Chinese gymnast breaks down in tears after losing Olympics medal by hairline margin
 

Chinese gymnast breaks down in tears after losing Olympics medal by hairline margin
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Chinese gymnast Shang Chunsong might have lost out on the bronze medal for the women's individual all-found finals by 0.114 point, but she's still a winner in the eyes of the people back home in China.

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The 20-year-old gymnast from Hunan, China, broke down at the Rio Olympics gymnasium on Friday when her resulting score of 58.549 put her in fourth place after Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina, who scored 58.665.




Upon hearing her results, Shang broke down in tears while her teammate tried to console her. She later told reporters: "Actually I didn’t expect I would get anything before the Games, but after the fourth rotation when I saw the result of Aliya Mustalfina was very close to mine, I felt upset at that moment. I thought I could have won a medal." Read more...

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