The Chinese gymnasts have long been known for being masters of the rings and proved it once again in Paris.
Defending Olympic rings champion and two-time world champion Liu Yang qualified into the final in second, but was exceptionally clean to ensure he would go back-to-back at the Games (15.300).
Zou Jingyuan, perhaps Yang’s strongest competition, entered as the top qualifier but finished second, less than a tenth behind first (15.233).
Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias, known as the “Lord of the Rings,” couldn’t have performed a better routine in the final (15.100). He’ll be leaving Paris with the bronze, making him a three-time Olympic medalist (gold in 2016 and bronze in 2020).
France’s Samir Ait Said rocked a routine in front of a passionate home crowd, but a 15.000 placed him just outside of the medal podium in fourth. Ait Said was also fourth at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
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