Glasgow 2013 Gymnastics World Cup

Welcome to Glasgow for World Cup gymnastics. This is a city bracing

itself to hold two years of sport. The Commonwealth Games start in

eight months, and in 2015, the World Gymnastics Championships will be

here. For 2013, the British team have had yet another year to

remember. Well, it is the Emirates Arena

hosting the competition. Joining me is Beth Tweddle and Dan, it is great

to see you. Let's get some context, how does the World Cup series fit

into the gymnasts' year? They'd take the top eight from the previous

championships, there are four competitions, at the end of the year

they add up the points to get an overall winner. What kind of kudos

does this have? It is a great honour to be invited, and for the

spectators it is watching the top eight gymnasts. But it is an

all-around title, you can't specify. All the gymnasts will compete on

every piece of operators. Yourself, nobody is more qualified to talk

about it than yourself, a silver at the World Championships, but how

different is it doing the all-around compared to the individual

apparatus? A lot harder. Lots more pressure on each piece, if you have

one mistake it can all be over. The training is a lot more difficult.

You are not just doing one piece of apparatus, you have to try to get

around all six. Looking ahead to the Commonwealth Games, you have gone

back into training for the all-around? Yes, it is going well,

it is hard, it is difficult to get everything back. I am used now to

just doing one, two or three pieces of operators, it is a lot more

intense. I guess you did not realise how difficult it was before? I took

for granted how used to it I was. Bowing down to three pieces and then

going back is really tough, but it is going well. And, best, you have

said you are retired, but you are still kind of training? -- and, Beth

Tweddle, you have said? I am doing a gymnastics show in the states. It is

really difficult to walk away. You have still got strapping around your

ankle, even in that beautiful dress, it is good to see! Well we were

researching last night, Beth Tweddle went out on the town to get insight

into who to look out for. There is a very strong women's

field. My three to watch the necessary RE, Larisa Iordache and

Elizabeth Price. -- my three to watch our Vanessa Ferrari. Elizabeth

Price is so dynamic. She was the winner last year. I am confident I

can do my best. I have trained really hard. I am sure it will come

out neck and neck to see who will win. Larisa Iordache is a very

experienced international gymnast, fresh from success at the World

Championships this year. She will be looking to take the title. Her

weakest apparatus is bars, but she loves being on the floor. Vanessa

Ferrari has a wealth of international experience, a former

world and European champion looking to fight for the title this weekend.

She is powerful and consistent, I would say her favourite apparatus is

the floor. We still have that might time vibe,

because the lights have gone out! You will nail your colours to the

mast, Elizabeth Price is the winner? It will be tough between her and

Iordache, there was only 0.3 between them last weekend. She gets a medal

in every competition. She sometimes has difficulty with consistency,

Price has consistency on the site. What about the British girls? We

have a great set up for them. It is a great experience on the big stage,

an opportunity to compete with the world's best. There is a great

opportunity for Raer Theaker. Let's hear from her and Ruby Harrold. I

have two internationals, two in Switzerland and one year, and they

are both World Cup is, they are high, international level gymnasts

competing. I think I have prepared well enough so I am confident, but I

am scared because it is sold out and in front of a home crowd. I don't

expect anything massive from this, but it is experience for the

Commonwealth next year, it is good to be in Glasgow.

I overcame a lot of injury last year, so to make three European

finals was fantastic. To do my first World Championships and then make an

all-around final and an apparatus final was mind blowing. Then to be

asked to do two world cups at the end of the year was fantastic. It

has been a good year. It was interesting talking to Ruby, this is

the end of a very, very long year and she is tired. She is. She has

had an amazing year. European final, world final, she has picked up so

much experience. She has another three years to keep working, leading

into Rio, so competitions are a great way to finish. Quite an

exciting end to the year, the setup feels epic? Yes, it is a really good

stadium, it feels like World Championships, the atmosphere is

amazing. As the competition progresses, the winner will be going

last. Psychologically, how does that affect things? It can be a lot more

pressure, normally you would move one step up, but these gymnasts are

experienced, but it is exciting for the audience because they know who

is in the lead. Dan, you just have to do your own thing? You have to

block everything and concentrate on performance. I think the hardest

thing will be if you are in first place and you have a really good

piece, -- bad piece, you could end up going first next time. It is nice

to stand back and watch the competition, we will hand over to

our commentators, Mitch Fenner and Christine Still.

Elizabeth Price has to be the favourite. She is great at World Cup

gymnastics. But strong challengers from Vanessa Ferrari and Larisa

Iordache. She is a great prospect from Romania and she is still very

young -- a great prospect from Hungary.

Asuka Teramoto goes first. 17 years old, ninth all round in the

2013 World Championships. The first operators is the vault. 1.5 twists.

She is a tiny gymnast and that was a big, impressive vault.

If you are going to twist, you have to get your shoulders up when you

hit the deck. She was a little bit low. She was a tiny bit off-line.

She is off-line, the shoulders were down. The landing will be expensive.

No introduction necessary, I'm sure, for Vanessa Ferrari. What a classy

gymnast she is. Spanning almost a decade at top level.

That was a lovely 1.5 twist, just a step on landing. Hi, well performed.

-- high, well performed. Good contact, very clean. Very

determined. Lost a bit of form from her legs, they were a bit bent.

Ruby Harrold from Great Britain. 17th all round in the World

Championships in Antwerp in 2013. She made the bars final and would

love to have a good, solid vault this time. Beautiful lift,

full-twist, just one twist, not so highly terraced, but a very high and

clean. Just limits one pays to the side mad landing. -- just limits one

Vaughan to the side on that landing. That is the sort of start she would

want. When it is not that difficult, you need that type of execution.

Roxana Popa Nedelcu from Spain. 12 all-around in the World

Championships. From Madrid. In her first year as a senior, impressing

many. Just a straight. That is a big

surprise. Nor more of a was at a split-second decision or

just a blip? It was beautiful, but the tariff is very low on it. The

judges view what they see. We know how wonderful Carlotta

Ferlito has been, how good will she be? We would expect a full-twist.

Single twist, she landed well. A good decision. Keeping the

difficulty down but keeping the execution online.

Nice and clean. She is renowned for being work, not for vaulting. She is

a tiny bit off-line. -- she is renowned for beam work.

Surely Iordache is one of the favourites for the competition

against Elizabeth Price of America? She is so impressive. I hope we can

count the two twist. Very nice indeed. Just a bit of a stutter. But

she is dynamic, fast and light. A great start.

Really very determined. A little bit scruffy with the legs, but that was

a businesslike start to the competition. Look at the

determination. Wraps it around, makes the landing, great stuff.

14.766 takes into the lead, ahead the Asuka Teramoto. -- ahead of.

Rear figure of great written is very young and very determined.

Just a tiny little bit off to the side. One of the very promising

Welsh gymnasts with the Welsh national coach. Did she stutter in

the last phase? She checked her stride but converted it very

nicely. Very confident, a good start for her.

She opens with 13.333, she is on her way.

Elizabeth Price, winner in Stuttgart just a week ago, and she loves World

Cup events, Christine, doesn't she? Chasing 14.766, that is Iordache's

score, she is in the lead at the moment. The American gymnast, so

powerful on this apparatus. Oh, and she launched herself up in the air,

two and a half twists, but she did not have enough rotation. She went

for massive height but did not have the rotation to board her feet on

the floor, that is very uncharacteristic. Big, big bold,

lots at stake, talk us through it, Chris. She goes so high, she wraps

in for two and a half twists, it is difficult to land because you do not

see the floor. You have to marry rotation, sort of, you need to get

your feet down. She went for such height, she blocked it a bit

steeply. That was the consequence, and that will be one whole Mark off.

14.233, it was a difficult fault, the score was not as low as it could

have been. -- vault. A tiny upset for Elizabeth Price, she is in third

place behind Iordache and Teramoto. Vanessa Ferrari will be a figure to

reckon with in the rest of the competition.

