Sunisa Lee moved into the gold-medal place with one rotation to go after a nerveless beam routineDates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8Protection: Watch dwell on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Crimson Button and on-line; Hear on BBC Radio 5 Reside, Sports activities Additional and Sounds; dwell textual content and video clips on BBC Sport web site and app.
American Sunisa Lee took Olympic gymnastics all-around gold as defending champion Simone Biles watched from the stands after withdrawing to prioritise her psychological well being.
The 18-year-old Olympic debutant, who helped the USA win workforce silver on Tuesday, completed on 57.433.
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade received silver and Russian Angelina Melnikova bronze.
Jessica Gadirova’s tenth place was one of the best end result ever by a British girl within the occasion.
Andrade’s rating of 57.298 secured Brazil’s first ever ladies’s gymnastics medal on the Video games, whereas Melnikova took bronze with 57.199.
“It is my first world rating, so I do know the place I’m and the place I stand,” mentioned 16-year-old Gadirova, whose twin sister Jennifer completed thirteenth.
“Over time hopefully I’ll simply develop. I’ve acquired a number of days to relaxation the legs up prepared for the ground last [on Monday].”
The twins helped Nice Britain win a historic workforce bronze on Tuesday and Jennifer might but be a part of Jessica in Monday’s flooring last if Biles withdraws.
Biles withdrew from the workforce last on Tuesday and later introduced she wouldn’t compete within the all-around last both, however the four-time Olympic gold medallist enthusiastically cheered on her fellow gymnasts from the stands.
The 24-year-old has but to verify whether or not she is going to compete within the particular person equipment finals, which begin on Sunday, saying she is going to take “every day because it comes”.
Simone Biles (second from proper) cheered on Lee from the stands together with her United States team-mates
After Biles withdrew from the workforce last, Lee mentioned the Olympic star “carries the workforce principally”, however the teenager has proven she is able to take star billing.
Lee broke her foot in June 2020 however issues over her flooring routine after the harm proved unfounded because the American’s rating of 13.700 was sufficient for gold in a extremely aggressive last.
American Cup-winning inventive gymnast Katelyn Ohashi mentioned on BBC Radio 5 Reside that Lee had proved “she’s an actual competitor”, including: “She’s adopted within the footsteps of Simone.”
Brazil’s Andrade has had her personal harm struggles, with the 22-year-old struggling a 3rd severe knee harm in 4 years in 2019.
She led on the midway stage, however errors on the ground – her last equipment – noticed Lee pip her to gold.
