The women's all-around final

is another excuse for a bullet list!

• Rebecca Bross made one hell of an attempt to stay on beam after her Arabian went awry. I can already see the media (re: NBC) creating a Vanessa Atler-like "she chokes under pressure" campaign. At the same time, any time she does not win a competition lessens the "Carly-Nastia-Rebecca" triage. If that's possible. Which it probably isn't.
• Was it just me, or did China's Huang Qiushuang do a combination, miss an element, and redo the combination? Which should be a deduction, but she pulled out a 15.2?
• Speaking of scores, everyone besides the judges can see that the Russians are overscored on their Amanars. Bross's vault and bar scores seemed a touch low. She had a mighty aggressive bar routine.
• Crowd pleasers: plenty of fans dressed in orange to cheer on their countrywoman, Celine Van Gerner. The crowd went almost silent during her beam routine and applauded wildly for everything she did. She performed a very nice floor routine and several fans jumped to their feet, holding orange banners. Ariella Kaeslin inspired ringing cowbells and flags from the Swiss contingent. A small but loyal group cheered for Poland's Marta Phian-Kulesza, who went so far as to wear green glitter streaks in her hair. Now that's pride.