1-piece down for the girls, Price with a costly landing. Yes, she went

for the difficult Yurchenko, which no-one else had done, but she had

that fall on landing. With the difficulty, she is still in

contention because of the start value. It is an interesting thing to

way up, how much do you push yourself knowing you can afford to

make a few mistakes if you go high on difficulty? Definitely, you are

always trying to get the highest difficulty and do it clean, but even

if you fall, you will come up with a big score anyway, you can still be

in contention. Moving on to bars, after this piece, they will be

halfway around, not much time to put things right if they go wrong with

the women's all-around. There is not, one big mistake can really put

you out of contention, but because Price had that difficulty, well,

that advantage, it has still kept up there.

Roxana Popa Nedelcu, aids with 13.166 with that strange vault. And

watch this, straight into Gienger, very nice combination. The half turn

into the front somersault, into the Jaeger somersault. Smooth, big, tall

Tkatchev, she is really packing the release and catches in. The full

para went into the normal Tkatchev. -- pirouette. Such a lot of

difficult work, into the Pak salto, the somersaults down to the low

bar. She has to go back up as well, and that was a bit flat. Winding up

into the dismount, here we go, very nice, full twisting dismount, lots

and lots of difficulty. She needed to make up for the strange decision

on vault, we do not know what was behind it. No twists, she kept the

score down to 13.166, but this was needed, very nice combinations, as

Christine said, immediately into the Gienger, very nicely done indeed.

She has a little bit of style here, and she is using it to advantage.

This was the apparatus she needed to make up lost ground on, and she will

be delighted with it. 13.93 three, . That gives her the

lead at the moment. Raer Theaker, 13.33 on vault, what

can we expect an bars? That is difficult element the forward

circle, and into the back down to the high bar, very nice

combinations. I was going to say that was the move that has been

stalling slightly for the. The full pirouette. All gymnasts have to

include a full pirouette on the bars. If they do not, it is a 0.5

deduction. Now, she might well try and do it again, or she might just

decide to carry on without. So she has lost a mark for falling. Here we

go again, she includes the full pirouette, she gets that counted. Up

to the high bar, very nice up to the high bar.

Good Tkatchev, very smoothly done. Good handstand shape as well. Up,

full twisting double back, she will be quite disappointed with that. A

pity for Raer Theaker, a big occasion for her. But she did well

to recover, Chris, it must be very disappointing. She did very well,

and it is a big occasion. A really big home crowd. She had been

training it really well, so it is disappointing to see the problem

arise, but she got back on, really performed well, lovely full twist in

the dismount. The score for Raer Theaker, 11.633,

24.966 after two. Ruby Harrold, 13.599 required, and

she was a finalist in the World Championships on uneven bars. What

can she do? She has got a very original routine hold your breath

for this first section. It is very tricky as well.

She must hit her first handstand and does beautifully.

Full turn any Pak salto. Feed through, into handstand, well, she

did really well, because she hit the bar. Oh and again, it is the full

pirouette that cause problems. She has already done two very difficult

elements. She just turned to early. You have not got very much tolerance

when you do that. Only a very few degrees.

She goes for the full turn again, that is how to do it properly. Now

she must shoot up to the high bar, smoothly done. She has still got a

big release to come, half turn, here we go, the front somersault, catch

at full stretch, up into handstand again, double front somersault,

nicely done, but she will be very disappointed, and a good

accommodation last week in Stuttgart. Plenty more to come from

her, seventh in the final on this apparatus at the World

Championships, it is all there, it just did not happen for her on that

full term, but she showed that she can do it second time out. She is a

good gymnast. A very good gymnast, and she has had a very long season.

Original work, that is the very well-controlled double front

dismount. 12.633, what might have been!

Carlotta Ferlito just getting the board in the right place.

Yes, the coach will be there for the willies and catch, the one time in

gymnastics that the coaches are allowed to stand in. -- the release.

Salter with full pirouette, very clean. And the half turn into a good

forward giant and the Jaeger somersault, front somersault. She

timed that beautifully, didn't she? Oh, but she really struggled with

that, she didn't time it well at all! She fought like mad. Swinging

well now, up into a double front dismount and she is a determined

gymnast! Yes, we know about her grace and control on being. Look at

that, I do not know what happened, but I survived it. Lovely technique,

good Jaeger, very nicely rotated and called on straight arms. And that

little error there, but she fought to keep hold of it, this was great

from Carlotta Ferlito. And you can add the word tough to her CV to go

with elegance on beam. Great stuff! 13.1 for Carlotta Ferlito, second

place after two apparatus for her. Vanessa Ferrari next up. She needs

12.966. So Ferrari with a chance. 12.966, can she do it? Oh, she can

if she works well. Nice in the swings, with full turn. He won an

turn straight into the Jaeger somersault, the front somersault.

And that was smoothly down to the low bar and back-up.

Clear circle, gymnasts have to show the close bar element. The

dismount, full twisting double back, not a huge routine, but you can

always bang on Vanessa Ferrari to fight her way through. Such a sharp

focused gymnast, the way she tidied up that dismount to give a good

presentation, last impression for the judges. Nice work, nice touches

here. That is a nice little flourish. Good release, clean, keeps

the swinging going. Skips in the transition to the lower

bar, she needed to get this on her feet. Quickly up, skips into the

finish position, very nicely done indeed, 12.96 is she needed, 14.1

she got, comparably into the lead at the halfway stage in this

competition. -- comfortably. Elizabeth Bryce, a little bit of a

disappointment for her on vault, but 14 on bars is within her

capabilities. -- Elizabeth Price. It certainly is, she is not used to

having to fight from behind. That was quite late, but she got it

into The Pike Tkatchev. Here is the toll on and off Tkatchev, straight

down to the low bar. She is really packing the difficulty in, no lose

swings. Watch for the dismount, up, she whines up, double straight with

full twist. A really difficult, classy routine. Impressive, showing

metal and determination after a disappointing start for her. Surely

that has done the trick, some lovely work to save a here. Good

combinations, the full turn was a little bit late, that is the full

Tkatchev, she did it again, nice work, difficult, all the transitions

were clean and very confident. And a classy dismount to wrap it all

up very nicely indeed, full twist in two double straight, lovely routine.

14.833, a great score for Elizabeth Price. Into the lead with 29.066

after two. She is a good bar worker. Stoop in

and out with full peril -- pirouette, straight into the

Gienger. Open to the front somersault, showing good variety.

Oh, a little bit of a late full-term, but she joins it straight

into the chute down and up. She is building difficulty, her start value

will be high. Another confident dismount, double talk with

full-twist. We watched her train, that was the best routine I have

seen from her all week. I think that is called rising to the challenge.

She needed a score in the high 14s, 14.533, I think she will be close to

that. A lovely combination into the Gienger. This is nice work. A slight

loss of body shape, but set up nicely. Clean in the releases,

confident in the handstand. This, the area, perhaps, that will keep

her away from the big score. A little stagger forward, but nice

work. 13.933, severely judged. She is into second.

Larisa Iordache needs 14.3. She has really improved on bars and the

Romanians have generally improved on bras. She is, but this is her week

peace. -- the Romanians have generally improved on bars. This is

her week peace. Judges would have deducted for that. It is confident.

A good, full pirouette. She joined those well.

Good handstand, controlled it, made the swing turn. Full-twisting double

back, chest up beautifully on landing, she will be delighted. That

was a cracker. It was needed. Romanians, generally, have struggled

on this apparatus. She made strides but she really to hit it. Super

half-turn, the flight from below bar to the hive. This is the front

somersault that is a little lower. She is below the bar. Her turns were

good, she was clean. There is the Pak salto, the Somerset from the

high bar down to below bar. -- the somersault. Look how high her

shoulders. Absolute cracker. 14.4. That puts Iordache into the lead at

the halfway stage. Look how close it is, it is a tiny,

tiny margin. It is not over yet. Raer Theaker from Great Britain,

approaching her third apparatus. Just 16. Enjoying the occasion, I am

sure. A difficult start. She performed the front somersault

really well. A well performed free cartwheel and

layout somersault, though. Lots of marks these days for artistry.

