PARIS – Day one in every of occasion finals on the 2024 Paris Olympics was one in every of firsts and familiars.
The firsts got here from Carlos Yulo of the Philippines and Rhys McClenaghan of Eire, each successful the primary Olympic medal in gymnastics for his or her nation – each making it gold.
The acquainted was the one and solely Simone Biles, who received the second Olympic vault title of her profession, bringing her tally of Olympic medals to seven gold and 10 general.
Males’s ground delivered an in depth contest that got here all the way down to hundredths. Yulo elevated his issue and nonetheless was chic in his execution, ending with a wonderfully caught 3.5 twist to the awe of the group. Defending Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel was 0.044 again from the Filipino star – lower than the distinction of a hop on the touchdown. 2023 world vault champion Jake Jarman of Nice Britain practically replicated his qualifying rating one other 0.033 again from Dolgopyat, tying Yulo in issue.
“I adjusted my D-score [lower] to qualify safely,” Yulo stated. “It’s actually hectic for my physique and thoughts. Within the closing, I went for [the higher difficulty]. I didn’t hesitate.”
Girls’s vault noticed acquainted faces ascend the rostrum, with Biles on prime, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade successful silver, and Jade Carey with a redemptive bronze. As quickly as Biles hit her eponymous Yurchenko double pike for a 15.700, gold was nearly a foregone conclusion. The Cheng that adopted was one in every of her greatest this quad, placing her at a 15.300 common. Primarily based on the warmup, it was fairly clear Andrade wasn’t pulling out the triple-twisting Yurchenko she had submitted to be named after herself earlier within the Video games. As a substitute, she went clear along with her Cheng – arguably one of the best on the planet – and Amanar. Carey redeemed herself after balking within the vault closing in Tokyo. This time, her clear Cheng and double-twisting Yurchenko, have been sufficient to safe the bronze.
Biles stated Saturday was the final time we’ll see the Yurchenko double pike from her, and because the Video games wind down, she additionally entertained a query about her future.
“By no means say by no means,” Biles stated of a possible fourth Video games in 2028. “The subsequent Olympics is at dwelling, so that you simply by no means know. However I get actually previous,” the 27-year-old laughed.
The highly-anticipated pommel horse closing delivered, with eventual champion McClenaghan saying, “That is one of the best pommel horse closing that’s ever occurred in my eyes – ever.” Certainly, it was thrilling from the beginning as Kazakhstan’s Nariman Kurbanov catapulted himself into medal rivalry with a 15.433. His eventual silver marked his nation’s first Olympic medal in gymnastics. Defending two-time Olympic champion Max Whitlock adopted with what he’s stated can be the ultimate routine of his storied profession. He was capable of enhance from his qualifying rating, however a 15.200 was solely good for fourth. McClenaghan bought all the way down to enterprise shortly thereafter and knew he needed to be “ballsy” together with his set, so he made positive he hit the Roth on the finish. The outcome? A 15.533 to surpass Kurbanov. Stephen Nedoroscik was the primary up after the second half contact and hit one other clear 6.4 routine, saying later that he opted for that set after pushing upgrades in coaching the previous few days and never feeling it. He additionally tweaked his again yesterday and needed to give attention to having fun with the second.
“I didn’t know as quickly as I landed, however I knew I had executed my job,” McClenaghan stated. “I knew I went by means of my most troublesome routine that I might do on at the present time. That’s the place the tears and feelings got here from.”
The pommel horse medalists have been significantly joyful after their triumph, with all three grinning ear-to-ear, and Nedoroscik and McClenaghan evaluating medals throughout the post-meet press convention. They have been additionally already planning for the longer term.
“We have been saying, ‘LA [2028] child, let’s go, run it again!’” McClenaghan stated.
Maintain studying for a play-by-play recap of how the day unfolded. Click on right here to start out from the start.
Sat. August 3 @ 6:17 p.m.
FINAL from the boys’s pommel horse closing! That is Eire’s first Olympic medal in gymnastics and it simply so occurs to be gold!
