. 7.1, he posted in the qualification, the team final and

the all-around. The dismount looked like it was stark, and then as an

afterthought he had a hop. The work on the apparatus was superb. Superb

and sublime, because he was in control. A virtuoso performer. A lot

and sublime, because he was in of double pikes, all from different

start positions. That was terrific. Swinging into handstand shape.

Flowing to and from the handstand is what the judges are looking for.

Lovely. Look at the line.

nailed, didn't we, Chris? He is Look at the line.

then! The coach celebrating, and his compatriot as well. He didn't quite

make 16. 15.966. So close. Well actually, he is joint third with

Stepko. At the moment they are sharing the bronze medal. What a

final. China, one and three at the moment.

Vernyayev in silver medal position for Ukraine. Stepko shares bronze at

the moment. However, use a Kate Tanaka, great to watch. -- however,

use UK Tanaka, great to watch. You can't write him off. That is the

best version of that skill. High and clean.

So much time, full extension. Chest downwards. One rail. Quite a few

have had to adjust for that. Half turn swing to handstand, out on

one rail, there is no connection. -- the connection. Very nicely done.

Double pike. Thank you very much! What a superb landing. That was

really special, that routine, wasn't it? Beginning to end. Well, where is

he going to fit in among the top spots? Surely he has got to be

sharing bronze, or even better? His difficulty in qualification was only

6.6, so he is going to have to have upped it quite a bit to penetrate.

Absolutely. I could not count the D score and commentate at the same

time, but I don't think it was much above 6.6. This is the best version

of this skill. Absolutely straight arms on the catch. The way the flow

continued up to the handstand, smooth as you like.

It was lovely work. This is the sort of dismount that you dream about.

15.966 to share bronze. A tall order I think if the difficulty level

hasn't moved from 6.6, but what a cracking dismount. Oh, his

difficulty is down at 6.6. 15.6 is the final score. Tanaka in seventh.

So Hao You is the new world champion. Fourth back in 2003.

Silver medallist on the rings, but Oleg Verniaiev, he came here as the

world champion. He settles for silver. And the bronze is shared

between Oleg Stepko and Shudi Deng. What a super final. I've come to

really enjoy that apparatus. Stepko was the first gymnast up. He gave

them the target to aim for and he piled the pressure on. He just

produced the most wonderful parallel bars final. We'll see confirmation

of the final result. Every single gymnast producing their very best.

Hao You, 16.216. If you had said, Mitch, two gymnasts on the today um

why in the 16s... Nile Wilson finishes 8th but a wonderful

performance from him. The first British gymnast to make the parallel

bars final at the world championships. Nile, bottom of the

final but it is a historic participation for a British man in a

parallel bars final. How happy are you just to be there? Extremely

happy. This week has been incredible for British gymnastics as a whole. I

knew it was going to be tough to get in the places but I think this week

has shown gymnastics is so unpredictable and hit or miss. I was

happy to be in the final, an historic event. I'm proud to

represent my country out there today. The commentators were talking

about the standard, it was extremely high. What was it like watching the

guys perform ahead of you? Massive inspiration and motivation for me.

I'm just proud to actually be in the top 8 in the world on parallel bars.

As a nation we've been on parallel bars as much as being not so strong,

and I'm glad I can step up and prove that we are fantastic on the

parallel bars. The message I want to get across this week is how well

British gymnastics have done. In 2006 at the Olympics I was sitting

at home as a boy watching Louis Smith. It has given us the belief as

a nation that we can come to these competitions and compete with the

best of the world. All the kids watching at home, get to the gym

tomorrow, work your hardest and pull together as a country and we can be

world champions one day. You've provided a lot of inspiration. You

look like you've been enjoying it out there. Coming out, after the

team you did the same. You've enjoyed it here haven't you? It's

been unbelievable. With the home Games, coming here with the crowd

behind you, not many people get to experience that. I've second up

every moment and used that crowd and that support. I want to say everyone

who has came and supported. The messages on social media. It is all

fantastic. I've loved every second of it. Nile, thank you very much.

Thank you. And well done to Nile. Very well said, I must say. If he's

inspired you, he said get down to the gym. Head to our BBC website,

because we'll put lots of information on there on how you can

get inspired. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Here comes

Claudia Fragapane, ready for the women's floor final. She took gold

here at the Commonwealth games here at the SSE Hydro on this piece of

apparatus, as well as another three golds to boot. Ellie Downie also

competing in the women's floor final. She will be up very shortly.

