Women's Uneven Bars Final | Tokyo Replays

Nina Derwael made history for Belgium, winning the uneven bars in the first of three days of apparatus finals competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Her gold is the first of any colour for a Belgian woman in the sport at the Olympic Games.
Second up in the final, Derwael delivered a 15.200, well clear of ROC's Anastasia Iliankova's 14.833. Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee of the United States was the bronze medallist with a 14.500.
Derwael came into Tokyo as the two-time defending world champion on the apparatus. Many expected a battle between Derwael and Lee, who qualified 1-2 into the final. But Lee, who competed first in the final, was off kilter on her opening release move and broke a connection. That cost her valuable tenths on her difficulty score. Derwael held her nerve, despite topping out a handstand toward the end of the routine.
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[@watchmedo635]

I adore how all the athletes congratulate each other even though they may not speak the same language!

[@nicholasroberts8465]

Suni Lee is just one of a kind. Looking at how she cheers other athletes. Cheerful and passionate. She IS THE CHAMPION!

[@hanswurst2355]

OKAY

[@wrrc_videos9421]

Nope 🤣🤣

[@yesyes8940]

@@wrrc_videos9421 yes she is.. u get up there a try it. Stop being a hater and liking ur own comments😂

[@bharatthapa2597]

@@wrrc_videos9421 .

[@mdml0]

How would you know the gold medalist didn't do the same and cheer the other athletes. Nina is the champion with a breathtaking routine and she's a great athlete. Let's cheer for Suni and all the athletes but let's not try to divert the title away from the athlete who definitely earned that medal. It's disrespectful to her and her team.

[@joaoa9668]

Nina to Suni: "How could you ended up third performing the worst routine of you life?" Hahahaha I love this friendship

[@kimthreadgold2755]

Worst routine of her life??? Maybe her dismount should have been 4 full twists and.double back.

[@gracea6807]

@@kimthreadgold2755 it was though?? Suni has *fantastic* bars work. She was just exhausted once bars EF came around and she was injured. Nina was *complimenting* Suni, saying even at her worst, she’s still top 3 in the world.

[@d00f60]

No clearly niña doesn’t watch gymnastics because Suni 2019 aa final bars was worse than this and so was her routine at classics

[@fortheloveofcats2462]

@@d00f60 Nina doesn't watch all the gymnast's performances because she herself was performing. She probably meant from the routines she watched, and yes, Suni did pretty bad from her usual standard. Please excuse Nina for not having English her first language and still trying to communicate with her competitors and making friendships.

[@d00f60]

@@fortheloveofcats2462 I love Nina so much. I was just joking she obviously doesn’t watch all American competitions lol. Anyways I feel like I’ve seen your name somewhere

[@ILoveGod777]

I love how their coaches were so encouraging and consoling. They didn’t make the gymnasts feel bad about certain deductions, they actually congratulated them on their routine. Nice to see

[@anna-fx7fl]

Time Stamps: ♡ *Suni Lee* 🇺🇲 _Routine_ - 4:40 _Scoring_ - 8:27 ♡ *Melanie de Jesus dos Santos* 🇫🇷 _Routine_ - 8:50 _Scoring_ - 12:15 ♡ *Nina Derwael* 🇧🇪 _Routine_ - 12:30 _Scoring_ - 15:06 ♡ *Anastasiia Iliankova* _ROC_ _Routine_ - 15:54 _Scoring_ - 18:31 ♡ *Angelina Melnikova* _ROC_ _Routine_ - 19:12 _Scoring_ - 22:24 ♡ *Fan Yilin* 🇨🇳 _Routine_ - 23:17 _Scoring_ - 26:49 ♡ *Lu Yufei* 🇨🇳 _Routine_ - 27:16 _Scoring_ - 29:59 ♡ *Elizabeth Seitz* 🇩🇪 _Routine_ - 30:19 _Scoring_ - 32:45 ♡ *Results* _Final Results_ - 36:48 ♡ *Medals* _Medal Ceremony_ - 41:36 _Bronze_ - 43:51 _Silver_ - 44:50 _Gold_ - 45:45

