JAMAICANS Jaida Lawrence and Toni-Ann Williams left their pioneering adventure of slip-ups and cuts at the 43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday with final placings of 152nd and 167th respectively, in the individual all-around qualification.

Sixteen-year-old Russian Victoria Komova topped the all-around qualification after winning the uneven bars and balance beam preliminaries, with a total 60.157 points.

American Jordyn Wieber grabbed second place scoring 60.032 points, just ahead of Chinese Jinna Yao (59.031 points), who had an outstanding performance at the Cottbus World Cup series in Germany in March this year.

Lawrence, 17, showed how good she was in the vault finishing 30th overall, and was 185th in both the uneven bars and balance beam. In the floor exercise, Lawrence finished 181st.

For Toni-Ann, who ripped out the middle of her right palm with “blood gushing everywhere”, according to mother Marlene Hylton-Williams, her best performance came in the balance beam with a 86th-place finish.

In all, 216 gymnasts posted scores in the individual all-around qualification, but only the top 32 advanced to the finals.

Hylton-Williams noted yesterday that doctors “cleaned up and taped (Toni-Ann’s) hand”, allowing her daughter to complete all four events.

“(It was) not her usual performance but we believe she will be given a spot to go to London,” added Hylton-Williams, referring to another opportunity that her daughter might get to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games.

However, Hylton-Williams revealed that doctors did not in fact go ahead and stitch the wound on her hand, explaining that the cut was too “deep and wide”.

“So I am flying home tomorrow to see a hand specialist,” Hylton-Williams pointed out.

The second Olympic Qualification in London is scheduled for January 10-18.