Happy team final day! It means the return of the team difficulty “heat map”! Event-by-event, the con
Happy team final day! It means the return of the team difficulty “heat map”! Event-by-event, the concentration of difficulty is spread out among the field, more so than I expected. The U.S. and China obviously set themselves apart, but even they have a middle-of-the-pack event purely based on difficulty.And then down the line, Brazil has the fourth most difficult vault line-up, Germany has the third most difficulty bars line-up, Japan has the second most difficult vault and floor line-ups (pending Ellie Downie getting through her entire floor routine), and the Netherlands have the fourth most difficult beam line-up (pending whatever happens with Russia). Each team is a powerhouse somewhere.Russia’s beam struggles hurt them here, and of course there’s the never ending Russian floor nightmare of this quad. Brazil is hanging in there with sheer consistency, but I do think that could do it for them in this field. -- source link
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