In fact she's coming now. CHEERING. And what a competition

Ellie has been having here at the world championships. It is a

wonderful celebration. It feels like a great final day. Everybody is

thoroughly enjoying watching these gymnasts, the finest in the world,

with great British gymnasts among them. If we can have a quick word

ahead of this final. You were world champion in 2009. I know you are

always asked about your music and how you design these routines. Give

us a nod what we are about to see here? When the gymnasts choose the

music and the choreography, most of the time the gymnasts will bring in

an external choreographer. With regards to the music it can be a

combination between the gymnasts and the coach. For me it was very much

Amanda always chose my music. The music I used in 2009 for this floor

routine was specially composed. music I used in 2009 for this floor

London 2012 I wanted something big and British, so I chose Live and Let

Die. As far as the difficulty versus the dance elements are concerned,

because it is always a difficult conundrum to get that makes right.

Ndrum to get that makes right. -- to get that mix right. The judges will

get that mixture, but we have amazing tumblers. The floor has

changed over four years, so the tumbles you will see are what some

of the lads are doing. Especially with Simone and the first Japanese

girl, you can expect superb tumbling. With the artistry, there's

a deduction for it if they don't like it. Let's settle in and enjoy

the women's floor final. The first gymnast up is Sae Miyakawa from

Japan. Second highest qualifier. And the whole of the Japanese women's

team wowed us with their flew review teens, but this one was totally

exceptional. Very big first tumble. Full twisting double straight.

Watch out, guys, for this next tumble. Very unusual for the girls.

Straight front. Double front. Just a little pace. Nicely performed leaps.

And bear had mind this is the third tumble.

And bear had mind this is the third twisting, double tuck.

Very classy performance into this big final tumble. Double straight,

superb landing. What an opening big final tumble. Double straight,

this women's floor final. Well, that is the bench mark. Goodness

this women's floor final. Well, that follow that if you can. Quite

exceptional tumbling and a very well-controlled performance, the

leaps were good. Really going to be difficult to beat. So

leaps were good. Really going to be love this. Incredible work. Full

twist and the double love this. Incredible work. Full

keeps form all the way. So love this. Incredible work. Full

this for the love this. Incredible work. Full

tumble forwards this. Unfortunately she had a little step on both

landings. Great to see it. Discipline. In the twisting, double

twisting-double. Was that a third tumble? Quite unbelievable. Finishes

with a double straight. She just whips it round. Great stuff. Looked

with a double straight. She just like she was landing a single

straight back there didn't it? Really very impressive. Japan were a

very good team here. Fingers crossed, my friend, there's yet

another medal for Japan. 14.9 in qualification. 14.633 in the final.

A 14.933 for Miyakawa. Time will tell if it is good enough for a

world medal. It is going to take a lot of beating. One of the headline

questions that's only been written since the last Keats of apparatus,

can Simone Biles get herself a 10th world title? It's time to find out.

So sprightly and fast. Another super double straight with full twist.

Needs to control this tumble. Double straight with half turn, jump, and

she just stays in this time. And dance ing with great conviction

as well as tumbling. Another double-double, double somersault,

double twist. Just needs this big full-twisting

double back. Not a flicker on any of the landings. What a joy to watch.

Perfectly in time at the end there as she just bounces up on to the top

spot and gets that 10. That dream, goodness me, to be world champion

for the tenth time in a career which, let's be honest, isn't that

long. She's only 18! Well, didn't compete, wasn't old enough to

compete at the last Olympics. Has been dominant ever since. Double

straight. That's, I love the way she does that. The landing immediate

into the jump ups her start value. Clever choreography.

She's so light through the hands, isn't she? When she flips she

bounces off her hands so quickly. I just, bounce up into the air, chest

up. That's the fourth tumble. Quite amazing. We were impressed with the

first team in terms of doubling but how can anyone ever match that? That

was just incredible. A cheekily little finish isn't it? It is. Well,

if she gets to the mid 15s here she's going to be unstoppable. She

posted a difficulty of 6.9 in qualification. If you think the

previous gymnast had a 6.3. And that was the next highest difficulty

score. You were saying earlier that she enjoys, and she did. She's got

to enjoy that. A 15.8. That is a record tenth world title for Simone

Biles. What a World Championships it's been for her. However, it would

take a miracle to beat it, but let's not confirm it until every gymnast

has performed. New Enjoy this routine, very, very

different. Wevers, in four Steingruber, who injured her knee on

vault yesterday. Has to land the tumbles really well.

She does. Double tuck. Well, a really classy, beautiful

routine. Completely different from the previous two. Only did two

tumbles, and the rest of her difficulty was made up with spins

and leaps. But beautifully performed. Wonderfully accurate. So

graceful, so elegant. The majority of gymnasts have most

of their deductions on the landings, so by only doing two tumbles, she

only allows the judges to deduct on two occasions. One was an absolutely

spot on landing, for which there would be no deductions. This, chest

right up, not a flicker. And the next, the two and a half, she did

have a little step. And she probably will have had a bit of a deduction

for legs apart. Perhaps 0.3 overall. Right up on the toes, on the spins.

Makes it a much more interesting and varied final when you see the

different styles. Absolutely. Shows you the different facets of

the floor routine. Really does sell it through the

choreography, the grace and elegance. And there's quite a lot of