![]() ![]() The men’s parallel bars and horizontal bar finals and the women’s balance beam final will wrap up competition on Tuesday. ET with men’s still rings and vault and women’s floor exercise. Max Whitlock of Great Britain topped the pommel horse field with a commanding 15.583, while Chinese Taipei’s Kai Chih Lee (15.400) and Japan’s Kazuma Kaya (14.900) rounded out the podium.Īrtistic event finals will continue Monday at 4 a.m. Pommel horse specialist Alec Yoder of Indianapolis, Ind., also finished in the sixth position, posting a 14.566 in the second men’s event final of the evening. ![]() Artem Dolgopyat of Israel (14.933) edged Rayderley Zapata of Spain (14.933) in a tie break, while Ruoteng Xiao of China (14.766) earned bronze. On the men’s side, Yul Moldauer of Wellington, Colo., finished sixth on floor exercise, notching a 13.533. Lee is set to compete for an additional medal in the balance beam final on Tuesday. Nina Derwael of Belgium (15.200) took gold with Anastasiia Iliankova of the Russian Olympic Committee (14.833) claiming silver. She earned a 14.500 to secure the bronze medal and complete the full color spectrum of Olympic hardware – gold, silver and bronze – that will be heading back to the U.S. representative in the uneven bars final following Biles’ withdrawal. ![]() Lee, who is the reigning Olympic women’s all-around champion, was the lone U.S. Jade Carey of Phoenix, Ariz., finished eighth and will be back in action Monday in the floor exercise final. She was topped only by Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade who claimed gold with a 15.083. Skinner – the veteran World team gold medalist who replaced teammate Simone Biles of Spring, Texas, in the vault final following her withdrawal on Saturday – delivered first and second vault scores of 15.033 and 14.800 for a combined 14.916. "Whereas now people, quite rightly, expect a result every time I take to the track.TOKYO, Aug– MyKayla Skinner of Gilbert, Ariz., vaulted her way to the silver medal on the first night of individual event finals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, while Sunisa Lee of St. "There's a bit of a transition in pressure as well - when I was trying to break into the team I was more or less unheard of, so expectations are kind of neutral," he said. He said he found it "tough" after winning gold in Rio to find the same motivation, as that goal had been his "sole focus" since turning professional at 17. Skinner said he had not picked his return date but cited the example of six-time Olympic champion Jason Kenny, who secretly retired after Rio but reversed his decision to return after a year off. "British Cycling are all about the Olympics so I'm very grateful to them for giving me space to re-evaluate things and see how I can push forward all the way to there." "Tokyo is still very much on my mind," he added. Skinner said British Cycling was supportive of his decision and that he is still in training to maintain muscle mass, which is "the most important thing for a sprinter". Hear more from Skinner on the Friday Sports Panel."Whether it was that the training wasn't quite right or my head wasn't in the right place or my motivation wasn't quite what it once was, I needed to take some time to step back and re-evaluate and see where to go from there." "I wasn't able to continue that upward trend, or momentum, that I found at the Olympic Games," the Scot told BBC Radio 5 live's Friday Sports Panel. Skinner, 26, won team sprint gold and sprint silver on the track at Rio 2016.
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