Silver for Rebeca Andrade — and history for Brazil at Tokyo2020!
Rebeca Andrade Wins Silver at the Tokyo Olympics Women's Gymnastics All-Around Final
History was made multiple times over during the women's all-around finals at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, and Rebeca Andrade grabbed a slice of it for herself. Andrade won Brazil's first ever Olympic medal in women's gymnastics, and it was a big one: silver in the all-around! Andrade was the second best qualifier in the event, and she held the lead after two rotations in the finals, thanks in part to a high-powered, stuck-landing vault, which was given a huge 15.300 score. American
, but Andrade's powerful floor routine helped her surpass the Russian Olympic Committee's Angelina Melnikova to ensure that Brazil's first medal in women's gymnastics was a silver.and had three knee surgeries in the past five years before qualifying for Tokyo at the Pan American Games in June. She was finally in top form to show the world what she could do, and the results speak for themselves: with a final score of 57.298, Andrade was only 0.135 away from gold.
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