During Sunday’s qualifying, each member of the four-person team competed on each apparatus with teams dropping their lowest score. That changes with today’s three-up/three-count, a less forgiving format that has benefitted the Americans during their decade-long reign.
Each of the eight qualifying teams have selected three gymnasts to compete on each of the four apparatuses: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor. All of these scores will be summed and counted toward the team’s final score.
Here’s a look at today’s extended start list:
1 Belgium 163.895 (5th in qualifying)
• Maellyse Brassart
• Nina Derwael
• Lisa Vaelen
• Jutta Verkest
Qualified 5th for final with their highest score in uneven bars. Finished 12th in 2016 OG, 11th in 1948. Placed 10th at 2019 WCh, 11th in 2018, 2015, 2014, 15th in 2010, 16th in 2011. Competed at the Olympic Games for the first time in 68 years in 2016. This will be their first appearance in an Olympic final.
2 Great Britain 163.396 (6th)
• Jennifer Gadirova
• Jessica Gadirova
• Alice Kinsella
• Amelie Morgan
Qualified 6th for final with their highest score in vault. Finished 5th in 2016, 6th in 2012, 9th in 2008. Bronze at 2015 WCh, 6th in 2019, 9th in 2018. Silvers at European Ch in 2016, 2014, 2010, 4th in 2018, 2012. They won bronze at the 1928 OG and have only made the top five in 12 OG appearances.
3 France 164.561 (4th)
• Marine Boyer
• Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos
• Aline Friess
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