Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Gymnastics – Rhythmic – Individual All-Around – Final – Rotation 4 – Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan – August 7, 2021. Linoy Ashram of Israel in action with ribbon REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

August 7, 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) – Israel’s Linoy Ashram won the individual all-around gold medal on Saturday, the first time since 2000 that a rhythmic gymnast who is not Russian has taken the title at the Olympic Games.

Russian Dina Averina, three-times world champion, took the silver, while Belarus’s Alina Harnasko bagged bronze.

(Reporting by Richa Naidu; editing by Clare Fallon)


Source: One America News Network

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