Sunisa Lee has won bronze in the women’s artistic gymnastics bars final in Tokyo three days after asserting the all-around title. Lee’s rating was a lower-than-usual 14.5 (she got 15.4 at the group last, 15.3 in the all-around final, as well as 15.2 in credentials); she had breaks in her regular, suggesting she really did not link release steps like she was intended to, which lowered her routine’s beginning worth by six tenths of a factor.
Her implementation, however, was still strong. Nina Derwael from Belgium, that certified via in the leading spot and has 2 World Championship bars titles to her name, got gold with a high score of 15.2. This is Belgium’s very first Olympic medal in women’s artistic gymnastics.
Anastasiia Iliankova, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, made silver with a score of 14.833.
Lee was the single American contending on bars after Simone Biles withdrew due to her mental health, and the previous was expected to compete for platform areas due to her high level of trouble and lovely, clean lines on the event. Lee, in a jewel-adorned leotard, performed initially out of 8 gymnasts and also had the ability to turn to 3rd place while Biles supported from the stands.
Biles was additionally there to see fellow Americans Jade Carey and also MyKayla Skinner compete in the safe last that very same day; Skinner inevitably won silver. France’s Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos, who took Biles’s location in this bars final, racked up 14.033 and completed in sixth place.
This is Lee’s third medal of the Games— she likewise obtained silver in the team occasion on July 27— as well as you can see images of her and the various other bars medalists in advance. She’s the initial Hmong American to contend and medal in an Olympics. Next up for her is the beam final on Aug. 3. Can she make it four?