Not your usual gymnastics podium?
Mistakes from the favourites in the Vault final gave medal opportunities for 3 relative unknowns. Erdenberg Ganbad of Mongolia (that's right- Mongolia!) won the gold with an average score of 15.662. Silver went to Ferhad Arican of Turkey (15.650) and a second bronze to Nestor Abad of Spain (15.450). None of these underdogs had qualified for the all-around final.
The paralell bars also had some mistakes- including Sam Oldham, Yuya Kamoto and Danil Kazakhov. In the end Oleg Stepko got himself another gold (14.400), Muntean of Romania the silver (14.150) and Ludovico Edalli adding to Italy's medal haul with a bronze (14.100). Tense faces waiting for their scores.
But all smiles in the end.
The final gymnastics event of the games was the High Bar. GB's Sam Oldham may have left it late but will leave Singapore with a gold around his neck (14.375). Nester Abad - who did not qualify for all-aroud finals picked up his third in event finals with a silver (14.125) and Zhu Xiaodong picked up his 3rd bronze (14.100).
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