Aly Raisman defeated a star-laden field Tuesday to win gold in the final artistic gymnastics competition of the Olympics -- the women\'s floor exercise. Raisman grabbed a bronze medal earlier in the day on the balance beam when the judges revised her score upward after the competition, but there was no question about her final routine on the floor. She received a score of 15.600 points for that exercise with Romania\'s Catalina Ponor finishing second at 15.200. It was Ponor who had appeared to have won the balance beam bronze before Raisman\'s score was boosted by a tenth of a point. That created a tie between the Romanian and the American, but because Raisman\'s execution score was higher she received the bronze. All-around gold medalist Gabby Douglas of the United States participated in both the beam and floor exercise final Tuesday, but did not medal in either. The American women won five gymnastics medals in six events during the Olympics, three of them gold. Chinese gymnasts Deng Linlin and Sui Lu finished in front of Raisman on the balance beam and the other individual apparatus gold medals awarded Tuesday went to China\'s Feng Zhe on the parallel bars and to Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands on the high bar. China\'s men had a poor qualifying effort on the opening day of the Olympics, but wound up winning the team gold medal and four other medals in the individual events. The United States men led qualifying and yet they claimed only one Olympic medal, a bronze by Danell Leyva in the all-around. Those in the women\'s floor exercise won by Raisman final included defending Olympic champion Sandra Raluca Izbasa of Romania, current world champion Kseniia Afanaseva of Russia and Ponor, who won the event at the 2004 Olympics. Aliya Mustafina of Russia, who won a gold medal on Monday in the uneven bars, was the bronze medalist in floor exercise on Wednesday.
GMT 22:55 2018 Tuesday ,23 January
Manchester United retain world's richest club statusGMT 05:19 2018 Saturday ,20 January
Man City midfielder Fernandinho signs contract extension to 2020GMT 13:46 2018 Friday ,19 January
Borussia Dortmund deny contact with Arsenal for Pierre-Emerick AubameyangGMT 13:38 2018 Thursday ,18 January
Chelsea edge into FA Cup fourth round, Bournemouth rockedGMT 10:38 2018 Thursday ,18 January
Arsenal 'target' Malcom faces rap over videoGMT 07:49 2018 Tuesday ,16 January
Football: Giggs set to be named as Wales bossGMT 07:08 2018 Monday ,15 January
Sevilla let Real off hook with Alaves defeatGMT 07:02 2018 Saturday ,13 January
Everton in talks to sign Arsenal's Walcott

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor