Womens Vault Final, Tokyo Replays

Days after taking allaround silver, 22yearold Rebeca Andrade became the first Brazilian woman to win artistic gymnastics gold Andrade never gave up hope. Not when she tore her ACL, a third time, at the 2019 Brazilian Nationals. Not when the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were pushed a year due to the COVID19 pandemic. Not ever. Andrade came to Tokyo looking strong, debuting a Cheng vault (round off on the board, half turn on the vaulting table, front oneandahalf twist) during the qualifying rounds. In the apparatus final, Andrade brought back her difficult twoandahalf twisting vault to win gold. Having already won the silver medal in the allaround, close behind USA s Suni Lee. She now owns the only two Olympic medals in women s gymnastics for Brazil. Arthur Zanetti is the only other Brazilian to win artistic gymnastics gold. News from the Olympic world: Subscribe hi