She has very nice, fluent arm movements. Good low to the beam. All

of these requirements a routine. Interesting turn on the knees.

The difficult change likely with half-turn. Good on the beam, how

about off? Double-twisting finish. A very confident performance. World

and Raer Theaker. A lovely smile to go with our performance. -- well

done, Raer Theaker. She had a few problems on the bars, but she looked

to be over them. A very confident performance. This is the free

cartwheel into a layout somersault. A difficult combination. This is

such an efficient double spin. She timed it beautifully. Two twists in

the dismount. 38.132 after three. Ruby Harrold comes up to the beam,

she needs in 11.999. That would take into the lead. How is her beam? She

is really known as a bar worker, but she made the finals on the beam as

well at the Europeans this year. She performed very well. This is an

interesting, unusual mount. That was a Healey to land on one

foot. She held her nerve for that front

somersault. The backflip and layout somersault

have to be linked in order to score well in this routine.

The obligatory two the is as well. -- two beeps.

That beeping noise meant that the gymnast has ten seconds left to

dismount. She runs. Good, strong, front twisting somersault to finish.

A little bit of a fight, but she's about. There is the front

somersault. A very difficult move along the beam. That is the ring

leap with the head right back. All those little wobbles will get

small deductions, but the dismount was good.

Carlotta Ferlito, a very special performance on beam. She needs a

score in the 11s, she can get up into the 14s? She can. A nice,

supple gymnast. Her bonus marks come from linking

moobs. Two backflips and a layout. Oh, but all the bonus marks fritter

away when you fall off! She looks really determined. A

strong technique on the spin. She is using these elements quite a

lot. Every time the gymnast takes their head back during a leap or

jump it adds to the difficulty. She has fulfilled all the requirements.

You can see big concentration for the dismount. Two 1/2-twist,

difficult dismount. She will be bitterly disappointed with herself.

She is so confident. She has such a stamp on the way she presents her

beam work. Deraa extra bonus points for linking three elements. She went

for the two backflips before the somersault, her feet were across the

beam when she landed. Very difficult to alter that. The judges have some

deliberating to do to decide what they credit her and what it

difficulties school will be. A disappointing score for her, 12.6,

still enough to take the lead at this stage.

You cannot write Vanessa Ferrari off. She is focused and determined.

She has produced great performances on the beams over the years. 2006

world champion, when she first burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old. We

have seen her grow up and mature. And sometimes be great on beam and

sometimes not. The free walk over the foot was off.

A little bit jittery. At least a full spin is one of the

requirements. This has been a much better

performance. The big round-off, the double somersault. She built her

confidence do the routine, showed the class that she is. That is her

trademark. Since she was a tiny little thing at 15 years of age at

the European Championships, when she won, and in 2006. And she is still

impressive. Christine asked what we were going to see today, that was

the answer. Yes. 23 years of age, you can see her first foot was

hanging off the beam. She has practised that many times. You can

see a little opening here to do well. Vanessa Ferrari is nothing if

not determined. 13.9, the lead for her at the

moment. She is having a good competition.

Asuka Teramoto needs 13.6 except them. -- needs 13.667.

Double spin into a backspin, very well performed. Half-turn onto the

hands. Two backflips, a layout somersault.

And another gymnast has been caught out by it. Very surprising.

She did not quite link the free walk to the site Somerset, foot down, so

no bonus marks, but both elements beautifully performed. -- she did

not quite link the free walk to the side somersault.

Lots of concentration for the dismount, a good round off, triple

twist. She landed that well, but the damage was done, the marks were lost

with the fall already. This is the very good combination, look, double

spin straight into a backspin. So sharp and confident, and really it

was a surprise when she did part company. She is a good gymnast,

ninth all-around in the World Championships. Look at this, and off

she comes. The dismount, just two steps, the triple twist, just

squeezed it around. 13.2 for Asuka Teramoto, she has gone into second.

Elizabeth Price, second she was at the halfway stage, behind Larisa

Iordache. Surely, unless some mishap, she will achieve the

required score. A really powerful but for me,

Elizabeth Price. This is probably not her favourite apparatus, but she

has some very powerful elements on it.

Watch this, from standing, back somersault with full twist, not a

flicker. So strong, smooth and well performed

free walk over, straight into the league. -- leap.

Is more unusual flip to two feet and then somersault straight back to two

feet. -- this. But that is a little bit cautious,

that leap, the half turn. And just a little over spin on the full spin.

Strong in the free cartwheel. The dismount will be powerful. Here we

go! Big round off, double pike, lovely height, lifted the chest on

landing, a little cautious, I think. Very, very powerful, very confident,

that is deep end is, standing full twist. So confident! No mistake for

her. -- that is stupendous. This will be the query, that was quite

poor, the change to the half turn. And the judges have really been

harsh today, so it will be interesting as to how they judge it.

The dismount was great, though. 13.833, she has gone into first,

Elizabeth Price. Larisa Iordache, 13.733 required.

The beam is an impressive performance for her, isn't it?

Larisa Iordache is fantastic on beam, but this routine is full of

risk. And I don't think she'll hold back. Watch this to start.

Backflip, full twisting back somersault, really confident, and

you think she has made it, but watch this as well.

Round off, straight somersault with full twist off oh, and what a shame,

what a shame! Such a feather in her cap, she did not hold back,

Christine. She did not, the spin with the leg right up.

And that is how you do that leap series, the change and half turn

gets a bonus mark, floating the free walk over into two jumps. She has

got wonderful read on the beam, she works so fast. -- wonderful rhythm.

Cider somersault easily performed. -- side. We have seen her over the

years perform great routines, but this year she has faulted a bid

under pressure. Watch the dismount. The round off, the backflip, the

triple twist, absolutely superb work. What a shame. Beautiful,

beautiful work, she did not hold back, she went for that very

difficult straight body full twist. She parted company with the beam and

has given as a thrilling finale when it comes to the floor, it is going

to be a real thriller. Round of straight with full twist, she nearly

held it, didn't she. 14.1 is good enough for Larisa

Iordache, she takes the lead with one apparatus to go.

She parted company with the beam, but she did not lose her lead - she

is in first over Elizabeth Price, a fabulous finish in store. Vanessa

Ferrari is in third place, Ruby Harrold in seventh, Rea taker in

eight. Only one more piece to go for the

women, and you predicted the top three, you are right, but a slightly

different order so far. Yes, she has taken the lead, but there is not a

lot going into it, they are two totally different styles of gymnasts

on the floor. Larisa is more gracious and artistic, whereas

Elizabeth is just power. So it will be interesting to see how it

unfolds. We saw Iordache, off be beam, she will be going to the floor

with real fire in her belly. She will need to put things behind her,

get onto the next apparatus and go clean on the last apparatus,

finishing on a high. Can Ferrari climb higher as well? She has done

incredibly well, so consistent. She has been in the background, everyone

looking at the top two, but she is sneaking up the table. It doesn't

have come around quick, does it? Let's go down to the floor for the

final piece of apparatus in the women's all-around competition.

Raer Theaker, 38 point -- 38.132, coming into this in eighth

position. She has loved the exposure at this level, not cracking at all,

just enjoying the experience. Here she is to wrap up her performance on

the floor. Very well controlled triple spin right at the beginning

of the routine, and then the change, the leap with full turn.

The girls have to... That is too and a half this time. I was going to say

they have to have twisting and somersault elements, double

somersault, she will have to put that in later.

Here we go, the round off, backflip, double somersault easily

negotiated. Double twist, easily performed, well

landed. Well, confident, happy performance

all the way through today, she has loved the experience, has Raer

Theaker, and at 16 there's plenty more to come from her. Yes, there

with the Welsh national coach, she will hope to be one of those

gymnasts representing Wales in the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Two and

they have twisting front, very difficult element. -- two and a

half. She tumbles very well, very confidently indeed, good technique,

good double tug. Raer Theaker, 12.5, her first experience of a

world cup in Glasgow, great experience to put into the family

album. Ruby Harrold, 38.399 coming in, she

needs 12.233 to take the lead at this stage, but the two British

girls have been enjoying the day. One more performance for Ruby

Harrold. Really pi, well... Wonderfully

landed double are being, and she just tottered at the toes over.