[@patricio4961]

Beautiful time stamps, but you spelled Lu Yufei's name incorrectly :(

[@anna-fx7fl]

@@patricio4961 Thank You! No idea how I managed to do that 💕

[@donna_nna21]

Tysm, underrated

[@margerydavis1895]

@@patricio4961 you spelled it the same way

[@OceansWake675]

@@margerydavis1895 it’s been edited

[@rhondabear5639]

Lilia seems very sweet, you can tell from her smile that she exudes genuine warmth when hugging the gymnasts from other countries! Excellent sportsmanship 👏

[@hellopaolo]

This EF was so underwhelming. Nobody hit with a great execution, i mean no one just did their actual best. When the reigning Olympic champion is as majestic and clean as Mustafina, everyone’s performance here just looked like warm-up (controversially, they really needed that warm-up) Also when Beth Tweddle and He Kexin did release after release, they were well executed. Yes I watch that EF about once a month.

[@brightblue2415]

This underwhelming final was good compared to the men's horizontal bar final with all those falls. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to not allow a warm-up.

[@brennenrivera4288]

@@brightblue2415 Agreed, we saw it in women's vault too with Jade Carey's boked vault. I understand that all the competitors have the same circumstances with no warm up. But a mistake like Carey's (Who, in my opinion, was the only other woman in the Vault final that could have challenged Andrade for the gold) highlights why event finals need to have a touch warm up.

[@darklight1030]

I feel they need to let them warm up before going to improve the quality

[@MrBabajikijai]

Actually all individual gymnast events were underwhelming.

[@cinthiaveras9638]

Yeees! I miss a routine like Mustafina's, Liukin's or Tweedle's. They were so amazing and their presence made a high level competition.

[@SachiMatsudaira]

The female commentator deserves a gold medal 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@maia9056]

Remember when we thought this might be one of the best finals of all time. 🤦🏻‍♀️.

[@josephqualtier961]

It could have been, everyone in this final is very strong but it was one after another fall bad pirouette, Becky downie dropped out, etc. it could’ve been all high 14s

[@craeus7433]

You can clearly see that there should’ve been a pre-finals warm up. None of these gymnast make those kinds of mistakes normally. It was a bit of a train-wreck.

[@sparklychaxpagne575]

Suni Lee is unreal, definitely one of my favorite gymnasts.

[@brennenrivera4288]

I wanted Seitz to medal so badly! All those UB finals in the Olympics (3 I think) and had that heartbreaking 4th place finish in Rio I really wanted it for her. GRRR If she didn't have that incredibly late pirouette right before her dismount she would have snuck on to the podium and gotten that bronze I believe!

[@wanf872]

i secretly was rooting for her too. i thought her 2012 EF routine was so cool

[@saragrant9749]

I’m hoping she’ll try one last time in Paris.

[@brennenrivera4288]

@@wanf872 Her full twisting gienger back then was iconic! This was really her chance for an Olympic medal, this was an incredibly sloppy final. Lots of falls and tons of missed connections, it was her chance. It was that final pirouette! She hit that more cleanly and she would snuck in a bronze I think!

[@izrankamal9860]

she could not because she has taken out the full twisting shaposhnikova from her routine

[@jesuspalomo5143]

That seitz is unnecesary and a little un-connected. The young Seitz who performed it for The first time si not the Seitz we see today (the same with the CODE)

[@thatonegirl8975]

I really like the French girl's routine. Even though she messed it up, it was very pretty

[@mehmetefekilic8096]

I wish Mustafina was here :'( I miss her clean routines And why are the bars so bendy??

[@deepeshmathuria]

Because of the fiberglass plus wood laminate combo, they were made by a Japanese sporting company for these Olympics. Now as to why they were chosen is a different question in itself

[@puffball4484]

I noticed this too. Weird bars.

[@isaacasdreams]

I literally clicked on this video hoping I would see her. I am soo disgusted by American Gymnastics after the Rabbit hole I went down I think I can olnly watch the Euro league.

