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Team USA has been one of -- if not the -- dominant women's gymnastics team at the Olympics in the 21st century, and even without the greatest of all-time able to compete in the first of the event finals at Tokyo 2020, the U.S. still found the podium multiple times. MyKayla Skinner took the silver medal in the vault, scoring a 14.916 and Suni Lee, the individual all-around champion, won a bronze medal on the uneven bars.
The 24-year-old Skinner was the replacement for Simone Biles in the vault final, and improved on her 14.866 score in qualifying. She did not make the team final for the U.S., but was still able to wind up with a medal, as Biles was sidelined with the twisties and to tend to mental health trouble that had been plaguing her since the beginning of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, who took silver in the individual all-around, won gold on the vault, giving Brazil it's first ever Olympic gold in women's gymnastics.
Lee, meanwhile, found the podium for the third time in these Olympic Games with a bronze medal on the uneven bars. She posted the top score on the bars during her gold medal-winning performance in the individual all-around with a 15.300, and managed a 14.500 to collect a bronze medal to complete a rainbow of medals in Tokyo. Lee also collected a silver medal with Team USA in the team competition. Belgium's Nina Derwael won gold on the uneven bars.
As for the men's finals on Sunday, Israel's Artem Dolgopyat won gold in the floor exercise with American Yul Moldauer finishing eighth, while Great Britain's Max Whitlock won gold on the pommel horse. Team USA's Alec Yoder finished in sixth place.
