RE: Olivia situation, I think Giada Grisetti went to something similar. Switzerland federation did not release her and she had to wait the maximum time frame permitted (1 year) to be able to compete for Italy. She had to take her case to the FIG Executive Committee and they approved her switch (she was also Italian or her parents are Italian and lived in Swiss).
Yeah, I know, I was talking to @elisaminimeneghini about it and how it might be similar to Olivia’s situation. What was different in Giada’s case was that she left Switzeland with her coach, and she already had Italian citizenship and spoke the language (I don’t know if Olivia speaks Hungarian), so it might have been easier for her to adapt, but basically, it’s very similar. I’m pretty sure it will be the same case, with waiting for FIG having to approve the switch and all, but I can’t wait to hear more about how Olivia’s doing.
2017 European Championships Subdivision 3 Live Blog
2017 European Championships Subdivision 3 Live Blog
Welcome to the live blog for the second subdivision of qualifications at the 2017 European Championships! Refresh your browser every few minutes for the latest updates, which will appear at the top. 3:50 pm. All-Around Standings After 2 Subdivisions 1. Tabea Alt, Germany, 54.866 2. Elena Eremina, Russia, 54.698 3. Giada Grisetti, Switzerland, 52.932 4. Lara Mori, Italy, 52.365 5. Alice Kinsella,…
1. Emma Malabuyo, United States, 14.300
2. Ragan Smith, United States, 14.200
3. Angelina Melnikova, Russia, 13.167
4. Jade Barbosa, Brazil, 12.867
5. Martina Basile, Italy, 12.567
6. Nica Ivanus, Romania, 11.500
7. Lara Mori, Italy, 11.300
8. Anastasia Iliankova, Russia, 11.100
Senior Floor
1. Emma Malabuyo USA 14.167
2. Flavia Saraiva BRA 13.900
3. Desiree Carofiglio ITA 13.433
— Grace McCallum USA 13.433
5. Angelina Melnikova RUS 13.133
6. Carolyne Pedro BRA 12.900
7. Nica Ivanus ROU 12.433
8. Guo Fangting CHN 11.733
The 2019 Italian national championship was held in Meda on September 13-15 and it was also a trial for the upcoming worlds. Asia D’Amato won the AA competition, followed by Desirée Carofiglio and Giorgia Villa. Alice D’Amato came in 4th, Elisa Iorio in 5th, and Martina Maggio in 6th. These 6 gymnasts make up the team plus alternate that will compete in Stuttgart. My personal recap below the cut.
(Pic from GAI on FB)
- Asia D’Amato showed up in really good shape at this competition. She was the only one among the Brixia girls to hit 4/4 which allowed her to win the competition with a 55.200 (no bonuses). Her vault boosted her total with a 14.900 for her DTY which clearly shows that she’s been working on an Amanar lately (which hopefully she won’t debut before next year). Together with her Yurchenko half-on half-off she qualified in 1st for VT EF and went on to win that title (easily) with a 14.375 avg. On bars she struggled a bit with a close pak catch, but recovered and still made UB EF where she then counted two falls but it really wouldn’t have mattered as this is her worst event. On beam she was the only one to hit consistently at nats and also at the previous friendly meet in the Netherlands, even though she only has a 5.1D. On floor she brought her FTDLO (pretty piked and not landed very well) + DLO. She still needs to do a lot of cleaning up on the landings but I’m glad they worked on her stamina, since she finally managed to hit the full routine twice without dying. Casella revealed that the long term plan is for Asia to bring back the double arabian in third and only do 3 passes total (FTDLO, DLO, double arabian...send thoughts and prayers).
