I wonder if she had never thrown that DLO. And had stuck to the Double Tuck.
She would certainly not have finished 4th. She would have at least been on the podium, ahead of Grace. Her weird and uncharacteristic falls at Camp would have been easier to ignore. She would have made the 2019 world...
The cookie cutter routine with these juniors is:
Double Tuck
3/2 to 1/1
Double Pike / 2.5
Switch Ring to (short) Split 1/1
Double/Triple Wolf (with the last half turned with the free leg)
Switch 1/2 or Popa
Barely.
Amongst the dearth of Wolf Turns, i’d take that Scorpion attempt any day of the week. You’re being a purist. I’ll take what we can get ha.
And the FIG not downgrading the Double and Triple Wolf Turns (on BB and FX) will absolutely destroy the next quad. Such a huge mistake.
Giving this a 7.7 E is why USAG bars are so fucked.
I have this at a full point lower. The form errors on every single skill just aren’t being taken.
Becky Downie was getting a few tenths higher than that.