Wild Rose Invitational Event Finals

UPDATE Full results can be found here

I managed to get access to the live feed both days but Saturdays stream was impossible to use so I couldn't really see any routines, but Sunday was much better as they had a more zoomed in camera on each event. The results of the All Around were not suprising:
1. Deng LinLin 58.900
2. Jiang YuYuan 57.550
3. Sui Lu 56.350

Event Finals:

Vault
I didn't see much of this final only Charlotte Mackie who performed a Yurchenko layout 1 1/2 (nearly sat down) and a Yurchenko 1/2 on front tuck off (stuck). Score 13.225 3rd Place. Overall Charlotte didn't see in competition shape and I really hope she does well this year as I loved her as a Junior and she hasn't lived up to that potential.

Bars
Sui Lu: She's obviously not a top bar worker but she did have some interesting skills including toe on Shaposhnikova+pak salto, stoop in to handstand+piked jaeger(she stopped on something after this that I couldn't see), full in dismount. Score 13.700 3rd Place.
Deng LinLin: Her routine was good with just some small errors. She performed Inverted giant+Endo in Invert+Endo in Invert 1/2, 2 pirouttes (couldn't see what)+Straddled Jaeger, pak salto, full twisting double layout dismount (very piked down). Score 15.400 2nd Place.
Jiang YuYuan: This is definetely her best piece at the moment. Giant 1 1/2+Tkatchev, Healey 1/1+Ono+straddled Jaeger, pak salto, double layout dismount. Score 15.650 1st Place.

Beam
Jiang YuYuan: She had a complete meltdown during this routine, she seemed really unfocused from the start. It began with a fall on a front pike, flick+straight bk (not enough height hands down), front tuck (pause)+tuck back+sheep jump (fall), switch ring (wobble), 2 flicks into 2 1.2 dismount (step). Score 11.450 8th Place.
Miranda Meyer: I really like her and hope she comes back well from her injury as I think she has potential on this piece everythinbg had good form just not enough difficulty. She had a nice round off tuck bk 1/1, 2/1 spin, switch side, front tuck, back tuck and a round off 2/1 dismount. Score 12.400 4th Place.
Deng LinLin: She started off really well and was impressing me with a new 1/1 spin leg at horizontl into 1/2 spin combination, high layout 2 feet and nice front pike, until she got to her switch ring leap which looked fine but she was a little off and her foot slide down the beam. She didn't actually touch the floor though as she hung under the beam and got back up, finishing with free walkover+sheep jump, side somi, split change+ and double pike dismount (chest low). Score 14.250 2nd Place.
Sui Lu: She had a different routine to last year and showed a verry steady performance with few wobbles, perhap this routine will work better for her than the one at Worlds. Front tuck (pause)+korbut, Front tuck 1/2 (stuck), switch ring, free walkover (pause)+flick+pike back, 1/1 spin leg at horizontal, side somi, round off double pike dismount. Score 14.750 and a well deserved 1st Place.

Floor
Jiang YuYuan: She had the same music as Beijing and performed watered down tumbling so she is perhaps not at full fitness or anywhere near that yet. I missed her first tumble, 2nd was back 2 1/2 twist, triple spin (foot down), I think next it was a triple twist (not sure the stream kept cutting out) and finished with a double pike. Score 14.100 3rd Place.
Deng LinLin: She also still has her Beijing music, I'm hoping for a new routine later this year. All tumbles were performed well but almost every landing had a step which is costly with the new rules. Tumbles: tucked double arabian, tucked full in, back 1 1/2+front layout 1/1, double pike (stuck landing). She had also added a new spin which was a 2/1 leg held in splits (memmel). Score 14.700 2nd Place.
Sui Lu: She did her job with another solid routine, with nice choreography. Tumbles: whip+triple full, back 2 1/2+front layout, back 1 1/2+front layout 1/1, double pike. The best part of her routine was the spins she performed a new spin 2/1 leg held in splits (memmel) and a beautiful 2/1 with leg at horizontal. Score 15.250 1st Place.
Just a quick mention of Jocelyn Hunt (GBR) whose routine I missed on floor but she scored a credible 13.900 and a good performance in the AA this weekend which is good considering she was a last minute addition to the competition. She proved yet again to the selection committee that she can be consistent, maybe she will be a suprise European Team member?

Overall Impressions
I was pleased to see China taking this meet seriously considering there wasn't much competition and it is early in the season. Sui Lu was the most impressive to me winning her best two events, I actually like her more and more each time I watch her. I think if she continues to be consistent she will definetely be headed for another Worlds team and perhaps medals. Deng LinLin looked good overall, apart from that mistake on beam and had an excellent performance in the AA so she will surely be hoping to do better than last year at Worlds in the AA. Jiang YuYuan is the one I'm not sure about. The only event where she can contribute is Bars and as China has He Kexin and many other excellent bars workers, YuYuan is not going to be put on a Worlds team just to do bars, she did put up a good AA score but I'm sure there is a few who will be better (Tan Sixin, Huang Qiushuang as well as Deng). So where does that leave her? Will she get back to her best or will she retire?

I couldn't watch the Juniors as they were streamed on a separate video at the same time as the Seniors. I only got to see Riley Cholod on bars which she won with 13.750 and showed tkatchev, clear pike circle to handstand 1/2+Endo 1/2, overshoot 1/2 and double pike dismount. She is a real talent and also consistent coming 2nd on Beam and Floor and winning the AA on Saturday (53.400). The only video available is of Sui Lu training floor in the training session od Friday: