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Such a good final - just so special, so many amazing routines.  David didn't medal this time but I think with time and hindsight he and we should be proud of his achievement.  4th is the hardest position, but he has apparatus finals to come and, beyond that, plenty more energy in him for more competitions.

Congratulations to all who competed, I have never seen such a close final before.  Special congratulations to the medalists, including my compatriot Max who won GB's first AA medal for over a century.  And love to the Russian team, especially David and Kolya, who worked so hard today and in training to prepare to give such an extraordinary fight.
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  1. Lovenicky10 August 2016 at 23:32

    I feel bad for David but so much respect for the medalists! Congrats! They all worked so hard to show us what they have got. Such close fights between positions 1 and 2, and 3 and 4.

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    1. Anonymous11 August 2016 at 23:43

      I felt bad for David too but he gave it his all on high bar and made the race for bronze exciting. Salut!!

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  2. Anonymous11 August 2016 at 00:33

    Oleg was so close to a major upset..

    Congrats to all.

    Todd

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  3. Anonymous11 August 2016 at 07:52

    Whitlock was overscored on rings. 6.0 start value and 8.733 execution score with a big step in the landing. Compare that to Kohei 6.2 start value, stuck landing and 8.533 execution score. Even the NBC's commentators felt whitlock's rings was at best 14.2 but oh well :(

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    1. Unknown11 August 2016 at 08:25

      from the balancebeamsituation:
      Max Withlock on Rings - He actually does some of the best rings I’ve seen from him – very smooth holding those handstands – double double step back. 14.733. Horton tells us it will be a 14.1-14.2. Uh oh.

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    2. Unknown11 August 2016 at 09:38

      oh excuse me Kohei didn't stick that landing, he had a tiny hop and a tiny step which could add up to Max 1 step

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  4. Unknown11 August 2016 at 08:40

    I couldn't watch the whole thing, I fell asleep somewhere between 2nd and 3rd rotation but I witnessed Nikolai getting stuck on a flare and falling off pommels, that was sad
    I heard Oleg Vernaiev had higher overall difficulty than Kohei, I wonder what Belyavskiy total difficulty was, he's a technician with great execution everywhere but only recently started making event finals,

    MAG is tricky because for example the best on rings are hardly ever all-arounders, in fact the best on rings are specialists like Arthur Zanetti and Eleftherios Petrounias, or some like Samir Ait Said, Radivilov and Ablyazin are also strong vaulters, well Denis is also a star on floor ...

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