2022 World Championships: 3 finals for the Belgian ladies.

On saturday and sunday the women's team took the stage at the World Championships in Liverpool. The Belgian team competed in the first of ten subdivisions. Nina Derwael and Lisa Vaelen both qualified for individual finals.

Nina Derwael opened up de games for Team Belgium on balance beam. She immediately fell on her layout mount but recovered well. She showed lots of poise in her choreography. Nina scored 12.566. Lisa Vaelen kept her nerves under control and obtained 12.700 for her beam routine that included a front summersault mount, a front and side somi on the beam and a double tucked dismount. Maellyse Brassart mounted the beam with a stunning switch leap. She unfortunately fell on her side aerial and missed a few connections but showed stamina on her flic layout and double pike dismount. (11.833) Jutta Verkest also had a hard time on the beam and scored 11.333. 

Jutta was the first Belgian gymnast on floor and did well. She showed a double tucked and dubbel piked summersault and very expressive choreography for a score of 12.533. Next up was Yléa Tollet. She did a very good job on her debute on the worlds stage. She opened with a high roundof double piked and scored 12.266. Maellyse started with a very high piked tsukahara. She also did a tucked tsukahara, front full and double tucked for a score of 12.900. Lisa went out of bounds on her double arabian opening tumbling but gave not too much away on her other receptions. Her tucked tsukahara was sky high, just like the double arabian. She was rewarded with 13.200. The Belgian team don't show the top tumbling difficulties but they surely show the world what artistry means.

On vault Jutta, Yléa and Maellyse all showed a full twisting yourchenko. Jutta and Ylea both scored 12.833. Maellyses amplitude was excellent and she received 13.200. Lisa added a 13.966 to the team total with her Rudi. She also competed a full twisting tsukahara in her quest for a ticket for the vault final. She finished 8th and qualified for the vault final on sunday.

Jutta opened the last rotation with a solid bars set that included a piked yaegher and a double tucked dismount. (12.866). Maellyse opened her routine with a nice shaposhnikova to hindorff combination. The rest of the routine was a bit rushed and ended with a fall on her double front with half turn dismount. She still scored 12.666. Lisa showed a good bars set until she got stuck in what was supposed to be a toe on full turn. She scored 12.566. At the end of the rotation, all eyes were on Nina Derwael. She lived up to the expectations and showed a good routine that scored 14.700 and a 6.3 D-score. There is still room for progression for the apparatus final next sunday. 

With a team total of 156.063 the Belgian team ended their qualification in the 11th position. USA took the lead right from the start. Great-Britain took the second place, they scored only 0.03 points more than Brazil.

Lisa Vaelen's all-around total of 52.432 qualified her for the all-around final on thursday. Brazilian Rebecca Andrade topped the standings in the all-around. Americans Shilese Jones and Jade Carey finished second and third.

Team Qualification:

1. USA 167.263

2. Great-Britain 164.595

3. Brazil 163.563

4. Italy 162.798

5. Japan 162.564

6. China 162.064

7. France 161.428

8. Canada 159.661

...

11. Belgium 156.063

All-around qualification:

1. Rebecca Andrade (BRA) 57.332

2. Shilese Jones (USA) 55.766

3. Jade Carey (USA) 55.132

4. Martina Maggio (ITA) 54.800

5. Jessica Gadirova (GBR) 54.599

6. Yushan Ou (CHN) 54.466

7. Alice D'Amato (ITA) 54.366

8. Shoko Miyata (JPN) 

...

20. Lisa Vaelen (BEL) 52.432

Vault qualification:

1. Jade Carey (USA)14.483

2. Jordan Chiles (USA)14.316

3. Colinne Devillard (FRA) 14.299

4. Seojeong Yeo (KOR)14.249

5. Jessica Gadirova (GBR) 14.200

6.  Ellie Black (CAN) 13.749

7. Shoko Miyata (JPN) 13.666

8. Lisa Vaelen (BEL) 13.766

Uneven bars qualification:

1. Rui Luo (CHN)  14.900

2. Nina Derwael (BEL) 14.700

3. Rebecca Andrade (BRA) 14.666

4. Xiaoyuan Wei (CHN) 14.600

5. Shilese Jones (USA) 14.566

6. Sanna Veerman (NED) 14.533

7. Naomi Visser (NED) 14.400

8. Elisabeth Seitz (GER) 14.400

Balance beam qualification:

1. Yushan Ou (CHN) 13.900

2. Skye Blakely (USA) 13.733

3. Shoko Miyata (JPN) 13.700

4. Marine Boyer (FRA)13.666

5. Hazuki Wanatabe (JPN) 13.600

6. Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) 13.533

7. Rebecca Andrade (BRA) 13.400

8. Ellie Black (CAN) 13.266

Floor qualification:

1.Flavia Saraiva (BRA) 14.200

2. Rebecca Andrade (BRA) 14.200

3. Jennifer Gadirova (GBR) 14.100

4. Jordan Chiles (USA)14.100

5. Jade Carey (USA) 14.066

6. Naomi Visser (NED) 13.666

7. Jessica Gadirova (GBR)13.600

8. Alice D'Amato (ITA) 13.600