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| Ama Racea (photo source here) |
It was an awkward day for the Romanians. It started in a disastrous way with Ama Racea falling on the uneven bars dismount (oh that double front, I hate that skill, I don't understand why people use it!) and it ended with the same Amelia qualifying for the Vault Finals.
So here are top five strangest things that happened today:
5: Ana Porgras got a 13.575 on UB for a routine with a D score of 6 while Diana Chelaru got a 13.65 for a routine out of 5.7
4: Diana Chelaru - turned out to be the top AA qualifier for Romania (3rd)
3: Amelia Racea qualified for the Vault finals (instead of Diana Chelaru)
2: No Romanian in the Beam finals (!!)
1: Sandra Izbasa -top qualifier for the Vault finals
the second strangest fact could have easily been the number one but I wanted to keep things on a positive note ;)
So if I ever see Bellu or Lucian Sandu in Berlin, I want to ask them what exactly does Ana Porgras' new UB routine lead to... Then, how come no one qualified for the beam finals, once the best event by far for the Romanians ... and how come now we have two weak events instead of one (that happen to also be the highest scoring ones).
I am sure there are answers for this half failure... Europeans are just a stage in the B&B big plan. They have never really made a purpose out of this meet. Historically, some of the worst meets Romania had were at Euros (3rd place with the team in 2000 behind Ukraine, the "scratched" one from 2002 when they only sent Petrovschi are a few examples that come to mind) but it wouldn't have been that terrible if Ana had stayed on that beam or if Ama wouldn't have had such a floor routine.
As others have pointed out, maybe this also happened because it was an individual event, the qualifications format is weird and also because these two competed in the first subdivision. a few hours later Ama's beam E score would have been considerably higher, the same for Ana's bars.
I hope it was just a bad day. Amelia at least can still prove herself...
But qualifications are over. Many competition days are ahead of us:
Friday's All Around finals with Chelaru and Amelia Racea
Saturday - Vault with Izbasa and Racea
Sunday - Floor with Izbasa and Chelaru
PS: Look at Sandra's vault WOW!
Thanks eamyy !
