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Suni, Rebeca, Angelina
EVERYONE assumed Simone would again be Olympic Champion.
Instead, we had a thrilling AA Final.
Very competitive.
🥇 Sunisa Lee USA 57.433
🥈 Rebeca Andrade BRA 57.298
🥉 Angelina Melnikova RUS 57.199
Xiao deducted 0.3 for not saluting
On his last apparatus, Xiao failed to salute the judges after his Horizontal Bar dismount, incurring a 0.3 penalty.
The deduction did not change his medal standing.
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Not as bad as Manrique Larduet 2015.
One of the very first things young kids learn about competition is how to “present” and “salute”.
Respect for the judges
Men’s Vault – past Olympic champs
Ellie Black withdraws from AA
Bad news.
Merde.
Olympic Champion Hashimoto Daiki
Age-19. Wants to be the next Kohei Uchimura.
To win gold at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and then defend his title at the 2024 and 2028 Games. (nikkansports.com, 04 Jan 2020; tokyo-sports.co.jp, 21 Jan 2020)
Japan looks to be the team of the future. Takeru finished 5th, age-18.
🏅Hashimoto Daiki 🇯🇵 Japan
🥈Xiao Ruoteng 🇨🇳 China
🥉Nikita Nagornyy 🇷🇺 Russia
Taiwan’s Tang Chia-Hung surprised. Qualified in 22nd. Finished 7th!
Jade Carey to the AA
Jade’s story is remarkable too.
She’s got a real shot at the podium.
Simone withdrew from AA
Jade Carey will step in as 1st reserve for USA.
Listunova remembers Gennedy Petrovichev
Did you see Viktoria hold up a photo at the Olympics?
It was her coach Gennedy Petrovichev who passed away October 2020.