Tottered the toes over? That is tough to say! Very nice double twist

that time, lovely powerful piece of music, this.

Some great leaps in there and a super combination, one and a half

into full twist. The combination of leaps that have

to be included in the routine. She has really performed well, she

has got to find some power and energy for the double back. She does

that with ease. Great finish to her challenge. The roar from the Glasgow

audience right behind her. The tumbling was strong and powerful,

here is the double Arabian. And then the double twisting front

somersault. She shows good variety of elements in this routine.

The score for Ruby Harrold, 13.0 three, , her final total, first

place at the moment but still performances to come.

Roxana Popa Nedelcu of Spain. After the weak start on vault, she has had

two very impressive apparatus to build on that, so she needs a strong

finale to have a chance. And this, usually, is a really

strong piece for her. And look at the lovely double

straight to start. Two backflips, nothing wrong with

that, that was fab! Two and a half twists, immediate

punch front. Super tumbling, not quite the same

express of work we have seen from some of the gymnasts, but she makes

up for it with power. Well, she had a quiet start to this competition,

but she has finished with a bang. That was more like what we expect to

see, and she has done herself no harm at all with this. Look at the

acceleration through the whips, into the full twisting double, and

tumbling was strong and determined. The double Pike, a little skip back,

but that is the way she would have wanted to finish this competition.

14.3, a very good score for Roxana Popa Nedelcu, she finishes with 50

ball -- 54 .532. Asuka Teramoto needs 12.866 on floor. And the

Japanese, traditionally, are they impressive on floor? Is this a good

apparatus for her? They are not normally so impressive on floor, but

she is a good, strong tumbler, really a very good all-around

gymnast. Two and a half into straight front,

very light. We have seen good leaps and good

jumps. Some strong tumbles. Just a little insecure on the finish, but a

well worked routine. All these gymnast is working very hard on

their presentation of the routine. -- all these gymnast heirs working

very hard. Lots of Mark given -- marks given for artistry.

She has gone into the lead. A good score all-around. What can we expect

from Vanessa Ferrari? Floor has been a trademark apparatus for her.

The silver medal on floor at the World Championships earlier this

year. Double-twisting, double back. Just a simple double back on the way

back. Watch her leaps. Vanessa Ferrari can sell a routine.

She has done just that today. All she needs is one good, strong,

finishing tumble. Double pike back, it is there. It is still there after

all these years. She has adapted her floor, it is still impressive. She

uses her league so well. The routine has two include at least three leaps

or spins as well as five acrobatic elements. If you can leap as well as

Vanessa Ferrari, you can add your value up. Vanessa Ferrari is now in

the lead with 56.633. Elizabeth Price needs 13.734. She cannot

afford any obvious mistakes. A thriller of a finale.

This routine is packed with power tumbling.

Hop turn into a double straight, how about that for the first two

tumbles? The one and a half, straight into

the tumble Tucker. Great precision on the landing.

A very clever routine for a bouncy gymnast. Double pike somersault, no

problem! Power and artistry. She rose to the challenge that Ferrari

is set as the defending champion who has been in second, coming into this

round. She has put some pressure on Larisa Iordache. Great performance.

So much power, acceleration and determination. Look at that double

double. Head in the rafters, but it did not matter. Look at that, double

straight. Superstars! Such precise landing every time. I don't think

she moved on any of her landings. Maybe a hop on the last one, but it

was such impressive precision. 57.365, a little bit of pressure on

Iordache now. Larisa Iordache, this is to win the competition. She needs

14.099. She is good on the floor. Full-twisting double pike to open.

Full-twisting double tuck, just a little hop.

Oh, superb, squad spin. -- Quad spin.

Really selling this routine, you can see the concentration for the

tumbles. Easy triple twist. Straight from the corner into the

tumble. Double pike, good landing. Say it, Chris? A really impressive

routine. She looks a happy, composed gymnast. Really, she gave herself to

that routine. In the lead all of this competition, she rose to the

challenge. Elizabeth Rice left it for her to do, and she has done

that. So, so impressive. -- Elizabeth Price left it for her to

do. Beautifully done. This, Chris, Quad spin. Difficult? Very

difficult, and really done with poise and very beautifully

performed. She is a gymnast definitely growing with confidence

and putting her own style on the routines. She has grown from a

little girl into a really quite mature performer. She needed 14.099,

Larisa Iordache has come up with 14.666 to seal a very impressive

victory. Ruby Harrold con graduating her. Larisa Iordache held on to form

to stay ahead of Elizabeth Price, who had that little problem on

vault. The Nessa Ferrari was consistent all the way through to

take the bronze medal. -- Vanessa Ferrari was consistent all the way

through. You are a very powerful and dynamic

gymnast, but did you end up on the back foot? It did not go according

to plan? I was not planning on missing my vault, that was

unfortunate. It affected a little bit how I was thinking for the rest

of the meet. I put more pressure on myself or the other events. I was

not totally down, I knew I was capable of making my vault,

something went wrong at the wrong time. I knew I had to get everything

together and make sure that I could keep my other routines. I heard you

were feeling quite nervous, how was it? Are you pleased with your

performance? I'm pleased, I did not expect to be here, let alone

compete. I did not compete the best I could, but I did myself proud. I

think we have done everyone we watched proud, and GB proud, but it

is experience and I hope to get better every time, I am happy.

It helps to have a home crowd behind you. It is nice for people to call

your name. What are you take away from the competition? Experience,

more than anything. I have had a brilliant time, it has been

fantastic. Experiences the main thing.

It is wonderful to see Larisa Iordache on top of the podium,

smiling away. She played it absolutely right going into the

final apparatus. The difficulty that she would normally perform at a

world championship, it is the end of the season, every gymnast is tired,

she played safe but she was so clean that the judges had nothing to take

from her. Many people will wonder why they have not seen Elizabeth

Price before, but it is where competitions have come for her in

her career? The American team is so strong, she won the World Cup last

year, she has had a year of injury this year, they have obviously put

around here to see if she is on fighting form. She definitely is

back on it. I know you and Vanessa Ferrari have competed for many

years, but it is great to see her still on top of the world? Yes, she

is so consistent. She knows her skills inside out. You can guarantee

that she will go off and perform. It is nice to have someone like are

competing on the circuit. The younger gymnasts have a role model.

She is the one pulling the springboard out, she is there for

them whenever they need her. You need people like that, so the

Italian team will be pleased to keep hold of her. Beth Tweddle has

inspired many youngsters, but just the other day she met up with a

young gymnast who has really impressed her, even though she is

only seven. I am not at my LJ as much as I used

to be, but I am here today for a special surprise. -- I am not at my

old gym. This seven-year-old is here today, she does not know I am here

but she is such an inspirational little girl. She is just great. She

has always been the perfect child, the angel child you would always

want. You have never had to tell her off, so all of a sudden, overnight,

she just changed and became a teenager overnight, slamming doors

and getting moody and stroppy. We took her to the doctors. She was

diagnosed with a tumour of the Overy so it is like a childhood form of

ovarian cancer. They are the medals which I have one in competitions.

