{"id":39164,"date":"2021-07-29T13:34:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T13:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39164"},"modified":"2021-07-29T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T13:34:42","slug":"tokyo-olympics-sunisa-lee-takes-gymnastics-all-around-gold-as-simone-biles-watches-from-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39164","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Olympics: Sunisa Lee takes gymnastics all-around gold as Simone Biles watches from stands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dates: <\/strong>23 July-8 August <\/span>Time in Tokyo: <\/strong>BST +8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage:<\/strong> Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

American Sunisa Lee took Olympic gymnastics all-around gold as defending champion Simone Biles watched from the stands after <\/span>withdrawing to prioritise her mental health.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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The 18-year-old Olympic debutant, who helped the USA win team silver on Tuesday, finished on 57.433.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won silver and Russian Angelina Melnikova bronze.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Gadirova’s 10th place was the best result ever by a British woman in the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrade’s score of 57.298 secured Brazil’s first ever women’s gymnastics medal at the Games, while Melnikova took bronze with 57.199.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s my first world ranking, so I know where I am and where I stand,” said 16-year-old Gadirova, whose twin sister Jennifer finished 13th.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Over the years hopefully I will just grow. I’ve got a few days to rest the legs up ready for the floor final [on Monday].”<\/span><\/p>\n

The twins helped Great Britain <\/span>win a historic team bronze on Tuesday<\/span><\/a> and Jennifer may yet join Jessica in Monday’s floor final if Biles withdraws.<\/span><\/p>\n

Biles withdrew from the team final on Tuesday and later announced she would not compete in the all-around final either, but the four-time Olympic gold medallist enthusiastically cheered on her fellow gymnasts from the stands.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 24-year-old has yet to confirm whether she will compete in the individual apparatus finals, which start on Sunday, saying she will take “each day as it comes”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Simone Biles (second from right) cheered on Lee from the stands with her United States team-mates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After Biles withdrew from the team final, Lee said the Olympic star “carries the team basically”, but the teenager has shown she is ready to take star billing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lee broke her foot in June 2020 but concerns over her floor routine after the injury proved unfounded as the American’s score of 13.700 was enough for gold in a highly competitive final.<\/span><\/p>\n

American Cup-winning artistic gymnast Katelyn Ohashi said on BBC Radio 5 Live that Lee had proved “she’s a real competitor”, adding: “She’s followed in the footsteps of Simone.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Brazil’s Andrade has had her own injury struggles, with the 22-year-old suffering a third serious knee injury in four years in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

She led at the halfway stage, but errors on the floor – her final apparatus – saw Lee pip her to gold.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. American Sunisa Lee took Olympic gymnastics all-around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hindi-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/119646051_gettyimages-1331273324.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}