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Jilly_in_VA

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Sat Aug 7, 2021, 01:54 PM Aug 2021

Maybe an Olympic spoiler? And some poor sportsmanship [View all]

Israel's Linoy Ashram caused a huge upset in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final, becoming the first non-Russian champion since 1996.

The 22-year-old toppled the long-standing reign by beating gold medal favourite Dina Averina of the Russian Olympic Committee into second place.

Averina was left in tears as the scores were revealed, and said she felt her awarded marks were too low.

"It's very hard to talk at the moment," Averina said afterwards

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58127312
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Rhythmic "gymnastics" is something I have trouble seeing as a sport. To me it looks more like a circus act. But you should at least be gracious enough to congratulate the winner.

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