Archived Live Updates of the 2011 World Championships Women's Team Final

Oct 11, 2011 by Anne Phillips

Here are my live updates as taken from the Tokyo Metropolitan Arena during the 2011 World Championships women's Team Finals. To read in chronological order, begin from the bottom. To go to our actual live updates page, click here.

RT @jordynmarie2013 GOLD MEDAL BABY!!!!!! I am soooo happy and proud of #teamusa . I will never forget this day for the rest of my life :)

Team 5th @jempin515@Bdownie @laura_edwards94 @hannahkwhelan @danusiafrancis & imogen has made us the most successful GB team in a long time!

Big congrats to @ASac3 .... MOST DECORATED GYMNAST!!!

Team USA wins the World Title!: The American team of 5 young all around gymnasts hit every routine to cruise to ... http://t.co/gr5LX6pW

Interview with World Champion Coach @JohnGGeddert after tonight's #FIGtokyo2011 Team Final: http://t.co/p8900OeJ

Team USA, World Champions, with their giant gold medals! http://t.co/PMiyBnEH

@Gymbe4 Anna Li Reflection on World Championships and Looking Forward - http://t.co/KgBYlM8q

@HannahkWhelan Hannah Whelan and Team GB finished 5th in the World hannah whelan - http://t.co/fLwRCMzN

Interviews will be up on the site shortly! What a meet!

A total domination by Team USA! 179.411. Russia silver, 175.329. China bronze 172.820. Romania 4th, GBR 5th, Germany 6th, Japan 7th, AUS

TEAM USA just won the WORLD TITLE!!!!

Goodness, another inquiry for Mitchell of Australia. Her Bars D score has been coreected from 5.2 to 5.5

Score to beat: Russia's 175.329

Let the USA celebration begin!

Raisman FX: 1.5 thru to dbl arabian, just a hop, no punch fornt! not a big deal. pike dbl arabian great! nice triple. dbl pike. YES!!!

Finally, here we go with Raisman. Come on!!

Tsurumi fell on bars. Bummer. Teramoto scored 14.600 just before her.

Aly is pacing around on the podium awaiting the green flag. Can only imagine how nervous she's feeling right now! Im nervous just sitting!

Wieber scored 14.766 (6.0/8.866). Seitz went 14.166 on BB for Germany

Jinnan 14.958 on vault. They finish with 172.830 and pass up Romania. Looking like USA Gold, Russia silver, China bronze

Rie Tanaka nailed bars and the Japanese fans went crazy. They love her. Scored 14.10 (5.5D score)

Wieber FX: dbl dbl easy! wow. 1.5 thru to triple! triple turn spot on. 2.5+front lay clean, small hop, toes went oob. Dbl pike. awesome!

14.566 (5.90/8.666) for Maroney on FX. Wieber is next, the Raisman will bring it home.

Yao VT: yurchenko double pike hop back

Chusovitina BB: front pike mount, and fell somewhere during Maroney's FX but I missed it... front pike. switch side. wolf turn. double tuck

Maroney FX: great 3.5! 2.5+front lay full good! 1.5 to double tuck stick! double pike step back. Amazing job, @McKaylaMaroney!

Russia 175.329, Romania 172.412, GBR 169.67, Australia 166.439. China is on VT, GER on BB, Japan on bars, USA on FX

Yuyuan VT: 1st up for China. yurchenko double low landing, step forward

Russia finished with 175.329. If the Americans hit they get the gold!! Im nervous!

Raisman stuck triple in the touch warmup. Wieber throws double double with ease. Maroney is chalking up to lead off

Whelan (GBR) BB: f aerial+sheep. switch+onodi. split jump+full turn. Love her unique combos! side aerial+back lay step out.

Afanaseva (RUS) FX: double layout good. whip bhs triple. 1.5+front full+beat jump. dbl Lturn. gorgeous presentation. good double pike

Miller (AUS) UB: gienger. overshoot hs to hect shoot. nice hit handstand. blind to jaeger. stalder full. full in stick!

Komova looks totally defeated.

Komova (RUS) FX: 1.5 to double arabian, squatty landing runs back to keep it on her feet. double tuck. step on triple. She looks tired. dbl pike

Ponor (ROM) VT: high yurchenko double legs loose. hop back.

Haidu (ROM) VT: yurhcenko double twist, pretty low, good landing. 14.65

Pinches started off GBR on beam with a hit. Flashed a quick smile as she walked off the podium. Francis is next

Yulia B (RUS) FX: 1.5 thru to triple. 2.5 punch lay. handspring front dbl full. Pretty routine. double tuck hop back

Ponor scored 14.633 (6.0/8.633) on Floor, Dementyeva 14.90 (6.30/8.60) on beam. Tweddle 15.666 on UB! (7.10/8.566). Mitchell 13.20 on VT

USA is killin it!! 1 USA 135.413, 2 Russia 132.263, 3 China 128.26, 4 Romania 128.263

Dementyeva BB: quite the foot shuffle save after swtich leap+back tuck, but she made everything else. rnoff, bhs triple a tad shy

Ponor FX: stuck double lay! whip whip bhs pike full in hop back. powerful switch ring. Triple twist, very loose legs but completed the twist

Tweddle UB: tweddle+ezhova. maloney half. this is great! markelov+gienger. stuck full in! Dead on! Crowd loves it

Komova finshed well with a standing arabian, bhs+bhs double tuck dismount. Head low as she walks off the podium

Bulimar (ROM) FX: double layout. double pike. piked full in 3rd pass. Big tumbling from the smallest one on the team.