These are my traces. I got first place. Dashmack these are my

trophies. We said she has got a lump in her tummy. She was crying. We

found that on the Friday that she had got the tumour. She had a

competition on the Saturday which she was advised not to do but being

Niamh she cried and wanted to do it. We said, we will let her do it

but be very careful. She did the competition and she won. Every time

I went to the and had treatment or a blood test, they would give you a

bead. And you start off with your name and then the black ones are for

blood tests. The star is for surgery. The face and the brown one

is for losing your hair. Niamh thinks she is here today to look

around competition Jim and see where I train. She has come along with her

mum and dad and her coach but actually, I am going to surprise

her. Hello. Do you know who I am? Are you normally this quiet? I bet

you are not, are you? Good girl. Reached to the ceiling and touch the

floor. First thing she wanted to do when she had finished her treatment

was get back the gym. When she woke up she said, the first thing I will

do is go back to gym and she did. Within a week the colour is back in

her skin, she is back with her friends doing gymnastics. It has

given her more life. You have got a lovely pointed toe. A very strong

girl. We have definitely got Christmas to look forward to. Next

year will be a positive year. Now you are part of our squad. There we

are. Well, what a character. A girl who

lets gymnastics do the talking. She was amazing. When I walked into the

gym she did not speak but the smile on her face said it all. Her mum and

dad said when she was having had treatment all she wanted to do was

get back into the gym and be back with her friends. When you get that

bug, there are so many young gymnasts all around here, young

gymnasts will be competing on a very big scale here. It is on a podium

which young gymnasts do not normally get to compete on. I did not get to

compete on a podium until I was 16 years old so it is great experience.

And is worth mentioning how many young people are getting inspired by

what you have achieved. It is incredible for young people. It is

really good for the sport. The more talent we have got to pick from as

well. It makes Great Britain are much better country to compete in.

What is it like to be a hero? It is really nice but I do not really know

because I am constantly in the gym with my head down training. It is

great for little gymnasts to come up to me and want photos. Took a while

for me to come in here with you! There were a lot of young gymnasts

coming up and wanting photos. Tomorrow night, many of the sporting

greats will be being recognised and remembered with Sports Personality

of the Year. Sports personality of 1970, our

Henry, Henry Cooper. Virginia Wade has had the most scintillating

victory. Our Sports Personality of the Year goes to two people, Jane

Torvill and Christopher Dean. The greatest Olympian of all time, Steve

Redgrave. For 60 years it has taken pride of place. Bradley Wiggins.

Sports Personality of the Year live tomorrow on BBC One. What a night it

is. It is an amazing night. A few years ago you did a full routine.

Yes, it was back in 2006 and in 2009 I did a routine with down on the

floor. And I hear you are coming back tomorrow night! No! We will put

that to bed and turn our attention to the men's all-around competition.

Daniel was jealous of best's trip out last night so we booked him into

a taxi. The men's competition will be really

exciting this year. Here are the main names I am looking out for. The

favourite is Oleg Verniaiev. He has just come back from Stuttgart with

an overall score of 92 points which no other gymnast has managed to do

since the new code came in. This year has proved to be quite

inconsistent on the high bar which is where he fell in the world

Championships in Antwerp this year. The next guy is the American John

Orozco who has just come back from a big injury and wants to prove

himself again. He went to the Antwerp World Championships and

picked up a medal on the parallel bars. The last competition, crazy

things happened so it is good to stay composed and be alert. I just

want to go in there. Finally is the Belarussian gymnast Andre

Likhovitskiy. If somebody makes a mistake, I think he can sneak in

there with a medal. The thing is with Oleg Verniaiev, it

is all or nothing with him, isn't it? Yes, if he hits them he scores

such a big score and it will be hard for anybody to beat him. We've

soared John Orozco earlier on and he said he's just trying to stay alive

because he has had so many injuries. He is coming back from a major

injury and he wants to prove himself on the all-around circuit again. He

has a big chance today. The exciting thing with British gymnasts today as

we put our gymnasts up there and we invite other people from around the

world to come and try and beat them. We have got Daniel Purvis and Sam

Oldham going today and they will be tough to beat. Purvis is looking in

good shape. He will go out today and give it his all. Sam is another one

trying to push for a spot on the team. He will want to go out the

improved to the selectors that he can compete under a lot of

pressure. Let's find out how the lads are thinking.

I was here last year observing, watching the competition and

cheering on my team-mates and I was thinking, I would love to be part of

this World Cup circuit next year so it is a big game for me to be here.

I was fortunate, Max and Dan gained places for GB. Max is taking a rest

so I got the call up for this condition. I have had a few injuries

which have set me back but I have been pushing my difficulty on all

six apparatus rather than just one or two apparatus are hopefully next

year, that should put me in good stead for all around. All around is

my main event and that is the thing I want to be winning medals that.

Last weekend was the first World Cup in Stuttgart. It was a really tight

competition. It would be great to do a repeat performance. Results wise,

that would be fantastic. I have got family coming up and everything so

it would be great to show them what I can do.

Let's get on with the competition. In the commentary box, Mitch Fenner

and Christine Still. Sam Oldham can pull some good work

out under pressure. But look out for the young Belarussian, Andre

Likhovitskiy who is so stylish but he will need to step up his

difficulty if he is going to live in this company. First up on men's

floor, 20-year-old Oleg Verniaiev. He was third in the European

Championships all round. He did not have a big European Championships

but he was the winner at the World Cup event just a week ago. A good,

safe start. A big adjustment there. Those little jump forwards can be

expensive. Wrapped it in but under rotated in

the twisting front from handspring. The floor exercise traditionally is

the place to get rid of any nerves if there are any about. It is a big

test. Not the best of starts the Oleg

Verniaiev. He has to nail this and he did. And little adjustment at the

end. Five apparatus still to go. And he was the -- a little shaky to

start with. The floor bounced away from him. That will be quite heavily

deducted. He managed to keep his hands off the floor. The finish was

much, much better. The Japanese are always great to

watch. They have a lovely, almost laid-back style.

His opener was steady. He needs to keep that controlled the exercise.

The Japanese keep the shoulders down.

Really wrapped the twist round there. Some rough edges. But it is

the first of six, they will settle down.

A Japanese handstand, not quite vertical.

The double twist was very nicely done. But it was low in the full

twisting double. A very interesting floor event. A real twister, this

guy. Nearly all of his tumbles from the twisting category, that is the

one roll down he is allowed. He is allowed once in the routine to not

land on his feet. His final tumble, a bit of the deep landing.

This is a very stylish gymnast. He impressed us that the World

Championships. Technically very strong but has he got the

difficulty? We will see here. That was beautiful with straight

legs and smoothly out. Here you can see the style,

beautiful stretched feet. The judges do not take so many marks away, when

they seem gymnast perform with poor style they take marks away.

Super work. Not big tumbles, Mitch. Clean and safe. A very clean and the

splint gymnast. A beautiful half twist, nice and clean. This is an

excellent manner. A very good score for not such a

difficult routine. Daniel Purvis is on home territory. He had a good

competition in Stuttgart last week, he came third. He was third here in

Glasgow last year. Opening his account on floor. An event for which

he is a world bronze medallist. He did that three years ago in

Rotterdam. A good, solid start. Twisting very, very cleanly. Under

control. He has a lovely presence on the

floor exercise. He makes it look nice and easy.

So often, unnecessary mistakes in simple work, but that was

beautifully done. There is the one and the half-twist and his little

trademark straight leg roll-out. That was a solid start for Daniel

Purvis. That is one of the best routines I have seen him produce for

quite a while. He has upped his difficulty, very impressive. This is

the start, the flip, the double-twisting, double back. And

just the slightest twitch on landing. He really knows where he is

in the air. Big finish, the whip back into the double Arabian. That

little step was almost the only noticeable deduction.

A huge score, 15.433, this puts Daniel Purvis on top of the pile

with three performances to go on floor.

Gonzales is still only 20 years old and has a great future. Tall and

stylish, a great all-around performer.

All these moves are given bonuses when they are connected like that.

That was a little bit sloppy, his legs were just a part of it. --

apart a bit. He just about help the balance. --

held the balance. Very competent. Just a little amble into that

tumble. More twists. A lovely triple twisted

to finish. Cleanly round. Nicely done by Gonzales. Twisting is his

forte. A little bit scruffy coming out of the one and three, one

1/2-twist. Tiny signs of nerves throughout the routine. I think he

will be happy. 14.666, style balanced out

difficulty. Difficult to think that John Orozco

from the USA is still only 20 years old. The flaw is not his forte, but

he will need a good, solid routine. Nice double pike.

