Here are my archived live updates taken throughout the first day of women's qualifications, starting with the Australian team. The updates for subdivision 2 featuring Romania can be found here. To read in chronological order, begin at the bottom of the page. 
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World Championships Recap: Day 1 Women: Romanians lead the way, but Porgras is out for beam finals. Check out re... http://t.co/epYEma7t

 

Results and thoughts on day 1 of #FIGtokyo2011 women's competition: http://t.co/xyCkPGnr

 

Coach Interview: Nilson Savage of Venezuela: Interview with the personal coach and "fake father" of Venezuelan s... http://t.co/U74JP3To

 

VanGerner BB: roundoff lay 2ft solid. punch front. switch full? roundoff double tuck. good routine

 

Has a women competed a handspring double front since Produnova?

 

Pena was indeed credited for the handspring double front! 7.10 D score, wow. She averaged 14.466 with the y1.5 & should final

 

Oh cool dismount for Rijken: cartwheel double back! How she gets enough power out of that is impressive

 

Rijken BB: switch+back tuck. bhs layout wobble half tun, gently touched her fingers to the beam. oops. Fall on standing arabian, missed foot

 

Aw then little Svilpaite had to follow that. Handspring front pike for Laura

 

Pena VT 2: WOW!!! A girl just vaulted a handspring double front! No way! Landed super low, ran back, she's on her feet!

 

Pena VT: and she's saving that vault for 2nd. First was a good yurchenko 1.5. here comes the handspring double....

 

Yamilet Pena of Domincan Republic is next on vault. Im told she does a handspring double front. I'm both excited and scared to see this!

 

Lieke Wevers (NED) BB: side aerial+side aerial. Fall on side somi, Cartwheel gainer 1.5 twist dismount. Pretty simple routine

 

Celine Van Gerner UB – toe on, toe on ½ - jaeger, piked stalder 1/1 – bail – stalder shoot, stalder 1/1 – ½ - ½. 14.166

 

Svilpaite (LTU) not having the best day. Fell on beam and bars, and now 2 steps oob on floor. She's definitely grown.

 

Yep! @koalainscotland Chusovitina never seems to do Yurchenko vaults either, and did she not compete for UZB before competing for Germany?

 

Adlerteg BB: front toss+bhs lay nice! switch+back tuck. front aerial+sheep. Near fall on dance move, spin while laying on the beam

  

Goedenkoop (NED)UB: deltchev, jaeger, overshoot+hect shoot. double front dismount

  

Haven't seen a single yurchenko from the uzbekistan girls. All front entry vaults. Another handspring tuck half, this one from Sobirova

  

Elizarova (USB) VT: handspring pike. She had big tumbling on floor, surprised she's not doing a harder vault.

  

Rijken hit bars for the Dutch! nice el grip work and a double front dismount. Did a little fist pump as she walked off

  

Abdusalimova (UZB) VT: handspring front tuck with a half twist. Excellent form and stuck the landing

  

RT @theallaround NED on vault 54.599; UZB on FX 52,331

  

Uzbek girls have terrific potential. Great form, line and artistry. And technique. They simply need more consistency. And then difficulty.

  

Pena (DOM) BB: solid front pike! front tuck. Came up short on bhs+lay stepout & fell. high side somi. Double front dismount, ah sat it down

  

Sobirova (UZB) FX: stuck double pike! double full, she twists like a diver. punch front step out thru to 1.5 twist. double tuck.

  

Maria Homolova (SVK) BB: went for the Miller but didnt hold the handstand. wolf full. stuck her roundoff 1.5 dismount

  

Darya Elizarova (UZB) FX: front double full+front full! Triple twist nicely done. high double pike but bounced out of it.

  

So many Swedish fans in the stands! They all have little Swedish flags

  

Masela (NED) VT: yurchenko 1.5 well done, step forward. That's it for the Dutch on vault

  

Goedenkoop (NED) VT: yurchenko half on, front pike half off. Fairly low

  

Moshage VT: yurchenko 1.5 low, squatty landing but kept it on her feet. The Dutch finished 9th last year. Shooting for the coveted top 8

  

Also from rotation 1, the little Lithuanian Laura Svilpaite has grown up a bit! Beautiful form on UB - tkatchev, pak, stalder work, but fell

  

There's potential with these Uzbekistan girls, but very few of them hit their routines. That's it for rotation 1!

  

Uzbekistan is wearing green and white leos with blue swirls over the white. 2 falls for Sobirova on BB. 2nd was on her dismount.

  

Van Gerner FX: 1/2 in 1/2 out first pass. 1.5+front full good. double pike. double tuck step back. good routine

  

Uzbekistan is quite nice to watch on beam. All of their girls are tiny. Elizarova hit with a stuck double tuck dismount

  

Rijken FX: double arabian super high, step oob.

  

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Coming up next: Netherlands & Uzbekistan. And individuals from SWE, S Africa, Dom Republic, Lithuania, ARG, SIN, & Slovakia

  

Now the Dutch girls are marching out like robots a la the Australians. So not necessary

  

RT @intlgymnast Team results before this group: 1. ROM--227.228, 2. AUS--221.846, 3. MEX--206.751 and 4. VEN--202.294

  

Millousi BB: gorgeous low to beam work: she laid down & arched around the beam to grab her foot. nice bhs lay. Dbl pike dismount.