- Desirée Carofiglio also looks in an amazing shape. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen her look this confident and solid AA as she is now and I’ve been stanning her for ages so I know what I’m talking about. She was second only to Asia (who had a huge advantage with the big score her DTY earned her) in the AA and only by .2! Absolutely crazy. On vault she has her good 1.5Y back and a second vault which is a fhs pike. She unfortunately sat her 1.5Y in EF which kept her out of medals, but that’s clearly a fluke. She hit bars both in quals and EF, and she’s showing a lot more confidence and cleanliness of execution. Her Nabieva, while still on the pikey side, is getting consistent and her handstands have improved a lot and she scored a 14.000 on both days on this event, finishing in 4th in EF only because the 03s are excellent here. On beam she consistently hit her solid routine, going 13+ on both days and earning again a 4th place. But it’s FX where she truly shines with her beautiful front tumbling and great choreo. She brought back her front layout to double front tuck and her Dowell which she landed extremely well every time and this plus her awesome artistry (with a little help from Lara Mori not being very clean and Giorgia Villa not making FX EF) earned her the gold medal on floor. Overall, an amazing competition for her, and I hope this showed Casella he can count on her for more than just floor at worlds.
- Giorgia Villa, despite not having the best day in qualification (oob by two miles on her triple twist on floor and fall on beam on her tuck full), with her huge vault and bars she managed to snatch the bronze AA medal ahead of Alice D’Amato (who wasn’t exactly thrilled about her 4th place LOL, see pic, she’s in the pink leo)
Anyway, Giorgia still managed to make UB and BB EFs (beam was a bit of a splatfest in quals) and she won gold in both with superb routines. On bars Giorgia now has a consistent 6.2 routine which is full of connections including ricna-pak-maloney-bhardwaj which she sometimes connects to the VL. On beam, the roundoff tuck full has a decent hit rate, but since it’s such a hard acro, it will forever make me nervous. I’m very happy that (for now at least) she has taken out the double pike dismount in favor of a simple double twist which she can stick and, since her twisting form is great, gets wayyy less deductions. It should be noted that there have been hints from Brixia and GAI that both Asia and Giorgia are training Amanars (which is not surprising as both their DTYs are looking really good and you can tell they’ve been working on that extra twist lately, from the way they land the DTY). Hopefully and realistically, we won’t see them before next year but this is both exciting and terrifying. On floor, I’m also pretty confident that a Silivas is in the works for Giorgia, since her full-in is beautiful and high. I hope she ditches the DLO forever in favor of that. At nats (or at the dutch friendly) she hasn’t done the DLO so yay for that.
- Alice D’Amato looked like she was going to medal in the AA over Giorgia but she counted a fall on beam on her new double wolf turn and that put her in 4th place instead. Vault and bars looked great for her as well, however her floor needs extra work as her opening DLO is still short and so is her triple twist in second. This was particularly clear in FX EF, where she landed both passes kinda badly and then scratched the rest of the routine while touching her ankle...It *looks* like it shouldn’t be anything major, but she will undergo some checks before she can be declared fine. Hopefully she’ll be ok, it would be such a shame if she got injured again after all the struggle with her previous comeback. She won the bronze medal on bars with a great 14.200 routine.
- Elisa Iorio looks like she will be the one not doing AA at worlds out of the 03s right now, unless they’re having her peak riiiiiiight before worlds. She’s looking strong on bars, her best event, but on beam, the other event where she should shine, she’s still inconsistent. On vault, she brought back her DTY which, despite not looking dangerous, is not up to speed with the D’Amato and Giorgia’s, “only” scoring a 14.400 (for comparison, Desy’s 1.5 scored a 14.3). This has me wonder whether she’ll be vaulting or not. She definitely won’t be doing floor I’d say, since she got a 12.900 for a hit routine. I think unless her DTY improves in the next few days (unlikely) they should just have her do UB and possibly BB. I don’t know if I would bet on her or Desy’s consistency more tbh. Right now I’d go with Desy. She won silver on bars with a good routine. She didn’t connect out of the pak but she did connect Ezhova-VL which is very impressive. I wish she’d be able to bring back her endo dismount combo but I think she’s been having issues with it since she’s grown quite a bit. So now she’s just doing a double front.
