Rebeca Andrade of Brazil added a world title to her Tokyo Olympic gold medal in vault and won a silver medal in uneven bars on Saturday at the gymnastics world championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.
KITAKYUSHU, Japan (AP) Rebeca Andrade of Brazil added a world title to her Tokyo Olympic gold medal in vault and also won a silver medal in uneven bars on Saturday at the gymnastics world championships.
Saturday, 24 April 2021
Olympic champion Eleftherios Petrounias secured his fifth European Artistic Gymnastics Championships rings title on the first day of apparatus finals in Basel.
The Greek three-time world champion justified his status as the favourite with an assured display at St. Jakobshalle.
Petrounias scored 15.400 to beat recently-crowned all-around champion Nikita Nagornyy of Russia, who took silver on 15.033.
Italy s Salvatore Maresca did enough for bronze after scoring 14.900.
Switzerland s Giulia Steingruber clinched her fourth European crown in the vault event after her routine was rewarded with a score of 14.824.
The Olympic and world bronze medallist finished clear of Britain s Jessica Gadirova, who earned silver on 14.466, while Russia s Angelina Melnikova claimed bronze on 14.416.