[@alinacannone1540]

@@puffball4484 The “bendyness” of the bars as you put is is controllable. Each gymnast has a preference how they like the bags to feel depending on different factors. I think they all just preferred them looser . Or either due to not having a warm up, they weren’t able to try them out and decide. I REALLY don’t think it has anything to do with a company or the composition of them considering the apparatuses go through rigorous quantity control insuring apparatuses consistency no matter the competition. The only apparatus I’ve ever heard that has lacked consistency was the floor and that’s not even often. Imagine the injuries that would happen if the apparatuses could change depending on competition and country!

[@SP-bu3rr]

The execution of aliya mustafina 💟was another level..miss you this olimpic

[@queenofnevers6990]

It wasn't everyone's best performance, but I do believe Nina deserved her win. Glad for her.

[@tinajane3140]

Her win is tainted by Simone Biles's absence.

[@queenofnevers6990]

@@tinajane3140 Simone has never been a bar medal contender. Your statement just shows your ignorance.

[@tinajane3140]

@@queenofnevers6990 Yes her silver medal on bars at the 2019 worlds says otherwise. And anything is possible for the GOAT.

[@queenofnevers6990]

@@tinajane3140 Becky got silver that year. Follwed by Suni.

[@tinajane3140]

@@queenofnevers6990 sorry silver in 2018. Proving what a big contender she is on bars.

[@liceous]

Judges: finally… we can give Eli seitz her Olympic medal!! Eli seitz: no thanks

[@d00f60]

The one time eli actually doesn’t fall still flops

[@tatilalima2874]

Why?

[@riquebusta8652]

@@tatilalima2874 just like the commentator said “really attacking” she was not at all taking her time for someone who does not even hit handstand. Had she taken her time and just concentrated on hitting handstands and execution she would have medaled but she rushed yet again

[@eimardgomes1128]

an 8.2 with that 0.5 handstand and also low dismount was pretty high...

[@francescaroat2076]

Amazing! What a marvellous exercise from Belgium! Thanks!

[@MrPntr21]

that is some amazing footage. thank you

[@twy611]

Fan Yilin's fall broked my heart

[@mradisworld9060]

9:28 I feel bad for that dismount. She did really amazing on the bars and her points were taken away for the dismount

[@MariaBuendia]

I love watching Nastia! She is so powerful ... 🥈 I also think the second Chinese girl deserved the bronze 🥉

[@sadie513]

That would be Lu Yufei. And yes, agree.

[@francisnguyen6349]

Amazing, Nina Derwael winning her Gold Medal 🏅 🥇 and Olympic Uneven Bars Champion in Tokyo 2020!

[@cikmaryrmr8135]

olympic 2008 the best Uneven Bars ever..

[@pierocells]

Merveilleux anges ! J'ai eu la chance de pratiquer un an ou deux cette discipline ,car la mixité des collèges était une nouveauté; mes collègues et moi ,comme les" mousquetaires au couvent "à dix ans,avons attéri dans un antique lycée de filles, équipé seulement de barres parallèles ,et le professeur était génial ,j'ai adoré ,plus que les barres parallèles qui sont rudes pour les aisselles ! Merci pour ces reportages ,et ces prises de vue aeriennes !

[@martinlee4118]

FAN Yilin😔. She deserves better.

[@beanieful204]

Thank youuuu!!!

[@aqeviaedits9260]

im a gymnast and love watching these even though i see it on the olympics. these women did amazing. much love💗💗

[@chloeschannel1228]

Omg I’ve been waiting for this!!!

[@watchmedo635]

As much as I love Suni, sweet Yilin was wonderful! I hope she will return for 2026 💙

[@AndreyVas2008]

What a final! Absolutely unpredictable!

[@almafabionar1644]

Congratulations to all!

[@angelacrane9589]

Love love Suni, but YuFei deserved 🥉

[@battlehymnoftheempath3610]

Agreed 🤝

[@jaydenleeoli]

agreed too😭

[@omaislindodeoxum842]

Yeah

[@SaraRouigueb-ew9rw]

Bravo Nina et Mélanie

[@bobsingh9093]

its amazing what people can do !!

