In view of the Russians' absence from Europeans, I thought it might be interesting to look at the top three scores at 'their' competition, the Belarus Cup, and make some comparisons to Europeans. Hmph. I'm not sure it is possible to make comparisons between the marking in one competition and another, actually ... but for the sake of interest, here are some of the key scores. Does anyone want to do some technical/critical breakdowns of the scores? Are the standards comparable? How would the 1, 2, 3 at Euros be affected, if at all, if the top Russian or top two Russians had been present in Antalya, and all gymnasts scored consistently?
Videos of the Europeans are fairly easily available on Youtube. If you want to see videos of the Belarus Cup, there are some available on Telegram, on the Karelian Gymnastics channel. I'm not sure that I can link to them.
It would be interesting to know what you think, in any event. Please leave comments!
