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Molodyets!  Congratulations to Maria Paseka, World Champion on vault!  #glasgow2015



My best wishes to Giulia for a good recovery.

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  1. totally overscored. the champion on this event become worse and worse since hong un jong last year winner. the judges totally unable to differenciate pike, layout, tuck position anymore on this event

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    1. OMG! what is your problem with the russian girls!! she deserve that gold medal.

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  2. Yeah. You wanted simone bile won again. she won many gold medals but you and other Americans want everything selfish and support not suck. Paseka deserved the gold.

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    1. I find it hilarious that all the russian lovers on this site whine and moan that Komova bars were soooo much better than kocian but hardly any comments here...Pasekas form is awful and she should have been second. At least be consistent...but nobody here mentions Pasekas terrible form on vault or mustafina ridiculous twisting form. Hypocrites.

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    2. Oh and by the way, she should have been second to the korean girl, not simone. Simones vaults were almost perfect but she didn't have the difficulty. I can appreciate all the hard work Paseka did to improve her faults big time but she still has really bad form and isn't deducted enough on it.

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