With her last performance of the Tokyo Games, Jade Carey became an Olympic champion.
All eyes were on the 21-year-old, as she was the only American competing on the second night of the event finals at the Tokyo Olympics. Simone Biles qualified to the individual competition, but when she withdrew Carey became the gold-medal favorite.
After making an uncharacteristic mistake during the vault final that resulted in her finishing off the podium, Carey made the most of her final opportunity. Her floor routine featured the most difficult tumbling of all eight gymnasts competing in the final, and though she did not debut the laid-out triple-double, she executed multiple double-twisting passes with ease.
Two men's event finals also crowned new champions. On rings, China's Liu Yang won gold while South Korea's Shin Jea-Hwan stood atop the vault podium after a tie break.
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More details on the event finals are below:
Men's Rings
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China claimed the top two spots on the podium after Yang and You Hao put up massive scores in the rings final. Liu edged out his teammate by two tenths with a score of 15.500, the highest score on rings at these Olympics.
SEE MORE: China's Liu Yang hits huge 15.500 on rings
Though You had the most difficult routine of all the gymnasts in the final, Liu's impressive form won him the Olympic gold. His execution score of 9.0 was the best of the eight competitors.
You claimed silver with a 15.300, and 2016 rings champion Eleftherios Petrounias won bronze with a 15.200.
Brazil's Arthur Zanetti, who has a gold on rings from 2012 and a silver from 2016, was favored to challenge for a medal but didn't get enough rotation on his triple back tuck dismount and landed on his knees. He scored 14.133 and finished eighth.
Samir Ait Said finished in fourth after earning a 14.900. The French gymnast made a triumphant return to the Olympics this year after sustaining a double compound fracture in his left leg while landing a vault during the Rio Games.
Women's Floor
Carey didn't throw the laid-out triple-double, but she didn't need to. She scored a 14.366 without it to claim the title of Olympic floor champion and her first medal of the Tokyo Games.
The 21-year-old nailed all of her tumbling passes and only took a few small hops on her landings. Her teammates who were watching from the stands jumped to their feet to give her a standing ovation, and she shared a big hug with her father who doubles as her coach. The gold is the third on floor for the U.S. after Aly Raisman finished first on the event in London and Biles was crowned champion in Rio.
Four-time Olympian Ferrari won her first Olympic medal, a silver, with a score of 14.200. The 30-year-old stuck her first two tumbling runs and took a hop back on her last pass.
SEE MORE: Gymnast Vanessa Ferrari, 30, wins first Olympic medal
Two gymnasts stood together on the podium for bronze, as Russian Angelina Melnikova and Japan's Mai Murakami tied in third. Their scores of 14.166 were identical on every level, so the tie breaks that are typically used were not applicable.
SEE MORE: Angelina Melnikova's 14.166 floor final routine
Men's Vault
For the second time in the men's event finals, two gymnasts tied for first place.
In the vault finals, gymnasts are required to perform two different skills. Their scores are then averaged together. South Korea's Shin and Russian Denis Abliazin both finished with the top average score of 14.783, but Shin ultimately captured the gold because his first vault was more difficult.
SEE MORE: Shin Jea-Hwan wins men's Olympic vault final
Abliazin recevied the silver, and Atrur Davtyan won bronze. The bronze is Armenia's first medal of the Tokyo Games and also the nation's first Olympic medal in a sport outside of wrestling, weightlifting and boxing.
Overall, the competition was incredibly tight. There was only .077 separation between first place and fifth.
