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Simon Bales will compete in the final of the beam exercise on Tuesday
After retiring one by one from all the personal finals in which she was supposed to take part in recent days, it was decided that the legendary gymnast will compete in what will be her farewell performance from Tokyo 2020. Hope to finish the Olympics with a gold medal
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Monday, 02 August 2021, 11:31 Updated: 11:40
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The heads of the US Gymnastics Association announced today (Monday) that Simon Bailes will participate tomorrow (11:48) in the beam exercise final, the last ground gymnastics final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In what will be her last exercise. "We are excited to confirm that tomorrow you will see two American gymnasts in the beam final - Sony Lee and Simon Bales! Can not wait to watch them both, "reads the Twitter account of the association of exercise American.
This is not a drill strongest Bales, hoping to finish the Tokyo with a gold medal after winning the silver medal in the team competition it was a part. In fact, this is one of the two subjects at least good of The legendary American (along with ranked counterparts). She achieved the seventh-highest score in the qualifiers and at the Rio Olympics she won "only" a bronze medal, having won gold at the World Championships two years ago.
This time, too, two Chinese women are set to set the tone alongside Bales, Guan Chanchun and Tang Xinjing, who herself has experienced a very big disappointment so far in the Tokyo Games.
The multi-champion, Sonisa Lee, will be the second American in the beam final.
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Although not really on the mat, Bales was still the focus of interest in the gym.
The American came to Tokyo as the big star in the know-how of the games, but retired after one exercise in the team final, explaining that she was facing mental difficulties.
The 24-year-old gymnast showed up to the games with a dream of winning six gold medals - one team and five other personalities.
She participated as planned in all the exercises in the qualifiers and also achieved the highest cumulative score, but received criticism for her performance - which in retrospect seems to have accelerated her mental crisis.
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