2013 World Championships Women's Floor Final

Sep 27, 2013 by Anne Phillips

Welcome to your home for the 2013 World Championships Women's Floor Final. This page will be updated throughout the week with breaking news and pertinent information specific to women's floor. The final will be held Sunday, October 6th

Simone Biles of the USA won the floor title with a 15.000. Simone's routine included a tucked double double and a double layout half-out. This was an amazing week for Biles who also grabbed a gold in all-around, silver on vault and bronze on beam.

Vanessa Ferrari of Italy earned the silver medal on floor with a 14.633. Ferrari put on a show and closed her routine with a stuck double pike.

Larisa Iordache of Romania placed third with a 14.600. Iordache was coming off of a disappointing performance in the beam final where she fell on her tuck full. Iordache was a favorite for gold on that event.

Women's Finals - Floor Results
1	BILES Simone	USA	15.000
2	FERRARI Vanessa	ITA	14.633
3	IORDACHE Larisa Andreea	ROU	14.600
4	MURAKAMI Mai	JPN	14.466
5	STEINGRUBER Giulia	SUI	14.333
5	ROSS Kyla	USA	14.333
7	IZBASA Sandra Raluca	ROU	13.733

Women's Floor Final's Preview

Simone Biles, USA

-Qualifed to every single event final

-2013 World All-Around Champion

-2013 World Silver Medalist Vault

-2013 U.S. National All-Around Champion

-Posted the top score in qualifications with a 15.033 (6.5/8.

D:6.5

Sandra Izbasa, Romania

-2008 Olympic Floor Champion

-Qualified 2nd with 14.733 (6.2/8.533)

-Floor is the only event for Izabasa at these worlds

-Izbasa plans to retire at the conclusion of these World Championships

-Izbasa might be the only one who can catch Biles

Larisa Iordache, Romania

-Iordache qualified 3rd with a 14.500 (6/1/8.4)

-Current European Champion on Floor

Kyla Ross, USA

- Member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team that won gold in London

- Won silver medal in the all-around behind Biles

- Tied with McKayla Maroney in qualifications but had the higher execution score earning her a place in the finals

- Qualified in 6th with a 14.333 5/7/8.633

Mai Murakamil, Japan

-qualified in 5th with a 14.466 (6.3/8.166)

Vanessa Ferrari, Italy

- finished 4th place in the 2012 Olympic Floor Final

Guilia Steigruber, Switzerland

qualified in 7th with a 14.033 (6/1/8.33)

Ellie Black, Canada

qualified in 8th with a 14.00 (5.8/8.2)

UPDATE 10/2: Announcing the Finalists! Qualifying competition has concluded in Antwerp. The following eight women will compete in the 2013 Women's World Floor Final.

Floor Finalists

				D	E
1	BILES Simone	USA	15.033	6.500	8.533
2	IZBASA Sandra Raluca	ROU	14.733	6.200	8.533
3	IORDACHE Larisa Andreea	ROU	14.500	6.100	8.400
4	FERRARI Vanessa	ITA	14.500	6.300	8.200
5	MURAKAMI Mai	JPN	14.466	6.300	8.166
6	ROSS Kyla	USA	14.333	5.700	8.633
7	STEINGRUBER Giulia	SUI	14.033	6.100	8.033
8	BLACK, Ellie	CAN	14.000	5.800	8.200

Update 8/2: Simone Biles successfully landed her double layout half out on floor and it will now be known as the "Biles" in the code of points. The skill is rated a "G".

UPDATE 9/27: USA's Simone Biles has brought back her double layout half out tumbling pass for Worlds! Watch here:

UPDATE 9/26: 2012 Olympic Floor Bronze Medalist Aliya Mustafina debuted a new floor routine for Antwerp. Her first pass is two whip backs to a double arabian. Watch her routine here.

Event History

Past Women's World Floor Champions Champions

2011 Ksenia Afanasyeva (RUS)

2010 Lauren Mitchell (AUS)

2009 Beth Tweddle (GBR)

Past Women's Olympic Floor Champions

2012 Aly Raisman (USA)

2008 Sandra Izbasa (ROU)

2004 Catalina Ponor (ROU)

2000 Elena Zamolodtchikova (RUS)

1996 Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR)

2013 World Floor Title Contenders