Lovely acceleration through the flick for the full-twisting double.

A very good start. That handstand has to be clean in

the final position. So often simple moves to give away.

That two and a half twist was slightly over, but this is one of

the best floor exercises from him that I can remember. A good split.

Tension in the shoulders, shrugs them down. The two and a half twist

was the finish, it is always difficult to land kindly like that

without seeing the floor. 14.4 33, one performance remaining on floor.

Sam Oldham for Great Britain closes the opening event for the men.

Dan Purvis is in front at the moment, wouldn't it be nice if these

two got very close together? He was part of the team that took

the bronze medal at the Olympics. That was a fabulous opening tumble.

He twists so fast, so well. So well rehearsed.

He shows the control in the balance as well.

He met that double twist with perfection. A good kick out before

the roll-out. You can see the concentration, he knows this final

tumble has two be difficult and has two land. Here is the triple twist.

That was a big deduction. Not quite round. He will have to ponder hard

over that. It is a pity, he was clean and crisp all the way through.

Started with rocket fuel, very nice indeed. The tiniest adjustment, the

judges might not have seen it. This looks so well. Plenty of

acceleration. The undercut went well, but I think he met the floor a

little bit early. Watch it now. Just slightly heavy. Here, the wheels

fell off just a little bit. A little bit low on the landing, got the

three twist round, but that is expensive.

14.666, that is a pity. Until that final tumble it was a great routine.

There is a long way to go. There are some strong events to come for John

Orozco. An exciting competition. What a start for Great Britain, with

Dan Purvis leading the way. Sam Oldham at joint third, but did

you think the judge was harsh? We have found it hard to judge what

scores were going to come out. We know that if Dan goes through he has

high difficulty and performs cleanly, but we were slightly

surprised by the American, his score was quite low. We did not expect

anything else from Dan Purvis, given that he got the bronze at the World

Championships. But how will he fare against Verniaiev on the pommel

horse? Verniaiev has got the edge on the pommel horse, he also has the

difficulty. That purpose has been working on a new routine. Percy has

a nice little cushion from the floor. Let's see what happens, we

will hand back to Mitch and Christine Steele.

-- to Mitch Senna and Christine Still.

This is a nice start from him. Clean and confident in the handstand. A E

difficulty. -- a D difficulty. Every time they throw in a pike circle,

there is a problem. The rhythm goes, Bob's is your uncle, you are

standing on the floor. What a pity. But when you pick up your feet, the

rhythm is very, very badly affected. There are six pieces of apparatus,

it is not the end of the road, but he cannot afford another mistake. He

is losing form and shape. He really has two get his head together.

He recovered. Well done, John Orozco. Your head is stronger jaw

technique was a tiny bit weak. The pommel horse, the apparatus that

needs perfect technique. You can see the pike of the hip is as he is

working. Just fighting to keep the legs above the handles. You are

meant to clear the handles as much as possible. He swung well into this

dismount. He was cleanly up, probably the best bit of the

routine? Very leniently dealt with by the

judges. Likhovitskiy can make this apparatus

look quite beautiful. He has lovely lines.

He is very confident on one handle. Good through the spindle, clean

rhythm. This boy can swing. Plenty of good technical work. Keep

the rhythm. Well done. Well done indeed. A good routine. Full of

difficulty. The difficulty is added by travelling along the pommel

horse. The hands have to try to stay even. A really taxing piece of

apparatus. You need fabulous body tension and control. He swings up,

pirouettes nicely, very clean dismount.

That is a very good score. It is the lead.

One of Yamamoto's best apparatus is behind him, that is the floor.

He is keeping risen very nicely. A tiny bit piked. Bent arms, lack of

rhythm in the handstand, the first noticeable error. But he is relieved

to get that out of the way. The Japanese are always very good

technicians. Lovely and supple. You can see the split of the legs,

controlling the split of the handstand and back down. Very

smooth. Just a little stall on the way up to handstand. The judges have

to decide was its strength, not swing? Second place for Yamamoto.

Fabian Gonzales standing by. He did a good floor.

Very nice on one handle. He is keeping the rhythm very nicely

indeed. Picked up his feet and that gives a problem, they have got to

stay stretched. A lovely feel of control at the end

through that handstand sequence. A big smile. He is delighted with

that. Yes, a very good routine there. Another well-prepared

gymnast. Supple, able to swing beautifully. Super straight arms. A

good controlled finish and a big smile.

He is in third place at the moment with two down.

As a junior, Sam was superb on this apparatus. A little bit of

hesitation but he got away with it. He was a little but wild. He is

really staying on. He is fighting to stay on. He clipped his feet on the

way through the dismount. He was rocket fuelled. He really fought

every inch of the way there because it was not easy. He showed his real

determination. He is maturing well. Stylish, beautiful work but he did

not quite get the feet together there. That will be a bit of a

deduction from the judges there. You give marks away on your

execution while you are building on your difficulty score. You have to

be care for that one does not outweigh the other. He kicked the

pommel horse with his legs up into the dismount. We will see. Plenty of

discussion amongst the judges. There were some good features. It was

difficult but he did give away a few tenths. I have to say, that was a

little bit severe comparison, fourth place at the moment.

Oleg Verniaiev. He is a suburbia gymnast, still only

20 years old. Third all round and the European Championships. -- he is

a superb gymnast. He almost got his thumb caught under

his fist! But he recovered well. He's struggling now. Once the rhythm

goes, you need steel biceps and deltoids.

You need a smooth rhythm on this apparatus. He was very unsettled.

He has good technique and lovely shape but he allows the routine to

run away from him. And he let his back arch, almost lost control of

the dismount. That will be quite costly.

Dan Purves had a great start on floor.

He is keeping the one handle the work very well indeed. He lost his

legs a little. That will do nicely. So Dan Purvis

has cashed in on that large floor score and that surely will take him

into the lead. Well done, Dan Purvis. It is a piece he has not

always been so comfortable on but that looked very good. He looked to

turn into from the beginning. He controlled this really well as he

cut back into the swing. He kept it going. Difficult work. He has upped

his difficulty level. He really looks like he is on song at the

moment. A lot of this is about confidence and the confidence that

you are going to get through this routine, even if little errors occur

and he had but in abundance today. Super stuff. Dan Purvis takes the

lead. Oleg Verniaiev has slipped to fifth.

The winner from Stuttgart has not had a good pub or horse event. --

pommel horse event. He will start to make the leeway he

needs. The shoulders need to be lower in the half leave across. The

feet are too low, this is not a good start for him.

He was a little bit arched and his feet little bit low in the Maltese.

This is not what he wanted. One and a half twist in the double

at the end but so many problems technically. You can certainly see

the look on his face, he was not happy. The shoulders are meant to be

level with the hands they long way off. He struggled a bit. The whole

thing seemed to be a bit of a battle.

That is a big score. There were a lot of problems. He was a lucky man

by. Now Sam Oldham. Rings are not a great apparatus for

Great Britain as a whole but good progress made on it.

That was a nice transition from swing to cross. This is good work.

Double double at the end. Well, that was a good routine from Sam Oldham.

A couple of little problems but he is coming on very nicely indeed. 20

years old. The British team, the coaches know this is apparatus they

have got to make ground on and this is a good start for it. He swings

well. The shoulders are nicely in line with the hands.

He controlled the top of the swing. He's lost his back slightly but a

super double 22 finish. -- a super double double two finish.

He is an erratic performer, inconsistency has crept into his

work over the last 12 months. Good technique with the double

Tucker and double pike put together, nailed into the cross.

That was good technique. Strong with the rings in the circle to

handstand. Lovely technique. This is his class. I wish we could see it

more consistently. That was a beautiful dismount. Oleg Verniaiev,

when he shows class like that, Christine, we know what his

potential is. Yes, and the smile, he almost looked a bit surprised that

the landing. He makes gymnastics look quite effortless. When you know

how hard this work is, great strength moves linked together.

