Why was Lu Yufei's Beam Score in Quals so Low? Tokyo 2020 

8.1 e score on beam was not specifically low - it was all most of them were getting. So it would be the hit to the D score probably that hurt her.

Yes. You can take deduction on all of that. But, compare to other, that score definitely very low.

"Slow connection" is idiotic, it should only be assessed by the difficulty panel, not given double deduction on execution. That first pause deduction is undeserved. The dismount step was definitely not a "large step". And the routine doesn't show a lack of fluency. Very underscored.

Brutal with some, a sweetheart with some others.

Brutal on floor especially, some on beam, but they were quite lenient on bars

I think i like it better without the choreo tbh. At least for these kind where it goes through the routine twice!

same!

Concerning rhythmic gymnastics, I've heard multiple people, certified FIG judges who write on forums, finding scores coherent with those given by the judges. If anything, the Russian were overscored in execution (and, arguably, even in difficulty). Ashram wasn't given more points than she deserved, she was the best that day adn her criteria were almost always perfect. The twins instead were unusually imprecise and lost many AD and risks because of incorrect criteria. I think this was one of the best-judged competitions of this quad. What Russian fans should complain about is how overscored they were throughout the quad, not how underscored they were at the Olympics. And concerning the team competition, the gap was so wide both in qualification and in final that I don't think there's any need to discuss, the ranking was clear. Bulgaria has always been a string competitor, whereas Russia in the last years seemed to be getting less and less stable. There were not major errors from the top three teams, and it's clear that everyone deserved the place they got. Russia wasn't penalized, look at the execution scores they got, 9.5??? I don't think I've ever seen such a high score in the last years. Maybe this time the judges couldn't make up difficulties and chose to be more objective. The only people who complain about the result are biased (usually) Russians who don't know anything about the CoP and think that just because linoy had a loss she doesn't deserve gold. It's totally hypocrite from them, since Russians won many world and Olympic titles with mistakes.

I agree with this. It look like judges were so harsh toward some gymnast( especially chinese) and generous to other.

I’m also a non gymnast who loves gymnastics, and I think the gymnast doing only arm choreography are the ones that don’t spend to much time working on presentation and don’t have a very developed sens of artistry. It’s easier, not exhausting and don’t take too much concentration so allows to focus more on your routine, especially if you don’t feel super comfortable on a BB, something I can imagine lol. I think bb is becoming more and more about « arms choreography » and that’s why old style routines were so much more beautiful, fluid and floaty. My thoughts, maybe it’s bullshit haha idk. Ooh also I wanted to add that it allows the gymnast to « stay in movement » and don’t lose points on pauses like on this video. As I don’t know if my English is understandable I got an exemple : Aliya Mustafina used to do tons of arms movement just before her dismount on beam, to take a break and focus on it.

Usually it’s to project a sense of flow through the routine. Other gymnasts (like Shawn Johnson) have a lot of arm movement as a balance aid. For example, you will see a lot of gymnasts immediately move their arms over their head or down beside their legs after completing a skill because it keeps them balanced and prevents more visible balance checks

This was a wonderful routine, only the back handsprings were "too slow". And there shouldn't be an execution deduction for that anyway, only difficulty score.

She didn't make two major connections and lost quite a lot in difficulty

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