The Senior Men Top Qualifications

They dominated qualifications, getting into 11 out of 12 possible finals, the most for any country! David Belyavskiy also qualified into every event he competed on (except vault, because he only performs 1, and terribly at that). Russia led GB by .705 despite two falls and a clean competition from the British, so that's a good safety net for the guys to feel less pressure about TF's. They should strive to perform well regardless of cushy circumstances; excellence for the sake of excellence, right? The start lists have been released for the TF and it looks like David will get another chance to destroy my sanity on vault. Denis is anchoring floor although I wish he was put in between his two stable teammates as a sort of calming effect on his nerves. The team has two major setbacks to gaining gold and that is pommels at the halfway point (could be a game changer) and their weakest event, high bar, to finish. 

The junior men's All Around final concluded today and Andrei Makolov won the silver medal behind GB's Giarnni Regini-Moran with a 84.965, while Sergei Naidin (the youngest Russian member) came eighth with 80.432. Over five points separated Naidin from the gold medalist, but only 1.5 points separated his eighth position from a 4th place one, showing how close the battle was for a top 5 finish. Makolov had a few minor mistakes but his routines were done with impressive ease and he is quite stylish. He's one to watch for next quad, definitely. Check out his PB routine from quals: