Clearly not from the same school of A Bars as most other chinese gymnasts...you'll have to pinch me in a second, ive just fallen asleep snzzzzzzzzzzzzz
i don't get how this routine started out of 10 at all, all she does is a nice healy turn (finished a bit late) into a clean jaeger. Then a pak salto. The a fwd full pirouette, a tkatchev, and a double pike dismount. booo to the old scoring system!
That full healy turn was an Ono, or a full turn with a flare, E skill with Jaeger is 5 tenths bonus. Also that combination into Tkatchev, she used an Eagle grip so it had more bonus points. She also had a combination mount, all adds to a 10, even with the double pike which worth nothing.
From what I remember, that rule was only applied during event finals. During the AA, you could do a C-level dismount. And Zhang did because she already had enough content in her routine for a 10.000 start value.
She has a nice natural swing on this event.. but what is up with that dismount?? It's almost unbelievable that she could contend for an all around medal with a double pike dismount.. in my opinion Pavlova was much more deserving of the bronze. The Russians seemed to be a bit underscored in these Olympics.
Pavlova had quite possibly the best competition of her career (possibly of course because she's still competing). But what hurt her was that her SV on bars was only 9.7 while Zhang had a 10 SV. Back then, you could do a C-level dismount during the AA and since she had enough content already, she could get away with the double pike.
she was a bit slow on that pak salto
tumblefan101 1 year ago
THIS beat pavlova?!? un-freaking-believable.
horsejumpergurl107 1 year ago
no she is not boring to watch I like her
laltretre 2 years ago
Clearly not from the same school of A Bars as most other chinese gymnasts...you'll have to pinch me in a second, ive just fallen asleep snzzzzzzzzzzzzz
garyj79 2 years ago
She's so boring to watch.. it seemed to go on forever.. It still annoys me that she beat Anna Pavlova!
KateeAmeliaa91 2 years ago
agreed. non of her routines are exciting. she did well only because she was more consistent than most gymnasts. she never has any MAJOR deductions.
krell88 2 years ago
Ew, this is obviously not her best event. Missed handstands, leg separation on the Pak, late pirouettes. I think Pavlova should have beaten her.
QueenieQue 2 years ago
Although i'm Chinese,but I think Pavlova is really better her on bar,vault and floor~
michelleyuk1989 2 years ago 2
No,thats on floor and i think beam.
mrflipz 3 years ago
i don't get how this routine started out of 10 at all, all she does is a nice healy turn (finished a bit late) into a clean jaeger. Then a pak salto. The a fwd full pirouette, a tkatchev, and a double pike dismount. booo to the old scoring system!
lepetitpoulet 3 years ago 2
That full healy turn was an Ono, or a full turn with a flare, E skill with Jaeger is 5 tenths bonus. Also that combination into Tkatchev, she used an Eagle grip so it had more bonus points. She also had a combination mount, all adds to a 10, even with the double pike which worth nothing.
enpha87 3 years ago
From what I remember, that rule was only applied during event finals. During the AA, you could do a C-level dismount. And Zhang did because she already had enough content in her routine for a 10.000 start value.
gk891 4 years ago 8
I totally agree TarahF!!!!
silivas30 4 years ago
She has a nice natural swing on this event.. but what is up with that dismount?? It's almost unbelievable that she could contend for an all around medal with a double pike dismount.. in my opinion Pavlova was much more deserving of the bronze. The Russians seemed to be a bit underscored in these Olympics.
TarahF 4 years ago 4
Pavlova had quite possibly the best competition of her career (possibly of course because she's still competing). But what hurt her was that her SV on bars was only 9.7 while Zhang had a 10 SV. Back then, you could do a C-level dismount during the AA and since she had enough content already, she could get away with the double pike.
gk891 4 years ago 6