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Brazilian Caio Souza closed his participation in the Olympics this Monday. The 27-year-old gymnast competed in the Tokyo vault final, suffered a fall on the second flight and ended up in eighth place, averaging 13,683 points.
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Champion of the Pan American Games, Caio hardly played in the final this second. he hurt his foot in the general individual decision of the Tokyo Games. It still wasn’t 100%, but decided to give it a try. He made a good first jump, but lacked height to complete the second flight.
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– We train a lot to be able to be in first place. There are only three podium places. I am very happy with my Olympic participation. I end up as an Olympic finalist. It was a victory, because in the all-around final I ended up hurting my foot and it was anybody’s guess whether I would compete or not. Everyone competes in sacrifice. We always compete in sacrifice. I’m happy with everything that happened. Obviously I wanted to be on the podium, but I’m happy with my first Olympics – said Caio.
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Caio Souza makes a good first jump, but lands on the second. Average of 13,683 and is off the podium
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The gold in the jump went to South Korean Shin Jeahwan, who surpassed Russian Denis Abliazin in the tiebreaker – the two achieved an average of 14,783. Armenian Artur Davtyan completed the podium with 14,733 points. Less than a tenth separated the first from fifth place, Russian Nikita Nagornyy (14,716).
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In 8th in the jump, Caio Souza finished the participation with gratitude: “Very happy with my first Olympiad”
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Caio Souza in the Olympics Jump Final — Photo: Ricardo Bufolin/ Panamerica Press/ CBG
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Before Caio Souza took action, the Turkish Adem Asil opened the final with a great first jump, but suffered a fall on the second flight and got an average of 14.449.
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Caio first performed a tsukahra with a triple pirouette. He took a big step back on the finish but got 14,466 points. On the second flight, he announced that he would make a Dragulescu (double grouped mortal with a half turn), but he ended up not getting enough height for the half turn. He ended up performing a minor difficulty value jump and even took a fall. With 12,900 points in the second jump, the average dropped to 13,683.
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Caio Souza in the Olympics Jump Final — Photo: Ricardo Bufolin/ Panamerica Press/ CBG
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After that, the other finalists put on a show with very difficult flights. Less than a tenth separated the first from the fifth place. South Korean Shin Jeahwan beat Russian Denis Abliazin in the tiebreaker. They tied with an average of 14,783. Armenian Arthur Davtyan was just 0.050 behind. Filipino Carlos Yulo (14,716) and Russian Nikita Nagornyy (14,716) were also very close to the podium.
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Averaging 14,783, South Korea’s Shin Jeahwan takes gold in the men’s jump – Tokyo Olympics
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