This is the sixth world medal of Rebeca’s career, who should win one or two more in Antwerp (Belgium) until Sunday. She already won gold on vault and silver on uneven bars in 2021, gold in individual all-around and bronze on floor exercise last year, and at this World Cup she won silver in teams. Thus, she left behind Diego Hypolito, who has five.
Flávia Saraiva, however, had two falls, in the asymmetrical and on the ground. In this last device, she limped away, with pain in her right ankle, to the point of not performing her last planned acrobatic line. She, who finished 15th, with 52,699 points, has two days to recover for the floor final. Without the mistakes, she would fight to be fifth.
Rebeca is a strong candidate for silver in the vault final, starting at 8:37 am (Brasília time) tomorrow. Then, on Sunday, she will be in the beam finals (8:44 am) and, together with Flávia, on the floor (10:36 am), with both having a real chance of the podium — today, only Biles was better than Rebeca on this device. Finally, in the last World Cup final on Sunday, Arthur Nory competes on the fixed bar (11:19), fighting not only for a medal (he was bronze last year), but also for an Olympic place. He needs to finish the final ahead of a Croatian.
How was the final?
The competition started, for the main group, with the jump. Flavinha was the first to perform, among the Brazilians, with 13,833, the same score as in the team final. Rebeca, however, took a step forward and lost 0.2 points in the same comparison. She got 14.700, and saw Biles open 0.4 in the first device.
The asymmetrical ones were treacherous. They had already knocked down Frenchwoman Mélaine de Jesus, who left the fight for medals with a fall, and repeated the feat with Flávia Saraiva. The Brazilian was unable to grab the top bar in a spin and fell face down on the mattress. With a 1-point penalty, she received 12.633 and was out of contention for the podium. Afterwards, Canadian Elie Black also fell.
2023-10-06 21:24:23
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