Individual gymnastics competition continued on Monday, with Brazil’s Arthur Zanetti winning a shocking gold in men’s rings, Russia’s Aliya Mustafina taking uneven bars title and Korea’s Hak Seon Yang vaulting to gold.
Aliya Mustafina Wins Uneven Bars, Great Britain’s Tweddle Grabs Bronze
All-around individual gold medalist and American darling Gabby Douglas was not able to win her third gold medal on Monday in the women’s uneven bar. Instead, Russian Aliya Mustafina won gold, with China’s Kexin He taking silver and hometown favorite, Britain’s Beth Tweddle, getting the bronze.
Douglas was considered a possibility for a medal, but in no way was the favorite, as both the Russian and Chinese gymnasts, as well as Tweddle, are particularly strong on bars. All five of those competitors put up strong routines, but Mustafina won with a score of 16.133, with a 9.133 on execution of a routine with a 7.0 difficulty and absolutely killed it on her landing.
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