- Martina Maggio proved once again that she can be a great backup asset and she will most likely be the alternate at worlds. She brought back her 1.5Y that is looking strong. Her bars and floor have a low D, but because she’s so clean and precise, she gains in E what she lacks in D. It’s on beam that she could offer the most to the team, with her cleanliness and consistency. She has added a double wolf turn on beam With her 5.3D, she managed to win silver in EF on this event, right behind Giorgia Villa. I’m so happy that she’s back on all 4 events after being injured repeatedly for such a long time.
- Lara Mori didn’t do AA and generally didn’t look too sharp BUT this is definitely understandable as she’s not planning on going to Worlds. This was her decision, she specifically asked Casella not to go because she wants to try and go the world cup route to qualify for Tokyo and get a spot no one will take away from her (smart). For this reason, she doesn’t need to do AA or to peak until Cottbus. Despite this, she still managed to make BB and FX EF and to win a silver medal on floor after a good routine, if a bit unpolished, with a .2 oob. I truly hope she will manage to qualify for Tokyo, however unlikely. It breaks my heart to think that it’s gonna be either her or Vanessa (or neither), but tbh if I had to pick one I’d 100% go with Lara, no matter how sentimental I am towards Vany. Lara is an amazing gymnast and she deserves so much more than what life (and Casella) has dealt her so far. Best of luck to her.
This competition also marked the return from injuries of Giada Grisetti, Maria Vittoria Cocciolo, and Noemi Linari. Giada especially looked very sharp and ready on all 4 events, despite some downgrading. I hope all 3 of them will manage to stay injury free because they can really be assets for the future.
Another notable result is Irene Lanza’s solid AA performance. She made all EFs but beam (where she was third reserve) and snatched a bronze medal on vault with just a FTY. For someone who seemingly came out of nowhere last year (in terms of national team assignments), she’s grown immensely and she should be really proud of herself.
ONE WORD: ASSOLUTI 2017 (with 2017 there are two words but who cares)
What I read:
AA
Sofia Arosio
Martina Basile
Sara Berardinelli
Sofia Busato
Desiree Carofiglio
Caterina Cereghetti
Benedetta Ciammarughi
Maria Vittoria Cocciolo
Alice D'Amato
Asia D'Amato
Matilde De Tullio
Erika Fasana
Carlotta Ferlito
Vanessa Ferrari
Giada Grisetti
Elisa Iorio
Francesca Noemi Linari
Martina Maggio
Enus Mariani
Lavinia Marongiu
Elisa Meneghini
Lara Mori
Sara Ricciardi
Martina Rizzelli
Sydney Saturnino
Sofia Subrizi
Tea Ugrin
Giorgia Villa
NOT AA:
Clara Colombo - UB
Arianna Rocca - VT/BB/FX
Caterina Vitale - VT/FX
These names are temporary. Since Erika, Vanessa and Giorgia were injured, they may decide to not do all around or even compete at all. Of course, admission does not imply participation.
Use as much hip flexion and straddle split as possible with your active flexibility.
Giada Grisetti
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With all the Olympians out of the picture, I don’t see many chances of medal. They will probably send Giada Grisetti, who’s a good AAer with a small chance of a UB final, Lara Mori, that at the moment hasn’t a standout event and that is a decent AAer, Desireè Carofiglio, who’s enteresting on bars and floor, but usually has big meltdowns. Then you might have Martina Maggio, who’s still recovering from an injury, or Sofia Busato, who can aim to a spot on the vault final, even if she’s always injured. I think Italy is going to use this competition as a test, which is a bit sad considering that it could be a great opportunity to bring some medals seeing the weak field. Honestly I really don’t get this attitude, like at last year Euros, where they decided to bring the younger girls to give them some experience instead of taking the ones with a chance of medal. Like, we know that aside from Ferrari, Italy didn’t have a single chance to get a medal in Rio, so let’s take advantage of the situation and send the gymnasts who can get some recognition! At the end, this strategy has proved to be a failure, since the girls didn’t even advance to the team final in Rio, so resting them didn’t pay off.