  

13.80 for Peng Peng Lee on bars. That puts her in 4th on bars for the day. Miller of AUS leads with 14.30, then Jessica Lopez 13.966

  

Vaculik UB: maloney half, tkatchev, missed her gienger... Darn, she's definitely out for the AA finals now. nearly stuck dbl front dismount

  

Gebeshian FX: double pike. Fun music and doing the moonwalk! She's definitely a college gymnast haha :)

  

Lee UB: jaeger, toe full+bhardwaj! excellent! shaposh half! stuck double layout!! wow!! Love it

  

Toni Ann Williams FX: great double lay. Full in. Shes powerful! 1.5 punch lay, slid oob. double pike.

  

Gardiner led off Canada on bars with a hit set, 13.066

  

Lawrence FX: same music used at J.O's last yr. Full in. punch front step out+handpring rudi. double tuck to close

  

RT @theallaround Canada is 4 points behind Australia and 11 behind Romania with 1 rotation to go.

  

After 3 rotations, Peng Peng Lee is the top all arounder for Canada with 40.832. Girls marching to the last event now

  

Canadians look good. They missed out on qualifying a full team to the 2008 Olympics. That's a big goal for them here

  

Gebeshian BB: split jump+back tuck. 2 ft bhs+lay step out, cool. wolf full. Only a roundoff layout dismount, looked to be on purpose though.

  

Williams (JAM) BB: fluid bhs lay. wobble on back pike. front pike. then a front tuck, very high. Wow, stuck double front dismount!!

  

Gerber VT: yurchenko full stick!! way to close out the rotation for Team Canada

  

Pegg VT: good yurchenko 1.5. Canada has done a great job other than the 2 beam falls

  

Jaida Lawrence BB: fell on bhs layout series. Huge standing back pike! punch laid out 1.5 twist dismount

  

Vaculik VT: yurchenko full with a hop back

  

Leblond (CAN) VT: near stuck yurchenko 1.5. took a small step forward

  

Rotation 4 gets started with a gorgeous yurchenko full from Peng Peng Lee. Flared it out at the end.

  

Gebeshian UB: piked Jaeger. overshoot+toe hect. Full in dismount, big step forward

  

Pegg FX: gorgeous, stuck double lay! wow. Funky looking half in half out, in a good way. 1.5 stepout to dbl tuck. dbl pike. Great routine

  

Lee FX: double lay huge, step oob. excellent triple turn. 1.5 thru to double twist. double pike. Fantastic!

  

Bulgaria dismounted with a gainer layout 1.5 twist. I think a US J.O. gymnast got that named for her last year...

  

Vaculik FX: 1.5 thru to 2.5, overrotated and put her hands down. Finished with a dbl pike could've stuck but lunged back

  

Looks like Christmas exploded on the Bulgarian leo. Red, green, & metallic silver.

  

Gerber FX: 1.5 thru to triple, nice. front handspring+1.5 twist. 2.5+low stag jump. Good dbl pike. Dramatic music & chreo

  

Simple vaults for Greece so far. Yurchenko layout for Syrigou, and Handspring pike from Mitrakou

  

Gardiner (CAN) FX: missed 1st pass..1.5 punch lay hop forward. double pike. Pretty dance.

  

Caught parts of Vasiliki Millousi on floor while Lee was up, and she is just beautiful. Stepped oob backing up to the corner tho. oops

  

Lee BB: pommel flares mount! LOVE! side aerial+lay stepout solid. high punch front. Fall on barani, no! illusion turn. dbl twist. So unique!

  

Vaculik BB: full twisting swing down. front aerial. bhs lay good. roundoff double pike. hit routine! Peng Peng will anchor

  

Fun fact: There are 2 NCAA gymnasts in this session: Kristina Vaculik of @StanfordWGym for Canada & Houry Gebeshian of Iowa

  

Dominque Pegg off the beam on a punch front. Thats the 2nd fall for Canada

  

Williams of Jamaica vaulted a yurchenko full. Looks like she's doing a 2nd vault

  

Gerber hit a beautiful routine. She's thin and graceful. Nice double tuck dismount, and big smile

  

Mikaela Gerber (sister of @uclagymnastics gymnast Aisha) was originally supposed to be alternate, but moved up yesterday is next on BB

  

Nope, @GymExaminer caught it. she fell on an onodi.

  

Gardiner (CAN) BB: very cool! wolf turn & slide into a split! fall on side somi, i think. front aerial bhs lay. Dbl pike

  

Up now: Canada, Greece, Austria, Jamaica, Armenia, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, and CRC

  

Peggy Liddick rushed the Aussie girls off to the bus so I'm afraid I only have an interview with Lauren Mitchell. Will get more later

  

Overall very impressed with the Australian girls. Not the craziest difficulty but clean skills and they seem to have it together mentally.

