… On Thursday, the 28-year-old Caranobe stayed consistent when many of the top gymnasts fell. Germany’s Fabian Hambüchen erred on parallel bars and high bar, Japan’s Hiroyuki Tomita peeled off still rings, Russians Sergei Khorokhordin and Maxim Devyatovsky messed up vault, and China’s Chen Yibing didn’t even finish the competition.
Caranobe, 17th in Athens, was not on anyone’s radar. He isn’t even France’s top all-arounder, finishing third at this year’s French nationals. He said his Olympic goal had been getting into the vault final, and he wanted to merely have fun during the all-around final. …
He looks just as astonished at winning the Bronze as we were:
Actually, I like his artistic style. Congratulations Benoit!
UPDATE: Oops. I got so excited about this miracle result that I wrongly awarded him the Silver medal … in the original post title.
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