The Dalaloyan of Russia wins the tiebreak of all men in the tiebreaker
The Dalaloyan of Russia wins the tiebreak of all men in the tiebreaker
Artur Dalaloyan finished in the men's team final in the world gymnastics championships with tears, and not in good style. An error in the parallel bars of 22 years of age played a factor in the narrow end of Russia in China.
Although Dalaloyan skipped training in the run up to the end of Wednesday to try to decompress, his mind kept going back to five hundredths of a point that showed the difference between gold and silver for the Russians.
"It was going through my mind," said Dalaloyan.
It proved to be the fuel he needed to maintain the opportunity to stand on the podium and prevent him from escaping twice. Dalaloyan drilled his high set of bars, saw the 2017 world champion, Xiao Ruoteng of China, do the same and then suppressed the tears, the good guy this time, after becoming the first Russian to win a world or Olympic title in almost 20 years.
Although Dalaloyan and Xiao finished with a score of 87,598, Dalaloyan was awarded the gold in a tiebreaker after the officials lowered the lowest score for each competitor.
"I feel a little sorry for that," Xiao said. "But I respect the judge and respect the opponent."
Xiao was the last in the final of 24 men and the 14.233 he needed to get to equal Dalaloyan was plastered with bright yellow letters on the video board inside the Aspire Dome. When his score shone, 14,233, there was a brief moment of confusion before the tiebreaker was announced. Xiao did not duck his head exactly in disappointment.
"I want to be number 1, yes, but this result, I'm still happy," Xiao said.
The victory marked a kind of redemption for Dalaloyan, who left the parallel bars shortly after his mount during the team's final, deducing a handful of mistakes by the Russians who helped China to return to the top of the sport for the first time. time. since 2014
There were few mistakes for Dalaloyan two days later. He obtained the maximum score in rings and was second in vaults, parallel and floor bars, and third in high bar, while he became the second Russian to win the world title, joining Nikolai Kryukov in 1999. Alexei Neimov won the gold for Russia at the 2000 Olympic Games.
"It's amazing," Dalaloyan said in English after joining the exclusive company.
Dalaloyan's teammate, Nikita Nagornyy, was third. The Chinese Sun Wei was fourth.
The American Sam Mikulak was in contention for the medal in the face of the final rotation, but the five-time national champion lost his grip with one arm during his high bar routine, an error that dropped him to fifth. Teammate Yul Moldauer came in 12th while dealing with a biceps injury and back problems. There were no such problems for Mikulak, which increased his frustration.
"I've never been so (angry) in my life," he said.
And for good reason. Mikulak dazzles with his talent, but has developed the habit of falling short on the world stage. Five years ago, he was second at the high bar in the 2013 final, but he had a problem similar to the one that appeared on Wednesday night.
"I felt very good," said Mikulak. "I felt all the confidence in the world, there were no nerves, no doubt, I practiced that exact scenario a million times in the gym."
The practice, however, did not make it perfect. His mistake was not disastrous, but on a day when the most important gymnasts in the world left little room for error, a noticeable improvement in a sloppy team final, Mikulak could not revel in the sharpness he needed.
"You always have to fight to the end," said Mikulak. "But the man who has just hurt, that hurts very badly."
Mikulak will have the opportunity to win the first world championship medal of his otherwise outstanding career later in the match. It's in four event finals. However, he has devoted himself to pursuing a complete medal for most of a decade. At 26, he is aware that his opportunities are diminishing.
"I'm going to keep kicking," said Mikulak. "It's not over, the (Olympic) Games are always where the goals are, but I really hoped this was my chance."
It was until it was not.
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