With the 1st day of prelims completed here is how the top 3 look:

1 RUS Russia

 60.099 (1) 58.500 (2) 59.057 (1) 56.865 (2) 234.521

2 CHN China

57.799 (3) 61.615 (1) 58.299 (2) 56.065 (4) 233.778

 

3 ROU Romania

57.899 (2) 56.099 (4) 56.999 (4) 57.498 (1) 228.495

With Americans set to take the floor early tomorrow morning here is a scoring comparison based on scores from USA Championships (Bridget last years worlds). These floor scores are higher then the floor scores from the current top three teams. Without seeing the routines, I can't tell if the scores are tight or just not clean routines. I have compared the scores using each of the gymnasts lowest and highest scores from the two days of competition at visa's or 09 worlds.

Low-  Vault  60.35  Bars  57.75   Beam  57.9   Floor 58.1   Total  234.1 (would be currently 2nd)

High-  Vault 61.0   Bars 59.6   Beam 58.7   Floor 59.35   Total 238.65 (currently would lead)

Now i know the 2nd score is a compilation of high scores and will be very hard to reach especially from the scores that have been posted on the 1st day of competition but I think the US girls have great chance of being the top team coming out of prelims.

Russia has set the bar now its time to see how the US Girls respond.