

In 2019/20 season, gold in uneven bars and bronze in beam in Doha. In other events - gold in team event at 2021 PanAm Ch, silver in 2018. Rebeca Andrade (BRA) Finished 11th at 2016 OG. Won team event at 2019 WCh and at 2018 Pacific Rim Ch. Finished 8th at 2019 WCh, silver in floor, bronze in uneven bars and 12th in beam. Sunisa Lee (USA) Making Olympic Games debut. Here’s a more detailed look at the 24 women in today’s competition: First group “I want to dedicate it (my medal) to all the hard work I have done. I basically worked for it five years and I didn’t miss any major competition in all those five years. Says Melnikova, the bronze medalist: “I am extremely happy. It’s been a tough road (since Rio 2016) with many bumps along the way.

I put a lot of effort in to this, I worked hard with my coach and a psychologist. She adds: “I gave 110%, I gave all of me. I don’t have any words to describe how I am feeling, nor the feeling of having the Olympic silver medal around my neck.” “I hoped for this moment and I have trained and worked super hard for this moment. “I am super happy,” says Andrade, who becomes the first woman representing Brazil to claim an Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics. Rebeca Andrade, in her first major international competition since suffering a major knee injury in 2018, is equally thrilled with her silver. To be here and to be an Olympic gold medallist is just crazy.” The past two years with Covid have been crazy. “It feels crazy, it is so surreal,” Lee says.
