After Simone BILES surprisingly decided not to start in the women's all-around final, today the only 18-year-old Sunisa LEE (USA) continued the incredible gold series in the women's Olympic all-around competition and, since 2004, has been the 5th USA gymnast to win the 5th consecutive Olympic gold medal! With 57.433 points, she improved on the preliminary fight and defeated the Brazilian Rebeca ANDRADE (57.298), who won the first Olympic medal in this discipline for her...
One day after her surprising termination of her competition in the team final, Simone BILES (USA) today also announced her withdrawal from the individual all-around final on Thursday tomorrow.
"It's crap when you have to fight the problems in your own head," said the 24-year-old four-time Olympic champion, explaining her mental problems.
In the all-around final she will to...
♦♦ TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES
196 gymnasts compete in Artistic Gymnastics, from July 24 up to August 03, at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo (JPN).
The numbers include nine Olympic gold medallists from Games reaching as far back as 1992, as well as five gymnasts, who have been crowned champions at the Youth Olympic Games.
The oldest in the competition, Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) and...
The Italian Gymnastics Federation was the last to name its women’s Olympic team, announcing on Monday – the IOC’s deadline for finalizing team submissions – that Alice D’Amato, Asia D’Amato, Martina Maggio, and Giorgia Villa would be the four set to represent Italy in Tokyo, joining Vanessa Ferrari, who had previously won a nominative berth via the apparatus world cup series.
→ The Italian men finished 13th in qualifications at Worlds 2019 in Stuttgart, missing a team spot...
* fig - info--: Following the Continental Championships and the Apparatus World Cup series in Artistic Gymnastics that concluded with the postponed event in Doha (QAT), the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) officially confirmed the lists of gymnasts and National Olympic Committees (NOC) who have earned quota places for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
* The lists have been published on the 2020 Olympic Games event calendar page under "Event Files" on the FIG website.
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