2020 Friendship and Solidarity Competition

2020 Friendship & Solidarity Competition
VenueYoyogi National Gymnasium
LocationTokyo, Japan
DatesNovember 8, 2020
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 

The 2020 Friendship and Solidarity Competition was an artistic gymnastics competition hosted by the International Gymnastics Federation and held in Tokyo, Japan on November 8, 2020. The competition implemented strict COVID-19 safety protocols that could serve as a foundation for holding the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games slated to begin July 23, 2021.

Background

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After the COVID-19 pandemic caused the mass majority of competitions in 2020 to be canceled and the 2020 Summer Olympics to be postponed until 2021, the FIG organized this event as a showcase of international camaraderie "at a time when unity has never seemed more important". A primary goal of the competition was to prove that staging a high-profile event in Tokyo is possible in the current context of the ongoing pandemic.[1]

Participants

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Gymnasts from Japan, China, Russia, and the United States participated in the competition. Each federation was allowed to send eight athletes, 4 men and 4 women, although the United States opted to only send six athletes.

 Japan  China  Russia  United States
WAG MAG WAG MAG WAG MAG WAG MAG
Hitomi Hatakeda
Chiaki Hatakeda
Akari Matsumura
Asuka Teramoto
Yuya Kamoto
Kazuma Kaya
Wataru Tanigawa
Kohei Uchimura
Liu Jieyu
Lu Yufei
Zhang Jin
Zhou Ruiyu
Ma Yue
Shi Cong
Yin Dehang
Zhang Boheng
Elena Gerasimova
Angelina Melnikova
Aleksandra Shchekoldina
Yana Vorona
Artur Dalaloyan
Dmitriy Lankin
Nikita Nagornyy
Alexy Rostov
Sophia Butler
eMjae Frazier
Shilese Jones
Paul Juda
Yul Moldauer
Shane Wiskus

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Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team
details
Team Solidarity
 Lu Yufei (CHN)
 Ma Yue (CHN)
 Yin Dehang (CHN)
 Zhang Jin (CHN)
 Chiaki Hatakeda (JPN)
 Akari Matsumura (JPN)
 Wataru Tanigawa (JPN)
 Kohei Uchimura (JPN)
 Elena Gerasimova (RUS)
 Dmitriy Lankin (RUS)
 Nikita Nagornyy (RUS)
 Aleksandra Shchekoldina (RUS)
 eMjae Frazier (USA)
 Shilese Jones (USA)
 Paul Juda (USA)
Team Friendship
 Liu Jieyu (CHN)
 Shi Cong (CHN)
 Zhang Boheng (CHN)
 Zhou Ruiyu (CHN)
 Hitomi Hatakeda (JPN)
 Yuya Kamoto (JPN)
 Kazuma Kaya (JPN)
 Asuka Teramoto (JPN)
 Artur Dalaloyan (RUS)
 Angelina Melnikova (RUS)
 Alexey Rostov (RUS)
 Yana Vorona (RUS)
 Sophia Butler (USA)
 Yul Moldauer (USA)
 Shane Wiskus (USA)

Team scores

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Only the top 3 scores per apparatus counted towards the team's total score.[3]

Rank Team Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team Solidarity 81.000 42.400 43.600 87.600 43.600 42.800 39.700 41.900 423.600
 Lu Yufei (CHN) 12.400 13.700
 Zhang Jin (CHN) 12.500 14.700 13.300 14.400
 Chiaki Hatakeda (JPN) 13.000 14.200 12.800 13.800
 Akari Matsumura (JPN) 12.600 13.400 11.400 12.800
 Elena Gerasimova (RUS) 12.900 12.800
 Aleksandra Shchekoldina (RUS) 12.600 14.400 13.500
 eMjae Frazier (USA) 14.400 11.600
 Shilese Jones (USA) 14.800 12.000
 Ma Yue (CHN) 14.400
 Yin Dehang (CHN) 14.200 13.400 14.100
 Wataru Tanigawa (JPN) 14.200 14.000 13.900 14.000 14.800 14.400
 Kohei Uchimura (JPN) 13.200 13.300 14.500 15.200
 Dmitriy Lankin (RUS) 14.400 14.500 14.600 11.400
 Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) 14.200 14.200 14.700 14.600 14.700 14.200
 Paul Juda (USA) 13.800 13.400 13.000 14.400 13.200 11.500
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team Friendship 82.300 42.800 43.400 85.100 43.300 41.000 42.800 40.600 421.300
 Liu Jieyu (CHN) 12.900 13.300 13.300 12.100
 Zhou Ruiyu (CHN) 13.100 13.600 14.400 12.500
 Hitomi Hatakeda (JPN) 12.700 13.900 13.900 13.700
 Asuka Teramoto (JPN) 13.200 13.700 13.500 12.200
 Angelina Melnikova (RUS) 13.400 14.700 14.500 14.100
 Yana Vorona (RUS) 12.800 14.300 12.800
 Sophia Butler (USA) 12.400 13.500 12.500
 Shi Cong (CHN) 13.300 12.200 13.500 13.400
 Zhang Boheng (CHN) 14.300 13.800 14.700 12.700
 Yuya Kamoto (JPN) 14.200 14.600 13.300
 Kazuma Kaya (JPN) 14.100 14.800 14.100 14.200 14.700 14.300
 Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) 13.200 14.500 14.100 12.900 12.900
 Alexey Rostov (RUS) 13.400 13.100 13.900 13.900 13.000
 Yul Moldauer (USA) 14.200 14.000 12.100
 Shane Wiskus (USA) 14.200 12.700 14.000 12.700

References

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  1. ^ "Top gymnasts gather for 'Friendship and Solidarity' meet on Olympic Channel". NBC Sports. November 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "Uchimura Kohei to compete in Japan's first coronavirus-era international sporting event next month". Olympic Channel. October 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Team final Archived 2022-09-20 at the Wayback Machine 2020 Friendship and Solidarity Competition. Retrieved March 24, 2023