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Lee got a medal in the end. Not a great final either. Many gymnasts had bigger scores in the all-around final than Lee had here: Melnikova, Urazova, Andrade, and Seitz tied this score. Bummer. Sad for Seitz.

I'm crushed for Fan Yilin. I was rooting for her. Now, come on, Seitz! You deserve a medal after all these years!

Another BIG choke for . Lee missed most, if not all, of her connections. Her routine depended on connected skills to raise the difficulty score, but she apparently got nervous and now she will most probably not even get a medal.

First ever medals in artistic gymnastics for and today, first ever for a female gymnast for and first ever gold medal for a female gymnast for . How I wish could have been there... , and can still join. And can get its first ever gold medal in a few minutes.

Their best chance for a medal is Brody Malone on the horizontal bar.

Noooo! My favorite male gymnast here is McClenaghan. I can't believe he had a bad day.

Yup, I'd say that should be impossible to beat. I'm really surprised. I expected or with a gold medal here, not . Amazing performance by Whitlock. Very impressive indeed!

Well, now I can write a little bit more. I'm fully aware that Rebeca didn't have good landings. This is not the vault final I envisioned, to be honest. Beautiful form in the air, but the landings were not great. Still, a fair result, especially considering that Skinner's vaults are lower in height and not as great in execution -- except for the landings, which of course were better. But for those who don't understand, the landings on Rebeca's vaults were deducted around 0.1 to 0.3 each, so no big deal in the end. This is how the Code of Points works. Skinner did so well to keep her mental fortitude. She went from a retired gymnast after qualifications to an Olympic silver medalist. I'm not a fan of her political ideas, but as a gymnast her life story is very touching and she deserves this medal. Yeo Seo-jeong went through all the trouble to create a new vault, with the highest difficulty in the final and the biggest single score. I was following the tweets about the training sessions before this final, and Yeo crashed all her attempts, so the fact that she hit in the final and got a medal is amazing. Another fairy tale story here came true. Moreno had the best vaults in her career and missing a medal by such a small margin must be heartbreaking. I hope she sticks around for 2024, and I hope Olsen also keeps training because she has enough potential to be a medalist if she improves her execution. Her vaults were not the cleanest, but the difficulty was high. Carey had a terrible day. I'm glad she's okay, but it was hard to watch. Good news is that she will perform on floor finals and she's the favorite for the gold medal thanks to her level of difficulty alone, which is the highest among all competitors -- provided Biles decides not to compete there. Overall, a very interesting final with LOTS of hard vaults. This was probably the final with the highest combined level of difficulty across all competitors in Olympic history. Either this or Beijing, but I still think this takes the cake for the sheer number of Cheng vaults alone.

Gold is gold! As soon as we have the pic with a medal, I'll change it. LOL.

I told you guys Yeo Seo-jeong was going to get a bronze medal! AND GOLD FOR REBECA! YEEES!!

This is the biggest choke I've seen in my life.

Because FIG is stupid. At least in trampoline they go from lowest score in qualifications to highest score. In artistic gymnastics this random order in the finals make no sense.

He should be happy with any medal at all, let alone silver. His execution is not good at all.

This was probably the worst floor final in the history of this sport. Any of the medalists from 2016 would have made better Olympic champions than Dolgopyat.

Bruno is so happy! He's been trying to get an Olympic medal for 10 years. He did everything he could for this medal. I can't believe he got it!

A great final, really. I'm surprised with Paltrinieri not even making the podium. I thought he had it in the bag, but nope.

My old profile pic was 4 or the 5 female Brazilian gymnasts at the 2008 Olympics: Ana Cláudia Silva, Daiane dos Santos, Jade Barbosa and Laís Souza. Daniele Hypólito is someone I really despise, so I cropped her out of the picture. LOL.

Fratus!!! FINALLY!!!! He made everybody cry in Brazil!

Sim, na ordem em que postei. Salto masculino é complicado porque basicamente todo mundo tem chance. Ganha medalha quem cravar melhor os saltos. Só Asil e Shin partem de uma dificuldade maior, mas também têm mais chance de errar.

I still think it's the best Olympics ever, especially with the recent medal in Tennis, which is considered by Brazilian media as the most unpredictable in the history of the Olympic Games -- for Brazil, of course, since nothing could possibly top Steven Bradbury or Siranidis/Bimis.

Salto masculino: Shin, Asil, Nagornyy Argolas: Yang, Petounias, You Salto feminino: Rebeca, Jade e Yeo Solo feminino: Melnikova, Carey, Rebeca Trave: Chenchen, Xijing, Iordache

E a medalha mais improvável veio no tênis. Certamente foi uma grande ajuda pra ver se a gente chega a 20 pódios.

Last time I heard about Gazoz was when he lost the bronze medal match at the 2014 YOG. Now he's Olympic champion. Fantastic!

I won't spoil the surprise. I don't know why people are crazy over Skinner. I believe Yeo Seo-jeong will win the bronze medal, or maybe even Moreno or Olsen. Even Melnikova wouldn't be a surprise. Of course, Skinner is a huge threat for a medal, but Yeo will improve her difficulty and could very well even fight for the gold medal if she hits.

I've always thought it's weird to have this sport at the Olympics. It only became an official gymnastics discipline in 1999, and the following year it was included in the Olympic program. It might have made sense in the early 2000s with much harder skills being performed on a trampoline rather than in artistic gymnastics, but nowadays the level of difficulty in artistic gymnastics has blown the roof away, so why even keep trampoline as an independent discipline? It's not a bad sport in any way, but it just doesn't impress me anymore. I mean, there are much, much worse sports in the program, but I wouldn't be sad to see this one go.