Abel won’t suddenly forget how to do a forward 2 ½ somersaults with two twists in the pike position. Maybe will even bang off the complicated contortion with the greatest of ease and ne plus ultra because nobody’s watching. “Unless I hear different, she finished her career with a double twisting 2 ½ and it’s a big dive,’’ commended Geller. A dive with a 3.4 degree of difficulty; no woman in the final tried anything harder and only one matched it. But Abel, following a strong second dive, forward 3 ½ somersaults, score of 69.75, her highest on the afternoon, had a disastrous third round, scoring a mere 39.00 on the reverse 2 ½ somersaults, a dive that historically been her nemesis.

Source: thestar August 01, 2021 16:32 UTC