In a thrilling men’s Olympic gymnastics final on Wednesday, the 24 most sensible scorers from Saturday’s heats took to the canvas. But only Japan and China emerged victorious, taking gold, silver and bronze with scores of less than five-tenths of a second.
Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka won the gold medal with a score of 86. 832, China’s Zhang Boheng took silver (86. 599) and China’s Xiao Ruoteng finished with bronze (86. 364). Reigning Olympic all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan was sixth, while Paul Juda and Frederick Richard of Team USA came in 14th and 15th, respectively. Boheng, Oka and Hashimoto entered the festival as favorites after completing one, two and 3 in the men’s heats.
In the men’s general competition, there are six events: floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar. Regarding scoring, each gymnast has a difficulty and execution score with respect to each gymnast’s overall score. of the six events. Each of those scores are added together to get the overall score.
Richard, the star of the American team, had an unfortunate start to the competition. He slipped and fell off the pommel horse, leaving him immediately out of contention for the medal (12. 733). Boheng, the leader of the qualifying round. , also got off to a rough start on track and crashed on his 3. 5 spin at the front after missing and hitting his head on the ground. Although he was able to finish the year, he only obtained 13,233.
Oka fired an impressive 14. 566 on the ground after posting a double layout with full spin, full front to Randi stuck (turn 2. 5), a double-double stuck, a double double stuck full and a 2. 5. Hashimoto also packed the crowd with a floor regimen that included a huge triple-double (the same pass used through Team USA’s Simone Biles). A double-double stuck, a front complete to Randi, double-full stuck, forward layout with 2. 5 turn stroke and triple full stuck, to score 14,633. British star Jake Jarman surprised the judges with his arranged triple-double, 2. 5 in the double front fold, triple-double stuck to the back, triple-full, full front to Randi and 3. 5 spin for a 14. 900 (6. 6 difficulty). ).
Jarman took an early lead (14. 9), with Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev in second (14. 833) and Hashimoto tied for third with Ukraine’s Illia Kovtun (14. 633).
Paul Juda scored 13. 733 on vault after burping his Kasamatsu 1. 5, a big difference from his impressive vault in the team final. Hashimoto suffered a shocking fall from the pommel horse and scored just 12. 966 to save him from earning a spot. Oka moved up to first place after 14. 500 on the pommel horse, Jarman moved back to second place and Canada’s Felix Dolci moved up to third place.
Dolci fell off the steady bar on what appeared to be a damaged handle. On his second attempt, he fell backwards before completing the workout with 11. 733, earning him third place. Oka remained in the top spot after scoring 13. 866. on the rings, Verniaiev returned to the moment after a score of 14. 4 on the vault and Ruoteng jumped to third place after a fake 13. 8 on the rings.
Jarman performed a Kasamatsu 2. 5 for a whopping score of 15. 666, while Hashimoto performed a Kasamatsu double jump for a score of 14. 766. On parallel bars, Richard of the American team finished his double front dismount with a time of 14. 133. Ukraine’s Verniaiev moved into first position after a 15. 0 on parallel bars, and teammate Kovtun moved into second position after a massive 15. 4. Ruoteng retained third place after achieving a double from Kasamatsu (14. 833).
Kovtun dismantled a double-double from the horizontal bar with a 13. 833, while performances on the parallel bars once back shook up the rankings. Oka moved into first place after a 15. 1, Ruoteng moved from third to second with a 14. 766 and Boheng returned to the medal hunt after a considerable 15. 300.
The three leaders walked to the top bar and it all came down to this. Ruoteng scored 14,366 and Oka scored 14,500 after a staged double-double. Boheng achieved his double-double dismount for 14. 633, but it was not enough to win gold. Oka won gold, Boheng took silver and Ruoteng took bronze.
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