The 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China continue tomorrow with women's all-around finals. Below are ten important things to note heading into the competition. The competition will begin at 7am Eastern Time and you can watch live here.
 

 

1. Below are the 24 gymnasts who qualified for the finals in order of their finish from qualifications.

 

1. Simone Biles - USA - 59.599

2. Aliya Mustafina - RUS - 58.874

3. Larisa Iordache - ROU - 58.365

4. Yao Jinnan - CHN - 58.032

5. Kyla Ross - USA - 57.941

6. Vanessa Ferrari - ITA - 57.231

7. Shang Chunsong - CHN - 57.123

8. Ruby Harrold - GBR - 56.766

9. Alla Sosnitskaya - RUS - 56.740

10. Roxana Popa - ESP - 56.398

11. Asuka Teramoto - JPN - 56.331

12. Claudia Fragapane - GBR - 55.999

13. Marta Pihan- Kulesza - POL - 55.665

14. Elsabeth Black - CAN - 55.532

15. Erika Fasana - ITA - 55.398

16. Lisa Hill - GER - 55.233

17. Natsumi Sasada - JPN - 55.132

18. Giulia Steingruber - SUI - 54.966

19. Jessica Lopez - VEN - 54.966

20. Elsa Garcia - MEX - 54.833

21. Alina Stanila - ROU - 54.765

22. Georgia Rose Brown - AUS - 54.698

23. Ana Filipa Martins - POR - 54.532

24. Laura Waem - BEL - 54.241

 

 

2. There is a two per country max so if a gymnast finished in the top 24 but was not the top two from their country, they aren’t eligible to compete. This affected Mykayla Skinner from USA who finished with the sixth highest score, Madison Kocian from USA who had the 14th highest score, and Ekatarina Kramarenko from Russia who finished with the 15th highest score. This worked out positively for Georgia-Rose Brown of Australia, Ana Filipa Martins of Portugal, and Laura Waem of Belgium who are eligible to compete after the three above were eliminated. 

 

3. Simone Biles is the favorite by far to win. She is the reigning World Champion and in our poll, 79.68% of participants picked her to win. If Biles wins, she will be the second U.S. woman to win back to back all-around titles. Shannon Miller was the first when she won in 1993 and 1994.

 

4. Kyla Ross finished second to Biles at last year’s Worlds and she will be looking to medal again. She qualified in fifth, boosted by her 15.1 on vault and with her 13.8 on floor hurting her all-around score the most. After yesterday’s team finals win, Ross joined her 2012 Olympic teammates as the only U.S. women to have won both Olympic and Worlds team golds. 

 

5. Mustafina has won the most World Championships medals out of all of the competitors. Yesterday’s team bronze tallied her ninth medal. Her first medals were at the 2010 World Championships where she won team and all-around gold, and silver on vault, bars, and floor. 

 

6. Previous World All-Around Champions are Biles (2013), Mustafina (2010), Vanessa Ferrari (2006).  
 

 

7. Difficulty scores compared. Below are the difficulty scores that the top seven gymnasts earned in qualifications
 

Biles:         6.3,      5.7,      6.4,      6.5      = 24.9

Mustafina:  5.8,      6.3,      5.9,      6.0      = 24

Iordache:   5.8,      6.0,      6.3,      6.2      = 23.7

Yao:           5.8,      6.9,      6.2,      5.8      = 24.7

Ross:         5.8,      5.9,      5.7,      5.4      = 22.8

Ferrari:       5.8,      5.8,      5.7,      6.2      = 23.5

Shang:       5.0,      6.3,      6.2,      6.0      = 23.5

 

8. Most difficult routines on each event. Below are the highest start values for each event that were earned in qualifications.

Vault: Sosnitskaya RUS - 6.4
Bars: Jinnan - CHN - 6.9
Beam: Black - CAN - 6.5
Floor: Biles - USA - 6.5

 

9. At 28 years old, Jessica Lopez of Venezuela is the oldest competitor in all-around finals. She competed at the past two Olympics and has her eyes set on Rio 2016. The second oldest competitor is Marta Pihan-Kulesza from Poland who is 27 years old. 

 

10. Half of the 24 gymnasts have competed in the Olympics- Mustafina, Iordache, Yao, Ross, Ferrari, Teramoto, Pihan-Kulesza, Black, Fasana, Steingruber, Lopez, and Garcia. Brown and Hill were alternates. 


Related:
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