Jade Carey came through with a golden routine at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Monday night. The American stood out from the rest taking the gold medal in the women’s floor exercise final at the Ariake Gymnastics Center. Vanessa Ferrari of Italy brought home their first medal in 93 years with silver, and both Angelina Melnikova of the ROC and Mai Murakami of Japan tied for the bronze.
In the second to last event final of women’s gymnastics, Carey stood out as Team USA’s lone hope for a medal. Simone Biles withdrew from the apparatus, leaving Carey as the only one that qualified for it. Two athletes from the ROC and Great Britain’s pair of sisters were in the competition for a medal, with the Italian veteran hoping to make her stab at the age of 30.
Viktoriia Listunova was first to go up and landed out of bounds on her first pass. She had a drop on her second that ultimately took her out of the hunt. After a lengthy decision on scoring for the ROC athlete, Carey got to take her routine into the spotlight, knocking it out of the park. Every tumbling pass was nailed down with two ending in a layout position. With very little problem, the American earned a 14.366 that set the bar for others.
Jessica Gadirova got a 14 on her run, with Melnikova going right after her. A 14.166 put her past the Brit, but halfway between herself and the American. Ferrari had a beautiful performance that put her in the second position with a 14.200, which left scoring tight between first and third. Mai Murakami put up a good routine for Japan that put her in a tie for third, with a higher execution giving her a shot at medaling.
Andrade was second to last, taking herself out of the running with a land out of bounds on her first tumbling pass. Her score of 14.033 kept her off the podium, with the second Gadirova sister left to perform. With a low start value, it gave Carey and Ferrari a chance to stay where they remained and come through with gold and silver.
When the Brit finished, she had small issues stalling in the air, landing with a dip in her form. With those standing out, it gave her a 13.233 that gave the American the gold, and Ferrari giving Italy its first gymnastics medal since 1928. Both Melnikova and Mai earned a bronze medal with no tiebreak being involved to determine a clear winner for it.
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