Maria Paseka
Russian Maria Paseka has already won a silver medal at the women’s team all-around and contributed to her team’s overall score of 176.688.
With a back injury persisting in into her journey to Rio, Paseka’s performance has swung from stellar to one where she incurred a 0.300 penalty on an Amanar in the qualifying round.
Paseka’s repertoire is notably similar to that of Biles – she too does an Amanar and a Cheng and both (depending on variations) have difficulty ratings within the 6 to 6.8 bracket.
However, in keeping with the inconsistency of her usually dependable performance, she dropped to a 14.950 in the women’s all-around competition from a 15.049 in the prelims on the vaults. Dipa, who usually does not perform either of these two skills could gain if Paseka falters and earns penalties tomorrow.
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