Medal Moment
Artistic Gymnastics
Gymnastics: Liu Yang (CHN) wins rings gold!
Spectacular from Liu, and the crowd agrees!
He has one of the toughest routines of the competition, but with big risks come big rewards, and he nails every element to score a whopping 15.300!
With the win, Liu becomes the first athlete since 1972 to win two Olympic titles in a row in this event.
Silver goes to Zou Jingyuan (CHN), who had the same difficuilty score as Liu (6.400) but a less clean routine. 2016 Olympic champion and Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) earns another bronze.
🥇Liu Yang (CHN): 15.300
🥈Zou Jingyuan (CHN): 15.233
🥉Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE): 15.100