Sat. August 3 @ 6:12 p.m.
Hur Woong (KOR) PH: Off partway by means of, so the rostrum is safe! 14.300.
Sat. August 3 @ 6:09 p.m.
Oleg Verniaiev (UKR) PH: Easy swing, bit tight within the hips at instances, gradual to the handstand within the dismount, however he finishes robust. 14.966 – into fifth!
Sat. August 3 @ 6:07 p.m.
Takaaki Sugino (JPN) swings clean and is blissful together with his set for a 14.933, however that’s fifth proper now.
Sat. August 3 @ 6:02 p.m.
Stephen Nedoroscik (USA) PH: Pommel horse man! 15.200 in quals. Scissors to start out. Actually wants his 6.5 issue. Sohn is stable. So clean thus far. He hits the dismount, pumps his fists, and Brody Malone is excessive leaping on the sideline, hugging him so exhausting! 15.300 – into third together with his 6.4 routine!
Sat. August 3 @ 5:57 p.m.
Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) PH: Two-time reigning world champion! Can he get his Olympic medal? Lovely opening scissor to handstand. Glorious pommel work. Flop work within the center is clear. Textbook Russians. Simply the dismount, and he hits it! His coach was already bent over with emotion earlier than he even dismounted. 15.533! He’s into first!!! WOW! He’s overwhelmed with emotion – blissful tears. Will Eire’s first Olympic medal in gymnastics be gold???
Sat. August 3 @ 5:51 p.m.
Loran de Munck (NED) PH: Was swinging superbly, simply nice rhythm, however hand appeared to slide and he’s off. The group roots him on as he restarts his routine and finishes robust. 13.733.
Sat. August 3 @ 5:50 p.m.
Max Whitlock’s closing gymnastics routine… Bit gradual as much as the opening handstand, however he will get it. Glorious flop work in the course of the horse. Easy Busnari. Type break partway by means of, legs coming aside however he will get it again rapidly. Dismounts clear. Not his greatest, however we’ll see the place it lands! 15.166 was the qualifying rating… 15.200 right here! Did his 6.9 issue routine this time. Gained’t three-peat as Olympic champ, however in medal rivalry!
Sat. August 3 @ 5:44 p.m.
Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ) PH: Certified fifth with a 15.000. All the finalists have been shut in qualifying – any might make the rostrum. Beautiful the shape, has such a clean swing. 6.7 issue and instantly comes out swinging with a 15.433 – highest rating on horse at this Video games thus far!
Sat. August 3 @ 5:44 p.m.
Males’s pommel horse closing beginning now!
Sat. August 3 @ 5:24 p.m.
Victory ceremony, after which it’s males’s pommel horse to complete the day!
Sat. August 3 @ 5:23 p.m.
FINAL from the ladies’s vault closing!
Simone Biles wins her 2nd Olympic vault title, seventh Olympic gold, and tenth Olympic medal general!
Tokyo Olympic champion Rebeca Andrade returns to the rostrum, and Jade Carey will get her redemption!
Sat. August 3 @ 5:14 p.m.
Jade Carey (USA) VT 1: In search of a redeeming efficiency right here after balking in Tokyo… Cheng, stunning, small hop in place. 14.733. VT 2: Double-twisting Yurchenko, small hop in place. 14.200. Common = 14.466 – that’s good for bronze!
Sat. August 3 @ 5:14 p.m.
Yeo Seojeong (KOR) VT 1: Entrance handspring Rudi, step ahead. 14.166. VT 2: Double-twisting Yurchenko and falls ahead, placing her palms down. 12.666. Common = 13.416.
Sat. August 3 @ 5:10 p.m.
Rebeca Andrade (BRA) VT 1: Cheng, stunning, fast small hop and salute. 15.100. VT 2: Amanar, small steps again. Beautiful! 14.833. Common = 14.966 – into 2nd!
Sat. August 3 @ 5:05 p.m.
