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Quiz about 2009 World Gymnastics Championships

2009 World Gymnastics Championships Quiz

A quiz on the 2009 World Championships, held in London, England.

A multiple-choice quiz by komovafan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
komovafan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
341,600

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
213

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which Russian gymnast was expected to be a contender for the all around title, but had to pull out of the competition due to injury? Hint

Aliya Mustafina

Kristina Goryunova

Ksenia Semenova

Ksenia Afanasyeva

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Question 2 of 10

2. Bridget Sloan, who would go on to win the all around, did not have a great qualifying competition. In what place did she qualify? Hint

5th

3rd

1st

4th

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Question 3 of 10

3. The highest vault score of the competition went to which gymnast? Hint

Hong Un Jong

Bridget Sloan

Kayla Williams

Ariella Kaeslin

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Question 4 of 10

4. Olympic uneven bars champion He Kexin demolished the field in the finals. By how many points did he win? Hint

.875 points

.5 points

1.2 points

1.125 points

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Question 5 of 10

5. The new Romanian star, Ana Porgras made four finals: all around, bars, beam and floor. She eventually medalled on bars. For which final did she qualify in first position? Hint

All Around

Floor

Bars

Beam

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Question 6 of 10

6. American Rebecca Bross did not qualify for finals on one of her best events, beam, due to a fall. Which skill did she fall on? Hint

Front Tuck

Standing Arabian

Patterson

Sheep Jump

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Question 7 of 10

7. Thankfully, only one gymnast on one event was shut out of finals due to the two per country rule at this meet. Who was the unlucky gymnast? Hint

Kayla Williams

Ksenia Semenova

Ekaterina Kurbatova

Sui Lu

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Question 8 of 10

8. Although it was one of the most powerful teams in the world in the 1990s, it was sad to see no gymnasts from ___________ make 2009 finals. Hint

Ukraine

Spain

Netherlands

Hungary

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Question 9 of 10

9. Only one returning world champion from 2007 competed at 2009 worlds. Which event did they win in 2007? Hint

Beam

Bars

Vault

Floor

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Question 10 of 10

10. On which pass did Lauren Mitchell step out, in the all-around competition? Hint

2.5 twist to front layout

Double Pike

Full Twisting Double Pike

Double Arabian to Stag Jump

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Russian gymnast was expected to be a contender for the all around title, but had to pull out of the competition due to injury?

Answer: Ksenia Afanasyeva

Ksenia Afanasyeva injured her back training at worlds and could not compete. Aliya Mustafina was too young for worlds, but she did win both the Russian Cup and the Russian Championships in 2009. Ksenia Semenova competed at worlds, but had a pretty disastrous competition. Kristina Goryunova did not make the team.

2. Bridget Sloan, who would go on to win the all around, did not have a great qualifying competition. In what place did she qualify?

Answer: 5th

Bridget Sloan of the USA qualified in 5th place, and went on to win gold.

3. The highest vault score of the competition went to which gymnast?

Answer: Hong Un Jong

Hong Un Jong landed the difficult Amanar vault in prelims for a score of 15.5.

4. Olympic uneven bars champion He Kexin demolished the field in the finals. By how many points did he win?

Answer: 1.125 points

He scored 16.0, which was 1.125 points higher than silver medallist Koko Tsurumi.

5. The new Romanian star, Ana Porgras made four finals: all around, bars, beam and floor. She eventually medalled on bars. For which final did she qualify in first position?

Answer: Beam

Ana qualified first to beam finals, second for individual all-around, third for floor finals and seventh for bars finals.

6. American Rebecca Bross did not qualify for finals on one of her best events, beam, due to a fall. Which skill did she fall on?

Answer: Patterson

Bross fell on her Patterson dismount, and was only 10th (the top 8 make finals).

7. Thankfully, only one gymnast on one event was shut out of finals due to the two per country rule at this meet. Who was the unlucky gymnast?

Answer: Sui Lu

Sui Lu was 8th on beam in the preliminaries but did not make the finals because Deng Linlin and Yang Yilin received higher scores. Kayla Williams was 9th on floor in prelims (the top 8 makes the finals), which is why she was not in finals. Ekaterina Kurbatova and Ksenia Semenova received the same score (14.2) as Serena Licchetta on bars in prelims, but were kept out of finals due to the tie-breaker rules.

8. Although it was one of the most powerful teams in the world in the 1990s, it was sad to see no gymnasts from ___________ make 2009 finals.

Answer: Ukraine

No Ukrainian gymnasts made finals. The Ukraine team of the 1990s had two Olympic all-around champions (one competing for the Unified Team), one world all-around champion, many individual world medals and one team bronze.

9. Only one returning world champion from 2007 competed at 2009 worlds. Which event did they win in 2007?

Answer: Bars

Ksenia Semenova, 2007 world bars champion, competed at worlds in 2009, but did not qualify for bars finals due to the tie breaking rules. Cheng Fei, 2007 world vault champion, was injured. Nastia Liukin, 2007 world beam champion, decided to not compete. Shawn Johnson, 2007 world floor champion, was retired.

10. On which pass did Lauren Mitchell step out, in the all-around competition?

Answer: Full Twisting Double Pike

Mitchell stepped out on her full twisting double pike and lost the bronze by a mere 0.025 points (after an outof-bounds penalty of 0.1) to Koko Tsurumi of Japan.

Source: Author komovafan

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