Rings have to show swinging and strength and that is just what he

does. Lovely style, look how straight those arms are, how

straight the body is. A classy landing as well.

He is comfortably in the first at this stage.

He gives very little away in his demeanour but he is a fine all-round

gymnast. The Japanese are on the crest of a wave here. The style and

approach to competitions is a model for the rest of the world. They are

laid-back and very impressive. His shoulders were a little bit high

on both occasions. But the fact that he is swinging into those difficult

strongholds will build his difficulty. He nails that

beautifully. Plenty of momentum, then stopped dead. Then lots of

rhythm and control. Not a bad routine at all.

He overcooked the giant a little bit. Get those rings turned out,

young man! He nails the double double. An

interesting routine, a few little problems, but he is steady and

consistent. Some very nice work indeed. Just a

couple of deductions at the end, but look how lovely and straight that

body is. Every time they show a strength hold, the shoulders need to

be down. That one was so impressive. You can see the rings are swinging

slightly, but he wrapped in hard for the double-twisting, double back to

finish. At the halfway stage, he is on cause

for about an 87 or 88. Stylish Andrew D. -- Andrew D.

Very clean and very good, technically full stop.

Double pike for his D dismount. It is very difficult to nail that this

band. -- that dismount. He is on course for a good all-around mark.

He is very good, unspectacular, quiet, but very good. That was

ambitious. Not quite low North. It is whether he has quite got the

difficulty to give him the big score. He won't have too many

deductions. Here is the dismount. He has gone into the lead now. A

good competition brewing. Daniel Purvis, the leader after two,

needs 14.033. I am sure he is capable. But his

feet look very low, have his shoulders dropped below the rings?

You get as many deductions for going below the rings as you do above.

This is not his best apparatus. Lovely technique. Piked Dublin to

handstand. A nice wind-up, a double double and he has mailbag. The

second part of the routine made up for a few little problems earlier.

Super shape. Just a little bit lower. But really moving from two

strength moves, one straight to the other. That is impressive. Always a

lovely handstand shape. It is very impressive, the swing, and kill the

swing. He twists so strongly and aggressively. 14.966, a good score

for Daniel Purvis. He could make the elusive 90 in this competition. A

fabulous competition so far, but he has to keep it up.

We felt Sam Oldham was a little bit hardly dealt with on the pommel, he

has had his mark increased by a 10th, which lifts him into fifth at

the halfway point. The men's all-around competition,

Dan Purvis' competition is going as he would want, a very confident

lead? He has had no major errors, a small split on his pommel horse, but

getting good scores. A word on his rings. He has been working very

hard. Rings have kind of let the British team down? As a nation we

have always been quite weak on the rings, but over the last couple of

months he has worked very hard with his coach. Instead of scoring 14.6

or 14.7, he is up almost at 15. Verniaiev was mentioned. He is

clawing his way back? He has regained his focus and he is clawing

back the extra points. Others has only increased his rings score by

two or three tenths, but makes all the difference between finishing

first and finishing fourth. Dan Purvis will know he is not home and

dry, three big pieces to come from Verniaiev? Rio he is amazing on the

parallel bars, he could potentially score 16. And I think he and Purvis

score around the same on the other bars. Lets join the commentators

again for the men's vault. He needs 14.133. Most of these guys

are using the tariff of 5.6, the two and a half twist. There you go, he

made that. A little bit to the side, but that is another consistent

performance. He had a few problems on the rings, but that will make up

the difference. I was just thinking that, what a classy performance. He

wraps that two and a half rates down the middle. He shows lovely height.

Height and style in that twist. A very useful score for him, it

gives him the lead. John Orozco has had a few problems

on the first three apparatus. Can he come into his own in the second half

of this competition? Yes, that is more like it. Just the

double-twisting. A two and a half would have been nice.

Always a difficult vault. Back handspring, the straight front

somersault with the two twist. The floor sort of hit him. You can see

the jolts through his head. But she really recovered well. He is such a

strong gymnast. 14.833, just the ticket.

He is slowly crawling into contention for a third or fourth

place after a dismal beginning. He would be happy with 14.7 to take

the lead. Oh, he just about cleared the decks.

It was a deep landing, but he got it around. He really powered down

there, arms all over the place. Really lifting well. It was a very

good fault, he just needed a fraction more heels speed over a

fraction more rotation, but he knew where the floor was.

Moto needs 13.8 to get into the lead, and he could get that. --

Yamamoto needs. It was just about scrabbled around.

The tariff is 56, it will give him the score that he needs. He ambled

in a little bit, he really didn't get cleanly on. He fought very well.

He could have sat down so easily. But the turn on was the trouble. He

got such a little bit of a turn that he was always off direction from the

beginning. That will be heavily deducted.

He finds himself in the root after four apparatus -- finds himself in

the lead. But still some big guns to come.

Difficult or not, it will be a clean fault for him. -- vault.

Double twist, 15.2 will be the score they start with.

Opting to use the round-off in the board allows him to get on very low

and really lift high into the air. Plenty of time for two twists. He

doesn't really need to run quite so fast for this. You could see him

lift and twist. He really did not give much away. He takes the lead.

Verniaiev pits constituency -- Verniaiev's consistency is a little

bit up and down. He needs something solid and

consistent to stay anywhere near in contention. He did that very nicely

indeed. Well done. This is a really impressive vault.

Two somersaults with a half turnout, a tiny bit off-line but so dynamic

and impressive. Lifts up off the platform, pulls in tight, makes the

turn very cleanly. That is real power. He has gone into the lead

after four. That is the thing about Oleg Verniaiev, you can't write him

off. Daniel Purvis, the leader at the

halfway stage, needs 14.233 to keep up the momentum.

Two 1/2-twist, a tiny buckle, but that will do business. He will stay

in the lead with that. Textbook vaulting here. He flipped

his head between arms, lifts up, wraps so efficiently. Just the

little pace. Really clean and strong. He had a little look over

his shoulder so he knew where the floor was. That will do very nicely,

15. That is truly world-class. Keep it

up, Dan. Oleg Verniaiev gave Daniel a little

bit of a fright there but Daniel is now in the lead.

The parallel bars is a very challenging apparatus. It has to be

millimetre perfect. That was a good combination. He took

the decision to leave the hand where it was. A good decision. A double

pike. A few moments of insecurity but generally, that routine was

good. He has made good progress on parallel bars. Yes, here's a classy

gymnast. The difficulty has increased but it

looked a bit hard work in certain areas. Lovely shapes. I am sure it

is a routine which we will see improved in difficulty in confidence

as he goes along. He lifted into a good double pike.

For a man who got a bronze medal in the world Championships on this

apparatus, that should be small beer for him but he can be erratic.

This is the sort of form he demonstrated in Antwerp just a month

or so ago. That was a lovely half term.

This is good work from John Orozco won one of his favourite apparatus.

A good Healy. Inward pirouette. He lost to shape a little bit but the

double pike, he sticks that and that is why he is a medallist at world

championship level. Good stuff. A beautiful lift into the dismount. He

was way high above the parallel bars when he did his double back

somersault. Super technique there. That was a

tiny break in shape. You love this, Chris. I love the height of the

bars. He uses it so well. John Orozco is looking relaxed and so he

should with that score. He set himself the target of the

possibility of a third place in. When you are that tall, you can see

how you need to use those shapes fro cleverly to get them in the right

sequence. He was off a bit quick but very,

very nice from Fabian Gonzales. Tall, elegant, very stylish. In just

the way he makes the rings look very hard, you make the parallel bars

look easy. A really nice rhythm. Works with the apparatus

beautifully. He uses the bounce from the bars at exactly the right

moment. It looks really classy. A beautiful routine. A little bit

deep on the landing but the work on the bars was superb.

Fabian Gonzales 's second at the moment. Now Andre Likhovitskiy, Mr

style will stop. He understands completely the

techniques. That was lovely. There is the Healy to upper arms.

That is a well put together exercise.

Just a tiny pace forward. That was lovely work. Effortless. I think we

have said, on most pieces of apparatus, he makes it look so easy.