Komova BB: wobble on punch front. bhs lay lay FALL!

Downie (GBR) UB: stalder piked tkatchev huge! Skill got named for her last year. ricna. overshoot+toe shoot. toe full. full in stick!

Ishina BB: front aerial+bhs lay. wobble on side somi. good side aerial. leg loose on switch ring. Stayed on. Komova is next

Chelaru (ROM) FX: Competing 1st up. Nice triple twist 2nd pass. hop back on double tuck. hit routine.

Wieber scored 15.033 (6.0/9.033). Russia's turn on beam now. Ishina is leading off

And a 2.5 twist dismount from Wieber. Absolutely solid vault rotation for Team usa! wow!

Wieber BB: f aerial+1arm bhs lay solid! Switch+back pike. big amplitude on leaps/jumps. side somi. Lturn. side aerial. standing full+bhs!..

Raisman scored 14.866 (6.20/8.666) on BB. Wieber is next!

Lu (CHN) FX: whip+triple absolutely amazing! back 2.5+front lay full. Double pike last pass. Wonderful routine

Seitz (GER) fell on a jaeger. Tanaka (JPN) VT: good yurchenko 1.5, scored 14.233 (5.30/8.933). Yao (CHN) FX scored 14.333 (5.80/8.633)

Raisman BB: punch front solid. bhs lay 2 ft. punch pike+lay stepout. switch 1/2+back pike. switch+back tuck. Lturn. Excellent Patterson! wow

Vega 14.833 on BB (6.10/8.733). Great start. Raisman is next. Only 12.066 for Tan of China. Its 3 up 3 count, this is a nightmare for them

Sixin finished her routine. tough kid. and a rough day for China

What in the world... Tan Sixin completely botched her 1st tumbling pass. Hit her face and crumbled to the floor on rndoff bhs. oh no.

Vega BB: swtich 1/2 stop. side aerial. f aerial+bhs lay. front tuck. swich+back pike. switch ring. bhs bhs dbl pike great!

Inquiry on Lauren Mitchell's FX score. It has been adjusted form 6.2 to 6.30

Sui Lu anchored China with a huge beam routine! Stuck double pike. 15.666 (6.50/9.166). Highest beam score yet

Tsurumi FX: good back 1.5 to layout full. Finished with a double pike, almost stuck it. Thats is for rotation 2!

Team USA is still on top after 2 with a huge 90.681 over Russia, 89.187

Rie Tanaka fell on floor, only a 12.533 (5.10/7.433). Tsurumi will anchor

Score for Douglas: 14.733 (6.40/8.333). Tan Sixin scored 13.966 on beam, (6.00/7.966).

Douglas UB: inbar stalder full to huge tkatchev+pak. excellent. Shoot to HB, inbar stalders, full in small step. 3 for 3 for USA on bars!

Score for Wieber 14.766 (6.30/8.466). Oshima of JPN scored 13.10 on FX

Seitz (GER) scored 14.616 for a DTY. Chusovitina VT: I missed the entry, tho I believe it was a handspring rudi. Score: 15.33 (6.30/9.033)

Tan Sixin BB: way undercut her 2ft layout out of bhs and fell, wasnt even close. China is not looking so great

Wieber UB: wieler kips. shaposh+free hip+full turn+ overshoot. blind full tkatchev. double layout small hop. Another hit!

Vega scored 14.366 (5.90/8.466), great start. Lauren Mitchell scored 14.80 on FX (6.20/8.60).

Vega UB: stalder work. gienger. stalder full+pike tkatchev. straddle tkatchev. full in small hop. Hit routine!

Nabieva scored 14.966 (6.60/8.366). And 15.30 for Porgras on BB (6.50/8.80). Highest BB score thus far

Photo: Team USA and Russia lined up for vault. What do you think of their leos? http://t.co/G3VR7S1Y

Nabieva UB: She's last up. shaposh+pak right into stalder full. shaposh 1/2. jaeger. full in. Good routine

Mitchell FX: Whip+double arabian+low stag. pike full in+scissone wow! 2.5+ lay+beat jump. double pike+low split jump. Big set for Australia

Porgras BB: very pretty, fluid beam. Just a wobble on sheep jump. bhs+bhs double pike good. Looked like a reigning World Champ's routine!

