GROUP B is on!
ITA Bertolini hoop: A bit radical change between mellow music and We Will Rock You
No fanfares, no disasters, good last catch. 15.633
Bertolini ball: Insane volume of music. Straightforward yet very elegant white leo. I'm not sure a throw was caught the way it was meant to be but she saved it anyhow. 15.583
Febbo hoop: Insanely high throw in the beginning, catches it cleanly. That was a good one. 16.166
Febbo ball. Psychedelic start. Annoying female voice afterwards, we should have stuck to the electric sitar.
GER Jung ball: Good work, great turning ability. The last throw is a bit too much, she fails to catch it completely, but catches it before it goes out of bounds. Quick reaction. 15.616
Jung hoop: a bit unspectacular, 15.266 is about right. Not that clean I think.
(Berezko missing)
HUN Vass hoop: Goes through well, 16.316 with 8.100 D and 8.266 E, 0.05 penalty. Still the second highest hoop score after Moustafaeva!
Böröcz hoop: rookie in this level but it doesn't really show! Goes through quite well, not a lot to complain about. 14.750, that's about her level now. We went through the first rotation without messing up something, which is always very welcome!
Kécza ball: Great turning ability and she shows it off. She's a ball specialist and gets the routine nailed. Which is enough for 14.766, but our "point carrier" is not her, but Dóra. Can be satisfied.
Vass ball: Not her favourite apparatus but apart from two shaky controls, it's good! Big smile at the end, our fan group goes nuts, she kisses the ball. 16.383, first with ball now! We REALLY had an excellent day. Third behind FIN and ITA, probably ESP will come in front of us, too.
SLO Cebasek ball: 14.933. Loooong legs!
Kragulj ball: Music is so lyrical that it can't be any more lyrical. White dress, elegant one. 15.666
Cebasek hoop. I can only repeat myself, this girl has a great figure for RG. Some good tricks, too. 15.400
Kragulj hoop: 14.516
MDA Cumatrenco hoop: 14.850
Liubomeiscaia hoop: big fanfares in the routine, I'm still waiting for the 2nd Belarussian Army to enter. No army, just a score: 15.950
Cumatrenco ball: 13.641
Liubomeiscaia ball: 15.516
LTU Sklenyte ball: all yellow outfit, nice! The routine is not so spectacular, gets 13.833
Serniute ball: 13.500
Serniute hoop: 13.791
Nickute hoop: 12.016
TUR Tas hoop: Good Turkish fanbase on my right. Cannot celebrate the 12.050 score though, 0.30 penalty for a drop.
Neziroglu hoop. Tango by Shakira. Livens up the audience. Handling is sometimes a bit dodgy, but otherwise it's quite good. 15.841
Neziroglu ball. Chanting from the TUR juniors, who have the longest jet black hair ever! 15.366
Kusem ball: Huge scream at the end from the Turkish fan group, but she gets the last risk right.
EST V. Bogdanova ball: That IS very nice, big applause, rightly so! Music by Edith Piaf. Should be scoring quite good - 15.700 it is, 0.05 penalty.
Kallemaa ball: that's good as well, 15.883, good work by the Estonians!
O. Bogdanova hoop: Not as good as her twins' ball, 15.566
Kallemaa hoop: she was also better with ball, 15.641. I like her style, though. Estonia overtakes Hungary for third.
SVK Podlucka hoop: Big cheer from the Slovakian fans. 13.808
Kilianova hoop: one brilliant catch! Really thin, tall girl (maybe about 180 cms?). 13.900
Duchnovska ball: 14.116
Kilianova ball: 14.516, still amazingly tall.
CZE Sebkova ball: Even bigger cheer from the Czech fans. They are all over the place, I'll have a permanent hearing loss. 14.883
Mickova ball: Czech fan group goes crazy. All three of them do, actually. 16.083 for a good routine, the second highest with ball so far!
Sebkova hoop: 15.200
Mickova hoop: very nice work, probably this one will send us out of the top 15
They do, a deserved 16.283 for Mickova.
ESP García hoop: Gooood. A very risky moment, the backspin just only gets out of the hoop, 1-2 cms more and it crosses the line. But it was in and she did it nicely. 16.833, the second highest after Moustafaeva.
Rodríguez hoop: The doyen of the whole Euros with being over 27 (I always like when gymnasts go on for long and have lasting power). I'm not sure this was better than García's, but routine reaps rewards (as well as points) in RG: 17.033, the first score over 17.
García ball: whoops, mistakes. E is only 7.566, 0.30 penalty, 14.916 for ball.
Rodríguez ball: Mistakes here too, a small drop. Still, 16.533
LAT Janusa ball: 13.633
Gamalajeva ball: Maybe finished a bit after music? Big scream from the Latvians. 16.233, very good!
Janusa hoop: 13.708
Gamalajeva hoop: 15.700