Our instant reactions after watching a full day of the women's gymnastics qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympics:

• Simone didn't have her best competition, Rebeca Andrade placed second AA.
• The US finished behind Russia by more than a point going into Team Finals.
• Defending Olympic medalists failed to even make finals including Sanne Wevers on beam.
• Danusia Francis may have gotten the highest Execution score of the meet.
• Chuso got the standing ovation farewell she deserved.
• Tom Forster used the words of survivors to justify his poor decision making.

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