Ellie Black (CAN) VT 1: Entrance handspring full, mainly caught, simply the slightest of changes. Lovely! 14.100. VT 2: Tsuk 1.5, giant hop step ahead. 13.766. Common = 13.933.
Sat. August 3 @ 5:00 p.m.
Clearly nobody goes to knock Biles off the rostrum (and possibly not out of gold). Can be her tenth Olympic medal and seventh gold.
Sat. August 3 @ 4:57 p.m.
Simone Biles (USA) VT 1: Yurchenko double pike, massive air as at all times, hop again, stepped on the road. MASSIVE 15.700! VT 2: Cheng, massive distance, small hop again, one of many higher Chengs she’s executed as of late! 14.900. Common = 15.300 – clearly into 1st!
Sat. August 3 @ 4:52 p.m.
Shallon Olsen (CAN) VT 1: Cheng, typical bent arm onto the desk, lots of distance with comfortable knees, however she will get it round, hop ahead. 14.100. VT 2: Palms slip on the desk, however she by some means will get the double-twisting Yurchenko round even when it’s under-rotated, falls to her knees, single lunging step ahead. 12.633. Common = 13.366.
Sat. August 3 @ 4:45 p.m.
An Chang Okay (PRK) VT 1: Caught double-twisting Yurchenko, wow! 14.066. VT 2: Cheng, early pike down, bit of soppy knees, small single step. 14.366. Common = 14.216 – into 1st!
Sat. August 3 @ 4:40 p.m.
Valentina Georgieva (BUL) VT 1: Double-twisting Yurchenko, little bit of a rebounding hop again. 14.100. VT 2: Tsuk 1.5, small hop, wonderful! Very clear vaults from Valentina. 13.866. Common = 13.983.
Sat. August 3 @ 4:24 p.m.
Girls’s vault closing arising!
Sat. August 3 @ 4:10 p.m.
FINAL from Bercy! It’s Carlos Yulo (PHI), Artem Dolgopyat (ISR), and Jake Jarman (GBR) on the rostrum!
That is the Philippines’ first Olympic medal in gymnastics. It’s simply the nation’s second Olympic gold and first gold for a person.
Sat. August 3 @ 4:04 p.m.
Luke Whitehouse (GBR) FX: Triple again, small hop again, low chest. Entrance double full to entrance double tuck, deep within the knees however caught. Entrance double pike, hop ahead. Double twist, caught. Caught tucked double-double. 2.5 to entrance structure, small hop. Triple twist, small hop. 14.466 – sixth!
Sat. August 3 @ 4:04 p.m.
Illia Kovtun (UKR) FX: Entrance full to entrance double pike, smallest of hops. Entrance triple full, step. 3.5 twist, caught. Randi, small hop again. 2.5 to entrance structure, caught. Flairs sequence, which the group loves. Triple twist, low chest, small hop ahead. 14.533 – 4th!
Sat. August 3 @ 4:00 p.m.
Jake Jarman (GBR) FX: Laid-out triple-double, hop, fights to remain in bounds. 2.5 to entrance double tuck, small hop ahead. Tucked triple-double, small hop. Triple twist, small step/adjustment. Entrance full to Randi, hop to the facet. 3.5 twist, small hop ahead. Not the cleanest landings, however he brings massive issue and certified first with a 14.966. Wants a 15.001 to leap forward of Yulo, who he’s skilled with and has friendship! 14.933 – into third!
Sat. August 3 @ 3:57 p.m.
Milad Karimi (KAZ) FX: Randi to the facet, comfortable knees, close to the road. Entrance full to entrance double pike, hop again. 2.5 to entrance double tuck, caught. Tucked double-double, single step. Double full, caught. Entrance double full to tuck entrance half. Triple twist, low chest, hop ahead. 14.500 – into third, no out of bounds for that first cross.
Sat. August 3 @ 3:52 p.m.
