Sanne Wevers picks surprising silver component beam at gymnastics World Cup – NU.nl

The score of the 24-year-old was first Oldenzaalse 14,233 but was increased after a protest at 14.333.

Only the American defending champion Simone Biles went on that score there with an almost perfect exercise: 15.358. The bronze was for the German Pauline Schaefer:. 14.133

Choose the Netherlands had a medal for the beam at the World Gymnastics

Wevers is the fourth Dutch woman who has managed. to win a World Cup medal. The three previous medals were won by Renske Endel (silver bridge in 2001), Verona van de Leur (silver on floor in 2002) and Suzanne Harmes (bronze on floor in 2005).

Eythora Thorsdottir, the second Dutch in the final, fell off the beam. She came in at 12,733 and the eighth and last place

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Unreal

Wevers named the finals after an “unreal experience. “Here I have for years dreamed of, but also worked for twenty years hard. ”

Wevers was second beam on, the unit in which an error right away is fatal.” “It certainly was not my best exercise ever. I’ve fought for every tenth of a point. It was very task-oriented gymnastics, working from element to element. ”

Immediately after the exercise followed traditionally some number crunching. “” I walk always my exercise for a bit, see if I’m on the same D score hatching and judges. ” Wevers came to her mind a tenth deficit in the difficulty of its practice and drew successfully protest.

vicissitudes

” What we have had a year ”, she looked back on problems at its old association Bosan TON that drove her twin sister Ellen and coach and father Vincent Weavers Almelo to Heerenveen.

” Almelo is now totally irrelevant, I have all woes can turn into performance. Here it’s all about, too bad for them. ” Wevers was fired in Almelo after a disagreement after his daughters work became impossible created.

Sanne Wevers got this year, as sister Ellen, an unprecedented level. At the European Championships will already grabbed bronze on bridge. ” I went today to the bar on the idea that this is the last game of the year that I want very tightly. I am proud that I succeeded. ”

Floor

Lieke Wevers finished eighth and last in the final part of the floor with a score of 14.100. She was called up as a reserve for the final battle by the injury of the Swiss Giulia Steingruber.

Biles picked as the beam gold. She registered a score of 15.800. Biles now owns three World Cups after ten gold, two silver and three bronze medals. Two of those gold medals she picked up with the US team

By:. NU.nl/ANP