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2021 Olympics - Day 1 of Event Finals

The first day of event finals is taking place at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Simone Biles of the United States has withdrawn and will be replaced by compatriot Mykayla Skinner in the Vault final and Melanie de Jesus dos Santos of France in the Uneven Bars final. We begin with Men's floor exercise: I feel as though Nikita had a rough routine. Zapata Santana - Front layout 1.5, deep squat combo front line, double pike half out, lovely tumbling, double layout. Moldauer - half in, half out, solid lines, falters on his flares, triple twist, hop back. Dolgopyat - double front half out, triple twisting double slight issues on landing, out of bounds and off centre, Russian swings, finishes with the stuck pass. KIM Hansol - double pike half out hop backward, hop forwards or backward on his next few passes, sits down on his non-acrobatic skills, deep and hop-forward on his final pass. Nervous start for the competitors. RYU Sunghyun - hop back on first two lines, massive double pike, half o