Style, control, not the most difficult routines, but really well

timed. Super turn. Kicks out just at the right moment. Very good

technique on all of those under somersault actions. He bent his arms

a little bit but he really is a stylist. It might come down to

difficulty but this is lovely to watch.

He is strong but mostly he uses technique. A very impressive

gymnast. Andre Likhovitskiy has popped into the lead. Style has seen

him through. Oleg Verniaiev now. He is in the situation where he needs

14.266 to take the lead and he is more than capable of that.

What happened the? He was not happy with the handstand. Maybe the bar

moved, do not know. He has made a complaint. This could be a bit of

controversy. You can see it is moving quite noticeably. Oleg

Verniaiev is about to start his second attempt at the parallel bars.

He needs to keep his focus. He had to bend his arms in the

second under somersault. That was difficult work and he has survived

it well. Was that a very quick thinking

exercise on his part? The double pike was clean and high. Oleg

Verniaiev is on course. Little bit of a shaky start. He was

fighting the apparatus a bit at the beginning. Very difficult work but

certainly, once he settled into the routine, his usual style and

composure serviced. Such height and swing up to the handstand.

In press of stuff. -- impressive stuff. A superb routine. You cannot

write Oleg Verniaiev off. Superb work.

He really needs to keep his focus but he has lost that position. He is

having to think very quickly. After that squeaky start he is back

on course. Did he make contact then? It sounded

a bit heavy. He has got to keep focus. There was a little hop to the

side. For the first time, his lead is in jeopardy. Oleg Verniaiev gave

him a difficult task. He hesitated a little bit. You could

see from the time he took, he was a bit cautious about it. He covered it

well though. He dropped his hit a little bit. It was not the smoothest

of starts. -- he dropped his hit a little bit.

He killed his swing too much. You do not want to much but you need enough

to get you up there. He recovered very well. He has got such a good

line. A lovely front somersault. I do not think he hit the bar. On the

replay looked cleaner. He will set up a great finale on

high bar. Goodness me, it has all come down to

this. It is literally down to the wire. Oleg Verniaiev is very

consistent on this. Guess, I would have said before the competition if

he was going to fall anywhere, it would be the high bar. That was what

he did at the world championship. It will be interesting. We will be

watching this with sweaty palms. Come on, Dan Purvis. After this, the

champion will be crowned. He was the gold medallist as a

junior in 2010. You can expect him to pass that score.

That was a peculiar action down the back but he got away with it. Good

catch of technique. Lovely, clean straight arms.

Some shaky moments but he is going to survive it. Thank you very much,

double twisting, double straight, punches the air and that was grit

and determination all the way. It was indeed with some new elements in

there. He scrabbled bit in the middle but he will be very delighted

with putting all that work together in this pressurised situation.

He put the hands-on in the wrong grip. He did very well to change it.

How quick did he think? He is a great gymnast.

86.331 is an impressive all-around score.

John Orozco finishes on his best apparatus. After an indifferent

first half, he started the revival on the vault, shot into contention

after parallel bars. Oh, and he is off! It is a big skill

to put a full turn in that. It is a big, big move. What a pity, he

deserved to hang onto this. The trouble is the body is quite out

of line. He got a lot of forces going through the hands. It is a

big, big skill. You can see what this routine would

normally bring him. It is such a pity for him.

Orozco is showing us what he is capable of.

It looked a little bit flat, but he got it under control. What a pity

for him. Lovely, exciting stuff. Good original work. He is lovely and

tight. That was another deduction. He was struggling to keep the swing

going. But a super catch with a good stretch. No interrupted swing. It

looked very flat. He didn't open his hips as he came off. A bit of an

up-and-down routine. 13.866, think what would have happened if he had

kept contact. John Orozco is in the lead.

This is good apparatus for Andre Likhovitskiy. He was 12 all-around

in the World Championships. -- he was 12.

When you have a gymnast who can swing like this, you can pin the

difficulty onto it. At 20 years of age, he has a very promising future.

That is the cleanest of those combinations we have seen. Shades of

the 70s. People think this style is new because it is so old. He does it

very, very well. Full-twist and a double straight, and a consummate

demonstration. Keep the routine within your capabilities and you

will score well. He is a great, great gymnast in the making.

And made a lot of friends here in Glasgow. His work has been a

macular. Every element has been performed well. -- his work has been

immaculate. Stamping his own style on a lot of the work. And it is

style, that is the word, it is style.

That throw over took a lot of courage. So impressive.

It was a very impressive routine. The judges agreed, 15.066 for Andre

Likhovitskiy, he is in the lead with a very good score of 88.597. That is

his best ever. Daniel Purvis needs 14.03 to two

overhaul the Belarussian, Andre Likhovitskiy.

The roar of the crowd will boost him. He has been in the lead all the

way through. Just a little trip in the parallel bars.

He has played safe here. The D score is down, so he had to nail the

dismount, but it was a good dismount. He needed to go through,

he did not need to take chances. Weldon, Daniel Purvis. It was a very

clean routine. He did not give many marks away. His difficulty score

will not be the highest, but his execution score might be. You can

see his release and re-grasp. A good work on the pirouette.

He is able to come out cleanly. Great competition.

14.566, good enough, 89.131, a very impressive score. He is in first

place at the moment, one big threat to come. Here here's, Oleg

Verniaiev. -- here he is. 14.233 is required, and, dare I say it, he has

been known to buckle under pressure on high bar? Member the World

Championships, he had about four goes. But last 18... Weekend he

nailed it, so let's see. You can hear a pin drop in here. The

bar creaking, the only sound you can here. He is going through very well.

Just the pace back, double double, he claps his hands. He feels he has

done enough. I am sure he has done the job. All his work has always

been so stylish. Very, very nice work. That was the error. He lost

the combination. We will see how the judges view that. He needs 14.266,

from memory. High bar scores are pretty tough to come by. It will be

tight. Oleg Verniaiev has 14.9, a huge

score of 89.798 to take the Glasgow World Cup event for the men. He had

his moments but, my goodness me, he overhauled Dan Purvis on parallel

bars to emerge victorious. Dan Purvis, a great job to take second

place, but that man is hugely impressive.

Oleg Verniaiev came good on parallel bars after a superb fold to get the

edge of the Daniel Purvis who had, in the end, after leading the

competition, to be content with a silver medal. Andre Likhovitskiy's

style won him a bronze medal. John Orozco had a problem, so he dropped

down. Sam Oldham is down in seventh place. There they are. Three very

exciting young gymnast with a great future.

I am happy to be finishing the year healthy. Going into next year, I

know the routines I have got, serve them were watered down today. I was

fighting down. You cut the consistency going. --

kept the consistency going? It was tough, but the crowd kept me going.

It was a battle between me and Verniaiev until the end. Isn't it

great when the all-around competition comes down to the final

apparatus? What a competition! It has been really exciting. Having a

few mistakes made it more exciting, making it go down to the final piece

of apparatus. What do you think Dan would have been hoping for, coming

into this? Up until the last minute we thought it was gold? He would

have been hoping to go through all six routines clean and hopefully

ending up with a medal, he has done better than that, he and Scott

Silver, almost gold. He has done himself proud. -- he has got

silver. He has tried out the new routines as well? Yes, and this is

the best place to try it. Good news for you, you will be competing

together at the Commonwealth Games? A fellow team-mate? It will be great

to have him alongside me, competing in Scotland at the Commonwealth

Games. He is on fire, hopefully he can keep his form. Gymnast that you

are used to competing with in the British team will be split into

European countries and you are competing against them? It is a

strange feeling but it is a great opportunity for some younger

gymnasts to experience the international stage. It is weird to

be separated but it is great for the younger gymnasts to get an

opportunity. A weird feeling that this is the end of season for the

gymnast? This is the final all-around competition of the year,

so people will be looking forward to the Christmas period and then pick

it up next year. A few pounds will be put on over the next week, let's

have some Christmas pudding to celebrate ex-Asian mob that is it

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