History made in men’s gymnastics all

“The Olympic men’s gymnastics individual all-around final has wrapped up in Rio, with the difference between gold and silver proving razor thin”.

It was. It just wasn’t impossible.

It was a close race to the end, with Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev leading going into the event’s final rotation, the high bar.

Surviving the high bar unscathed with a score of 14.700, Whitlock nevertheless saw the gap increase ahead of him, a huge performance from Verniaiev in eclipsing Uchimura on the parallel bars leaving him with the gold medal for the taking.

What are you gonna do? “I was calm and I think that’s really my key to success”, said Uchimura, whose had a total score of 92.365 points. “I pulled out a MateBros, slammed it and that got me pumped up again”, Mikulak said referring to the drink he first developed for friends and teammates and now sells. “The very fact we can compete with him is fantastic”. “He’s a legend. We managed to put an awesome show together”.

Uchimura had trailed his 22-year-old rival for the final four of six rotations but sealed his seventh Olympic medal over three Games on the final apparatus.

He also part of the first British men’s gymnastics team to win a world silver medal. It has also been crucial in the career of Ibtihaj Muhammad – who made history on Monday as the first USA athlete to compete wearing a hijab. But Verniaiev battled back and outscored Uchimura on four of the next five events.

“Everybody in the world knows these names”, he said. “They are the European champions for a reason”. It was enough to overcome Verniaiev and take the gold. In a sport decided by tenths of a point, Uchimura on gold by less than that, a margin of victory of.099.

In shooting, medals will be awarded in the 50 meter air pistol and double trap, with reigning Olympic gold medalist Jin Jong-oh of South Korea and Hoang Xuan Vinh of Vietnam among the contender in the 50 meter air pistol.

Rounding out the top-three in qualifications was Russia’s David Belyavsky.

But Aussie Cameron McEvoy will be looking to avenge Magnussen’s defeat and showed he is in fine fettle with a stunning anchor leg to lift his trailing nation to a bronze behind the Americans in that relay.

Ledecky turned in a split of 1 minute, 53.74 seconds, which was almost 2.5 seconds faster than her next-fastest teammate, Allison Schmitt in 1:56.21. “I proudly say I raised the bar of individual events”.

Katie Ledecky anchored the US team in the 4×200 freestyle relay.

And get this: Ledecky’s relay time was only one-hundredth of a second slower than her winning time in the 200 free the previous night. “I stand here proud”, Whitlock said. She’s the world-record holder and defending Olympic champion in the 800 free.

He had finished one step away from the gold medal. “He’s the Michael Phelps of gymnastics”.