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Post by Admin on Oct 24, 2021 16:17:07 GMT
A thrilling win for Japan's Murakami Mai!
Relive Murakami Mai's world title winning floor routine from the 2021 World Gymnastics Championship in Kitakyushu. The win came after a dramatic few minutes where the judges reviewed the exercise and increased the score by 0.1 awarding her the top spot.
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Post by Admin on Oct 24, 2021 21:08:53 GMT
Wong takes bronze; Mai wins gold after inquiry in wild worlds floor final | NBC Sports
The competition in Kitakyushu provided something of a redemption tour for American athletes Leanne Wong and Kayla DiCello. Both traveled to Tokyo over the summer as alternates but neither performed in Olympic competition.
With multiple individual medals up for grabs at the world championships, which did not include a team competition, the pair seized the opportunity to bring home some hardware.
In the all-around final, Wong won silver with high execution scores and solid performances on balance beam and floor exercise. Her final score of 56.340 was just 0.292 behind champion Angelina Melnikova.
The Russian gymnast outscored Wong on vault and the uneven bars while performing some of the most difficult routines among the competitors in the final. Melnikova’s all-around gold medal snapped an American winning streak that stretched back to 2011.
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Post by Admin on Oct 24, 2021 22:20:14 GMT
DiCello joined Wong on the podium, clinching bronze with strong routines on beam and floor. The 17-year-old led the field after posting a 14.600 on vault in the first rotation, but a fall on bars temporarily dropped her out of the top three. DiCello rebounded well on beam and sealed a medal with a floor set that featured powerful tumbling passes. She finished with a total score of 54.566.
Wong added a bronze to her medal collection Sunday when she scored a 13.833 to place third in the floor event final. After spending most of her Olympic experience in quarantine after being in close contact with another gymnast who tested positive for COVID-19, the 18-year-old now carries two medals to the University of Florida, where she plans to compete in NCAA gymnastics competition beginning in January.
In the men’s events, Team USA picked up two medals and made some history. Pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik became the first-ever American to win a world title on the event, and Brody Malone snagged a bronze on high bar.
While American gymnasts have had recent success on high bar, pommel horse has traditionally been Team USA's weakest apparatus. Before Nedoroscik posted a massive 15.266 in the event final to finish atop the podium, the U.S. had previously won just two other world medals on pommel horse. The most recent was a bronze in 2006.
Malone earned a 14.966 on high bar and was initially in a tie for third with Italy’s Carlo Macchini, but the American received a higher execution score and thus won the tiebreak to claim a spot on the podium.
In the men’s all-around final, Yul Moldauer placed fourth, which was the best finish for an American man since Jonathan Horton won bronze at the 2010 world championships.
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Post by Admin on Oct 25, 2021 3:49:11 GMT
Murakami Mai, the Tokyo 2020 floor bronze medallist and now two-time world champion, retired on Sunday (24 October), the final day of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. "Thank you everyone. I am retiring as of today", Murakami said during a surprise speech during the closing ceremony at Kitakyushu Gymnasium. "I hope I was able to give you one last joy. I cannot describe how grateful I am. I've managed to come this far and I owe it to all of you". Murakami had said ahead of the final that these championships could be the last meet of her career, and she was true to her word. The two-time Olympian said she began thinking about when to call it quits after injuring her lower back two years ago. After winning her first Olympic medal this summer at Tokyo 2020, and adding a gold and bronze (balance beam) at the worlds on Sunday, the 25-year-old Murakami felt it was time. "Injuries are part and parcel with gymnastics", she said in a press conference after addressing the crowd. "When I hurt my back, retirement became a reality. Overcoming it definitely made me stronger but equally, the wear and tear started to take its toll. "I wanted to be the one to decide when to end it, not by anyone or anything else. I wanted to go out when I could still do it. I began feeling that way when the Games were postponed. "I think I've done well for myself. Right now I just want a break".
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Post by Admin on Oct 25, 2021 15:39:39 GMT
All-Around world champ in his first competition! 🇨🇳
Relive Zhang Boheng's high bar performance that sealed the all-around world title for the Chinese gymnast in his first major international event.
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