Olympic vault champ Rebeca Andrade wins 2 medals at worlds

Published October 23, 2021 6:23 AM

KITAKYUSHU, Japan (AP) — Rebeca Andrade of Brazil has added a world title to her Tokyo Olympic gold medal in vault and also won a silver medal in uneven bars at the gymnastics world championships. Andrade scored 15.133 points on her first vault and 14.800 on her second effort, a double-twisting Yurchenko, for a 14.966 average. Asia D’Amato of Italy took silver while all-around champion Angelina Melnikova of Russia was third. Andrade then added a silver medal by finishing second to China’s Wei Xiaoyuan in the uneven bars.

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