  

Uctas (TUR) FX: stuck, open tucked full in, nice! clean 1.5+lay. dbl pike tiny hop. great leaps. stuck double tuck! Where did she come from?

  

Lauren Mitchell scored 13.60 on bars and finishes the day with 56.324 AA. That puts her 2nd behind Haidu of Romania. Many more girls to go

  

Paula Pichta (POL) BB: front aerial+side somi. Pike full jump, dont see many of those! wobble on front aerial

  

RT @GymExaminer Phan Thi Ha Thanh, vault: Rudi! Really good too.

  

Mitchell UB: missed the beginning! toe full+overshoot good. double front dismount stuck cold!

  

Pihan-Kulesza scored a 12.90 on beam and sites 10th all around. Likely will not make AA finals

  

Rose-Brown UB: toe full+gienger. She's so tall! blind to jaeger. overshoot +hect shoot. double front hop forward. nice routine.

  

VIDEO of Catalina Ponor's excellent beam routine today, huge thanks to @officialFIG - http://t.co/PemJmoUV

  

Monckton UB: toe full+piked Markelov... or is it the Monckton, FIG?! We'll find out soon! Cool skill, well done. Double lay small step.

  

Emily Little started off the Aussies on bars, missed the routine but I saw her stick her double lay dismount! Team looked happy

  

Pihan BB: standing arabian! but a fall :( front aerial+side aerial. side somi. excellent amplitude on leaps. Dbl front dismount, big steps

  

Comparing Australia to Romania based on the same 3 events, Romania has a 6.75 lead on the Aussies. Australia will finish on bars.

  

That was the final routine for rotation 3. Beam scoring has been slow, other the last event to finish all day. Off to rotation 4!

  

McKenna (IRE) BB: front aerial. bhs laystepout. side aerial. wobble on back tuck. side somi. L turn. rndoff double twist. Great job!

  

McCoo (IRE) BB: switch leap mount. bhs+lay. Front lay full twist dismount. She looks so happy!

  

Phan (VIE) FX: triple twist! clean 1.5 punch lay. double twist. Nice dance and 18 leaps. Double pike to close.

  

Mitchell VT: yurchenko double. Not great height, slight pike down but nearly stuck it. 14.30

  

Brennan vaulted a clean tsuk full twist. 13.766, and Emily Little had a good yurchenko double. 14.533

  

Mutlu (Turkey) BB: switch+back tuck, fall. bhs+back tuck full twist, fall. Bummer. She did a nice one in warmup.

  

Nurbaeti (INA) UB: nice work in L grip, then looks like she hopped into reverse grip. Khorkina release. Then only a layout dismount?

  

On to rotation 3. Monckton gets things started for the Aussies with a good yurchenko full

  

Yes, not a fan RT @GymCoaching Australia marches between events like the little girls do in their first competition. Too much for my liking.

  

Not the best routine for Lauren, but still one of the better ones we've seen so far. Scored 14.391

  

Mitchell FX: whip+dbl arabian+stag. pike full in, lunge back oob. 2.5 punch lay+beat jump. switch ring. dbl pike+weird half split jump

  

Coming up next will be the defending World Champion on floor, Lauren Mitchell! She's doing a new routine this year

  

Brennan FX: full in. double tuck+stag. handspring+front full a tad low. stuck double pike and a delayed scissone jump. nice routine

  

Prahara VT: handspring fornt pike and big steps forward

  

Miller FX: perfect double arabian+stag jump! Very clean gymnast. Closed with a 2.5 twist

  

Emily Little scored 13.533 on FX. McKenna of Ireland scored 12.733 on bars. Larissa Miller next on FX

  

Rose-Brown FX: dbl pike. Perfect Memmel turn! 1.5+front tuck+gorgeous stag. Tall, elegant gymnast. dbl tuck bounced back & hands down

  

Lauren Mitchell will not make the beam final. What a bummer. D score of 6.50, and that was without her switch+front tuck connection.

  

RT @GymAustralia Beam finished with Lauren Mitchell scoring 14.033. Top score Mary-Anne with 14.133.

  

ooh Mitchell just did a pike full in connected to scissone in warmup and it was awesome!

  

Mitchell did not fall off, but ON to the beam. What a bummer. Back to her feet, standing front tuck. Dismount double pike.

  

Mitchell BB: bhs+bhs+2ft lay. split+wolf. Mitchell turn wow. switch 1/2 not 180+back pike. front aerial+switch leap split the beam!! ouch!

  

Brennan BB: front aerial+switch leap+gainer layout, cool! switch 1/2+back tuck. side somi. switch ring. bhs lay wobble. aerial. dbl pike

  

Alicia Sacramone Injury Update: Alicia Sacramone of Team USA has torn her achilles and will miss the World Champ... http://t.co/otUbe9Q8

  

Monckton BB: side somi. front aerial. switch+back pike. L turn good. switch 1/2 shy 180+back pike wobble. Dbl pike. hit.

  

Internet is better! Emily Little got AUS started with a good routine. Punch front. Full turn in wolf. Front aerial+bhs+layout. dlb pike

Coming up next: AUS, IRE, TUR, PER, VIE, TPE, KAZ, INA, & POL.