

Japan’s Takeru Kitazono Wins Third Gymnastics Gold in Men’s Rings at Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018. Usa’s Brandon Briones Takes Vault Gold
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STORY HEADLINE: JAPAN’S TAKERU KITAZONO WINS THIRD GYMNASTICS GOLD IN MEN’S RINGS AT YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018. USA’S BRANDON BRIONES TAKES VAULT GOLD.
DATE: 14 October, 2018
LOCATION: Buenos Aires, Argentina
LANGUAGE: English, Japanese
STORY SCRIPT:
Japan’s Takeru Kitazono won his third gold medal in the gymnastics hall at Buenos Aires 2018.
Kitazono was awarded 4.9 by the judges for difficulty and 8.633 for execution in The Rings for a winning total of 13.533.
Felix Dolci won silver for Canada, scoring 13.366 and Dehang Yin of China was the bronze medallist, scoring 13.300.
In the second event of the night, the men’s Vault Gold was taken by the USA’s Brandon Briones.
Awarded the score of 5.2 for difficulty – the joint-highest difficulty of the night – the American received a score of 9.266 for execution to leave him with a winning total of 14.099.
Ukraine’s Nazar Chepurnyi won silver by scoring 13.983, ahead of Jacob Karlsen of Norway who scored 13.833.
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