Zhang Boheng (CHN) FX: Entrance double full to entrance double pike, hops out of bounds with each ft. 3.5 to tuck entrance half. Randi, small hop ahead. Double full, caught. 2.5 to entrance structure, small hop ahead. Triple twist, hop again. 13.933 after the -0.3 impartial deduction for the out of bounds.
Sat. August 3 @ 3:47 p.m.
Carlos Yulo (PHI) FX: 2.5 to entrance double pike, hop to the facet. Entrance double full to entrance double tuck, hop. Full-twisting double structure, caught. Triple twist, small hop ahead. Entrance full to Randi. 3.5 twists, STUCK COLD! Insane! IT’S A 15.000!!! 6.6 issue – highest rating of this Video games on ground!
Sat. August 3 @ 3:42 p.m.
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) FX: Defending Olympic champ up subsequent! He certified seventh with some errors. Can undoubtedly enhance on that… Laid-out double-double, small hop again. Entrance full to entrance double pike, small hop ahead. 2.5 to entrance double tuck, small hop. Entrance double full to entrance structure. Tucked double-double, fights for the stick, has to take the smallest adjustment. Double Arabian half. 14.966 – that matches the highest qualifier! 6.4 issue.
Sat. August 3 @ 3:35 p.m.
Rayderley Zapata (ESP) FX: 2020 silver medalist by tie break! Can Ray come out massive? 2.5 to entrance double tuck, small hop. 1.5 to entrance double pike. Laid-out double-double, small hop ahead. Entrance double full to entrance structure. Double Arabian half, wonderful. Double structure, mayyyy have landed on the road? It might go both means, however a small hop ahead. Actually wonderful work from Ray. They’re taking their candy time… They do give him the out of bounds, so -0.1 and he scores a 14.333 – nearly three-tenths decrease than quals. 6.2 issue as a substitute of 6.3.
Reminder that each touchdown will likely be essential on this closing. Hops, out of bounds, all of the little issues matter.
Sat. August 3 @ 3:30 p.m.
Males’s ground intros occurring now!
Sat. August 3 @ 3:15 p.m.
Males’s ground closing will likely be up first at 3:30 p.m. Paris time/9:30 a.m. Japanese.
This will likely be fascinating. You will have defending Olympic champion and reigning world champion Artem Dolgopyat (ISR), 2020 silver medalist Rayderley Zapata (ESP) – who misplaced a tie break with Dolgopyat in Tokyo – after which different powerhouse ground staff. Jake Jarman (GBR) certified first and Carlos Yulo (PHI) was second (and didn’t do full issue). All of those males are able to making the rostrum.
Be careful for Luke Whitehouse’s triple again – it’s stellar!
Sat. August 3 @ 3:11 p.m.
Right here’s the beginning record for the ladies’s vault closing, which is able to occur at roughly 4:20 p.m. native time/10:20 am. Japanese.
With Biles going earlier than Andrade, it provides Rebe the prospect to see what Simone does and if she must improve to attempt to problem her.
Jade Carey final up!
Sat. August 3 @ 3:10 p.m.
For all the brand new pommel horse (and Stephen Nedoroscik) stans, right here’s the beginning record for as we speak’s closing. Will get began at 5:16 p.m. Paris time/11:16 a.m. Japanese.
This closing is STACKED. All the qualifiers have been separated by lower than five-tenths. Nedoroscik certified second after a tie break with two-time reigning world champion Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) and forward of two-time defending Olympic champion Max Whitlock (GBR).
Anticipate to see the boys pushing issue within the closing. Nedoroscik did his 6.4 routine in qualifying, however will most likely attempt for a 6.5 as we speak (a call he makes on the fly, relying on how he’s feeling). He does go after the 2 different prime contenders, so he’ll have an concept of what he must do to contend for the rostrum.
Sat. August 3 @ 2:58 p.m.
Welcome inside Bercy Enviornment for day one in every of occasion finals! Right this moment now we have males’s ground train, ladies’s vault, and males’s pommel horse. All of it will get began at 3:30 p.m. CEST/9:30 a.m. EDT.
