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Worlds 2019: 5th place for Nina Derwael in the all-around final!

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Thursday afternoon, Nina Derwael competed in the all-around final at the World Championships in Stuttgart. She was impressive and finished 5th.  Nina started her competition on uneven bars. She showed excellent work and scored 15.200, a little more than in qualifications.  She was also solid on beam, showing a back handspring to a layout step out, a triple wolf turn and a Steingruber dismount for a score of 13.733. In the third rotation  Nina was first up on floor where she once again showed excellent execution and expressiveness. She scored 13.500 for a routine that included a double tuck and a triple wolf turn. On vault she received 13.600 for her Yurchenko with a full twist.  She finishes 5th with a total of 56.033. Simone Biles won her 5th World all-around title with 58.999. Tang Xijing from China won the silver medal, Angelina Melnikova the bronze. Result all-around final: 1. Simone Biles (USA) 58.999 2. Tang Xijing (CHN) 56.899 3. Angelina Melniko

Worlds 2019: Men's qualifications: 18th place for Team Belgium

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Monday afternoon the Belgian men completed their qualifications in Stuttgart. Just like the girls, they were in search of an olympic team ticket. A bad start in the first rotation cut their chances short right away.  The men started their competition on pommel horse. Jimmy Verbaeys was off to a good start on the most difficult apparatus to start on. He scored 13.200. Unfortunately Noah Kuavita , Luka Van den Keybus and Maxime Gentges all fell. Luka scored 11.433 while Maxime saved a few tenths by adding extra difficulty after his fall (12.066). Noah got 10.933. On rings Maxime scored 13.200 for a good routine. Noah and Jimmy added 12.733 and 12.566 to the team total while Luka got 12.300. On vault Noah received an excellent 14.400 for his handspring double front. Luka scored 13.900 for his Yurchenko double twist.  Daan  added another half twist and scored 14.166. Jimmy made a mistake and got 12.366. The men then moved on to the parallel bars where Noah once again

Worlds 2019: Olympic Team qualification and 3 finals for Nina!

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Friday morning, the Belgian girls competed during the qualifications at the World Championships. They scored 161.238 and finished 10th. Just like in Rio in 2016, the Belgian girls team qualified for the Olympic Games as a team.  Apart from Olympic qualifications, the qualifications for the all-around and apparatus finals were also at stake. Nina Derwael qualified for 3 of them.  With a score of 55.441, she placed 8th but qualifies in 7th place for the all-around final that will be held on Thursday. 4th times all-around World champion  Simone Biles took the lead after the qualifications ahead of her teammate Sunisa Lee . Melanie de Jesus dos Santos from France qualified in 3rd.  Nina, the World uneven bars champion confirmed her status by qualifying in first position for the final on Saturday. She scored 15.141 out of a 6.5 D-score. Russian Daria Spiridonova (15.016) and American Sunisa Lee (15.000) are not that far behind. It will be a close battle for the medals! 

2019 World Championships: Solid qualification round for Team Belgium.

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Friday morning, the Belgian girls competed in the qualifications at the World Championships in Stuttgart, the qualifying competition for teams and individual all-around gymnasts for Tokyo 2020. The Belgian Red Eagles were pretty solid and scored 161.238.   Maellyse Brassart opened the competition for team Belgium, with a high piked full-in. She scored 12.766. Margaux Daveloose received 13.366  for a great routine, while Nina Derwael scored 13.600. Jade Vansteenkiste opened with a strong triple twist but unfortunaly fell on a front twist later on. Her score of 12.200 was dropped.  On vault, all the girls but Jade showed a Yurchenko with a full twist. Nina , Senna and Maellyse scored 13.500, 13.566 and 13.600. Jade performed a Yurchenko with 1 1/2 twist and scored 14.100. The Red Eagles came to full strenght on uneven bars. They impressed with 4 clean routines. Maellyse scored 13.133,   Margaux   did a tiny bit better with her 13.166.  Senna added a strong 13.733 to the