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Post by Admin on Aug 18, 2017 20:14:30 GMT
Alyona Shchennikova Winning The All-Around Shchennikova made her senior international debut at the City of Jesolo Trophy meet earlier this year. The first-year senior earned the all-around crown at Classics with a score of 54.950, which included a fall on balance beam on her dismount. Her margin of victory was almost two full points.  Her biggest strength comes on the uneven bars where her difficulty score is a 6.2 -- the highest among Americans this year. She does give away some tenths on the execution mark -- she has some flexed feet on her skills -- and struggled a little bit with getting her double layout dismount all the way around. She has plenty of potential, though, and with the world team likely taking two all-grounders and two specialists, Shchennikova could emerge in an uneven bars spot. |
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Post by Admin on Aug 26, 2017 20:28:20 GMT
The Emergence Of Jade Carey Throughout the spring and early summer, Carey's name popped up in worlds discussions with her combination of vaults -- an Amanar and a Kaz full, which she had named for her in the J.O. code of points last year. The combination of vaults puts her in the conversation to go from relative unknown to worlds team member later this year. She also has a solid routine on beam and a huge floor set, which includes a beautiful full twisting double layout. No Ashton Locklear On Uneven Bars Locklear was in a battle with Madison Kocian to earn a place on the 2016 Rio Olympic team last summer for her work on bars. After trials, Martha Karolyi said that the final spot came down to either Locklear or Gabby Douglas, as both were strong on uneven bars. Locklear opted not to compete on uneven bars this past weekend, saying after the meet that the bars were bouncy and that she just wasn't where she wanted to be. The interior of her beam routine was solid and showed some upgrades as well -- her D-score is a 5.7 -- but under-rotated her double tuck dismount and put her hands down. Locklear's uneven bars aren't yet back to the same difficulty as last year, so it will be interesting what D-score she brings to P&G Championships on that event.  |
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