Komova UB: shaposh 1/2 from pike stalder. layout jaeger huge. tkatchev. full in. Great routine

Brennan (AUS) FX: final pass was a stuck double pike+scissone jump. Reigning World FX champ Lauren Mitchell will anchor the Aussies next

Ponor BB: switch1/2. rnoff+layout 2ft bounce. onodi+front aerial+layout 2ft, wow! switch leap+full twisting bhs! front aerial+bhs lay. double pike dismount. She's amazing.

Little (AUS) FX: perfect dbl arabian+stag 1st pass! Solid routine from what I saw.

Dementyeva (RUS) UB: She's 1st up. hop full. tkatchev. missed the middle but she stayed on... good double layout dismount

Racea (ROM) BB: bhs+tuck full wobble. front aerial+bhs lay. side aerial. side somi. 2.5 twist, slight bent knees in the air

USA totaled 46.815 on VT and are 2.4 points ahead of Russia (44.499) in 1st. 3 Japan 43.499, 4 China 43.132

Russia VT scores: 14.80 for Afanaseva, 15.033 of Komova, 14.666 for Nabieva. Off to the next event!

Mitchell BB: bhs bhs 2 ft lay solid! Mitchell turn+inside turn! switch half+back tuck not great. Pretty shaky routine but stayed on.

Tweddle FX: 1.5 thru to double arabian. piked double arabian great height. 2.5+front full. well done. Shes in the FX final this year.

Monckton (AUS) fell on beam. Mitchell will anchor

Porgras (ROM) UB: 1.5 turn to jaeger. stalder full+overshooot. whippy double layout. Hit routine

Nabieva VT: high yurchenko double twist, legs just awful in the air.

Whelan FX: oob on 2nd pass, 1.5 through to 2.5 twist. double tuck. high double pike and another step out.

Cairns (GBR) FX: only saw the 1st pass which was a double arabian+straddle jump. Whelan is next

Racea UB: toe shoot. stalder 1+5 hit feet on low bar but still made her jaeger! overshoot+shoot back to hb. double front big hop forward

Komova VT: another stuck DTY for Russia. Nabieva will anchor

14.80 for Afanaseva. Komova is next. Likely will stick to the DTY

Russia is green leos. Australia has an interesting color combo... pink and orange. Romanians in classic white w/ yellow/blue detail

Afanaseva (RUS) VT: stuck double twisting yurchenko

Tan UB: tkatchev. great pirouetting. Jaeger from el. pak. muscled up handstand after toe shoot. great double front dismount, knees together

Jarosch anchored GER on FX with a good triple twist.

Minobe (JPN) BB: very solid rndoff+layout. great onodi+sheep. wobble on front aerial.

Huang Qiushuang fell on her piked jaeger, I'm told.

Meanwhile, Huang Qiushuang of China fell on bars! Didn't see the skill. Finished well with a pak and double layout

Maroney VT: wow!!! Stuck amanar! perfect. 16.033 (6.50/9.533) HUGE score

15.833 for Wieber on VT. Here comes Maroney

Yao UB: loads of intricate el grip work and pirouetting. high jaeger. stuck double layout.

Wieber VT: excellent amanar!! One of the best landings we've seen from her. Great height off the table, near stick. 1 small step

Score for Raisman on VT: 14.95 (5.8/9.15)

Teramoto (JPN) BB: pretty front aerial+side somi. She is adorable, so tiny. switch+back tuck solid. Hit routine, Japanese fans love it!

Raisman VT: yurchenko double, almost stuck it. took a slight hop. Great start! Wieber is next

Maroney just stuck her amanar in the touch warmup! Here we go, Raisman up 1st on VT.

Here come the gymnasts!! USA starting on vault, wearing red with white sleeves

Video of Beth Tweddle training bars. REALLY hope she hits this tonight, the routine is amazing! http://t.co/xpriAksq

Video of Catalina Ponor of Romania training beam last night: http://t.co/C1wm3kWJ

Watch live: Beth Tweddle and Great Britain in World Gymnastics women's team final from Tokyo http://t.co/ZJLPlWAF UK-based viewers only.

John Geddert is out on the podium getting the USA tape measure ready for vault. The officials are lined up ready to march in. Almost time!

Video of Sabrina Vega of USA training beam last night: http://t.co/WpmFNQSH

Women's Team Final rotation 1: USA & RUS on VT; CHN & ROU on UB; JPN & AUS on BB and GER & GBR on FX #FIG2011Tokyo

As we wait, here's a video of Viktoria Komova of Russia training beam last night: http://t.co/uUy4CdTp

Pretty elaborate opening ceremony happening now. Smoke, lights, japanese drummers. 35 minutes to go time

They didn't announce them but the ones I recognized were Matteo Morandi of Italy and Prashanth Sellathurai of Australia

Haha they're doing a Happy Birthday ceremony for all the gymnasts with birthdays during worlds! There are a lot

One more hour before the start of the Women's Team Final at #FIG2011Tokyo with USA, RUS, CHN, ROU, JPN, AUS, GER, and GBR!

Sun is setting here in Tokyo, I'm headed to the arena to cover the World Team Final!! 1.5 hours to start time!