Worlds 2011: Women’s Team Final Coverage & Schedule

Today is one of the biggest days of the World Championships – the Women’s Team Final. All of the action will kick off at 7pm Tokyo time.

Schedule:

Line Up:

View the PDF of the Start List here.

USA

• Vault: Raisman, Wieber, Maroney
• Bars: Vega, Wieber, Douglas
• Beam: Vega, Raisman, Wieber
• Floor: Maroney, Wieber, Raisman

Romania

• Bars: Haidu, Racea, Porgras
• Beam: Racea, Ponor, Porgras
• Floor: Chelaru, Bulimar, Ponor
• Vault: Chelaru, Haidu, Pono

Great Britain

• Vault: Francis, Whelan, Cairns
• Bars: Whelan, Downie, Tweddle
• Beam: Pinches, Francis, Whelan
• Floor: Cairns, Whelan, Tweddle

Japan

• Vault: Shintake, Teramoto, Tanaka
• Bars: Tanaka, Teramoto, Tsurumi
• Beam: Teramoto, Minobe, Tsurumi
• Floor: Oshima, Tanaka, Tsurumi

Russia

• Vault: Afanasyeva, Komova, Nabieva
• Bars: Dementyeva, Komova, Nabieva
• Beam: Inshina, Komova, Dementyeva
• Floor: Belokobylskaya, Komova, Afanasyeva

Australia

Rotation Breakdown:

• USA & RUS – Vault
• CHI & ROM – Bars
• JPN & AUS – Beam
• GER & GBR – Floor

• GBR & GER – Vault
• RUS & USA – Bars
• ROU & CHN – Beam
• AUS & JPN – Floor

• JPN & AUS – Vault
• GER & GBR – Bars
• USA & RUS – Beam
• CHI & ROU – Floor

Television & Online Viewing Coverage

Full information is available in our Complete Guide: World Gymnastics Championships Schedule & Coverage.

United Kingdom & Ireland (BBC2)

• BBC Red Button / Online 10:50am – 1:10pm
• BBC 2 / Online – 1pm – 3pm

United States

• Universal Sports – 5:50am (Use code “USAGYM” to save $5 when purchasing your subscription)

Spain

RTVE: 1:50 – 14:10h. Equipos femenino

In the past the following links have provided free online streaming for gymnastics events. It is possibly, not certain, that they might show the competition tomorrow:

DigiSport.ro

Oleoletv.com

CCTV5

SportTV

SportTV2

Another option to watch the BBC Online footage from outside the UK may be to download and install the Stealthy add-on for Mozilla Firefox. I used this for the USA VISA Championships and it worked great. You can configure your network settings for the UK and should hopefully be able to watch the BBC iPlayer live feed of the competition.

Online Social Media Coverage

There will be plenty of online coverage to follow for those who can’t watch:

• Full Twist: Blog – Twitter – Facebook
• Gymnastics Coaching: Blog – Twitter – Facebook
• Gymnastike: Website – Twitter – Facebook
• Gym Power: Blog – Twitter – Facebook
• International Gymnast: Blog - Twitter – Facebook
• USA Gymnastics: Website – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube
• FIG: Website – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube
• The Gymnastics Examiner: Blog - Twitter -Facebook
• BBC Sport: Ollie Williams will be in Tokyo – Twitter
• The Couch Gymnast: Blog - Facebook - Twitter
• The All Around: Blog – Twitter – Facebook

My money is on the USA to win. All I ask is that the routines are judged fairly, those who deserve to win do so and that we have no more serious injuries.