2013 Jesolo Trophy

Team USA Nearly Sweeps Event Titles in Jesolo

Team USA Nearly Sweeps Event Titles in Jesolo

Mar 24, 2013 by Anne Phillips
Team USA Nearly Sweeps Event Titles in Jesolo
                             

Individual Event Finals at the 2013 City of Jesolo Trophy Meet took place Sunday with Team USA once again stealing the show as they earned thirteen individual medals. 

Senior All Around Champion Simone Biles of Team USA/Bannon's Gymnastics won three more gold medals today in Jesolo (vault, beam, and floor), while 2012 Olympic Champion Kyla Ross of Team USA/GymMax won the uneven bars title. 

Biles opened the meet with two powerful vaults to win the senior vault title over Arianna Rocca of Italy and Lexie Priessman of Team USA/Cincinnati Gymnastics. Biles has an Amanar vault that can rival McKayla Maroney's. Today, Biles debuted a second vault, yurchenko half on front layout half, proving that she too can contend for the World Vault Title. Biles averaged a 15.350 to easily win the event. [video]

Watch Simone's two vaults in finals:


Biles has also shown improved confidence on balance beam this week and edged Ross by one tenth for the event title thanks to a higher difficulty score and a stuck full twisting double tuck dismount [video]. Elisabetta Preziosa of Italy, known for her beautiful beam work, took the bronze medal.

                            
                                         L to R: Ross, Biles, Preziosa. Photo by Italian Gymnastics Federation

Biles concluded her day with huge tumbling to win the floor title ahead of teammate Maggie Nichols of Team USA/Twin City Twisters Gymnastics who made her international debut this weekend after being added to the U.S. Senior National team at the most recent training camp. Nichols used clean landings to earn a 14.40 and the silver medal ahead of Italy's Giulia Leni of Italy. 

Ross swung a clean routine for gold on uneven bars with Italy's Giorgia Campana in second and Brenna Dowell of Team USA/GAGE close behind in third.

                            

In the junior competition, all around Champion Bailie Key of Team USA/Texas Dreams Gymnastics once again delivered an excellent performance, easily winning golds on vault [video], beam floor exercise.

Italy has a very promising junior team and captured six individual medals today. Enus Mariani (14.350) [video] and Martina Rizzelli (14.20) went 1-2 on uneven bars while Key took the bronze with a 14.00. Mariani also took silver on floor exercise with an artistic routine. 

On the balance beam, Key delivered a confident routine to score a 14.50. Italy's Lavina Marongiu won silver with a 13.30 while Amelia Hundley of Team USA/Cincinnati Gymnastics earned bronze.

Watch Bailie's winning beam routine:




Happy Birthday wishes to two of today's competitors, Italian junior Martina Rizzelli and Switzerland's Giulia Steingruber who turned 15 and 19 years old today!




Photo by Italian Gymnastics Federation


2013 Jesolo Trophy Individual Event Finals Results:

Senior Vault
1 Simone Biles, USA, 15.350 [video]
2 Arianna Rocca, ITA, 14.125 [video]
3 Lexie Priessman, USA, 13.225 [video]
4. Ryu Wakiko, JPN, 7.225 (injured during competiton)

Senior Uneven Bars
1 ROSS KYLA USA 14,550  [video]
2 CAMPANA GIORGIA ITA 13,950
3 DOWELL BRENNA USA 13,900 [video]
4 INOUE WAKANA JPN 13,250 
5 SCHULTE LAURA SWI 12,450 
6 BURO MARTINE ITA 11,600 
7 KAESLIN ILARIA SWI 10,100

Senior Balance Beam
1 BILES SIMONE USA 15,100 [video]
2 ROSS KYLA USA 15,000  [video]
3 PREZIOSA ELISABETTA ITA 14,200 [video]
4 SASADA NATSUMI JPN 13,700 
5 CAMPANA GIORGIA ITA 13,600 
6 KAESLIN ILARIA SWI 13,500
7 DIACCI JESSICA SWI 13,150

Senior Floor Exercise
1 BILES SIMONE USA 14,850 [video]
2 NICHOLS MARGARET USA 14,400 [video]
3 LENI GIULIA ITA 13,950 
4 SASADA NATSUMI JPN 13,550 
 FASANA ERICA ITA 12,650


Junior Vault
1 KEY BAILIE USA 14,750 [video]
2 TERLENGHI NICOLE ITA 13,775
3 SUGIHARA AIKO JPN 13,525
4 RIZZELLI MARTINA ITA 13,400
5 KAWASAKI MARINA JPN 12,650

Junior Uneven Bars
1 MARIANI ENUS ITA 14,350  [video]
2 RIZZELLI MARTINA ITA 14,200
3 KEY BAILIE USA 14,000   [video]
4 UCHIYAMA YUKI JPN 13,900
5 GLOOR MIREJA SWI 13,000
6 HUNDLEY AMELIA USA 12,750

Junior Balance Beam
1 KEY BAILIE USA 14,500 [video]
2 MARONGIU LAVINIA ITA 13,300
3 HUNDLEY AMELIA USA 13,150 [video]
4 DOBASHI KOKO JPN 13,100
5 UGRIN TEA ITA 13,000
6 SCHWARZ ANJA SWI 11,950

Junior Floor Exercise
1 KEY BAILIE USA 14,650 
2 MARIANI ENUS ITA 13,650
3 BONISTALLI SOFIA ITA 13,300
4 YASUI WAKANA JPN 12,700
5 GRISETTI GIADA SWI 12,500
6 HUNDLEY AMELIA USA 12,250
 

Related Links: 
- Watch 2013 Jesolo Gymnastics Videos
- 2013 Jesolo Day 1 Recap (Team and All Around)
- Watch Simone Biles video
- Watich Bailie Key videos

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