[@Kikketta11ify]

I have been waiting for this!!

[@d00f60]

I feel so bad for fan…

[@Jackshipley2008]

same :(

[@riquebusta8652]

She was so close :(

[@vadimkrasnorada1805]

She would've come second

[@alvarokoalablox8820]

same :(

[@najmapretty7986]

​@@vadimkrasnorada180530:28

[@laurenheinzman5617]

You can truly just tell how absolutely EXHAUSTED these girls are here 😓 I can’t remember-was Belgium in the team final? I’m only about half way through this video at the time of posting this comment, but I can only imagine that Suni and Angelina are just mentally and physically BEAT from those insane past couple days of competition 🤯😟

[@terrymeng6321]

Yes Belgium was in the team final as well and they were doing the AA as well. They did have a 3 day break in-between but that doesn't seem to be enough

[@diegorayc]

I miss Mustafina

[@jashimuddin2903]

I m from India

[@rmxevbio5889]

Mustafina: so... Did I just quit for this!??

[@BL-KPOP-KDRAMA]

I really watched that whole thing

[@jimaglonzoa.m6368]

Lu Yufei was the bronze medalist

[@Jackshipley2008]

Lu yufei’s score was fair due to the bent arm catch however suni lee was over scored..

[@mustawgym]

No, it was suni, sorry. Haha.

[@sadie513]

Yes

[@angeliastone-tolcher2386]

i reckon Elisabeth Seitz could get a medal if she sticks around for paris because she has placed 6th, 5th and 4th before

[@brewedawakening6577]

Overweight, my doctor told me to lose some weight. A friend suggested Gymnastics. So I chose the Uneven Bars. They're eve now.

[@glauciorhodes9927]

Thank you a lot!!!

[@lautarodiaz676]

Fan yilin💔💔💔😣

[@lillyvandamme8143]

Go Nina Derwael

[@olympicsbra]

Please, upload all the uneven bars qualification series, please.

[@taskeenvally3094]

All we need is the beam finals now . Pleeeease !

[@EmilyS1234]

Tokyo 2020 beam final full broadcast please?

[@user-qy1uf1kg2y]

Девочки гимнастики выступили просто супер великолепно жаль что в Санкт-Петербурге нет такого турнира я бы с большим удовольствием сходил бы на это .

[@Mhochul]

Lu Yufei robbed to high heavens.

[@randomthingschannel2833]

I know this isn’t really noticeable but it is just me or does Simon Biles appear in the crowds after Sunisa Lee’s performance to a show support and kindness even though she had to quit the competition. Can we just say that is a great example set so she deserves so sort of shoutout

[@Hyunjinsdroppedcake]

Yes it's her even they said simon is cheering

[@charitybosua]

Simone is an amazing sportswoman. You can hear her cheering for her international friends during AA as well for examble for Melanie and Angelina.

[@kristincruikshank]

I wanted Seiz to come through :-) suspenseful competition!

[@PaulinaOrnedo]

Amazing performance so beautiful congratulations, watching from Greece ❤❤❤

[@OlympicsGymnastics]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@annaarteeva688]

Круто я люблю спортивную гимнастику!

[@matheusborges9341]

I hate the "no bars-touching before competition" rule

[@murasakino101]

Idk why they even did this honestly. If I'm not mistaken, I think they did the no one-touch warm up before in the past and the same thing happened where gymnasts weren't performing the best they could so why bring it back again?

[@gabrieltiburcio8929]

Lu Yufei deserved the bronze medal. Sunisa wasn't at her best this day, but the judges overscored her because at this point she already was all around champion

[@kennly1267]

But I think her movements are very difficult. Perhaps at this point, her score is higher than Yufei.

[@hydroflask8992]

Huh??? Suni’s routine was more difficult by 2-tenths. And her execution was 8.3 which seems very fair.

[@rmxevbio5889]

@@hydroflask8992 Her execution was WAAAAY OVERSCORED 😁😂😂 you want to start a debate?

[@hydroflask8992]

@@rmxevbio5889 Nope it wasn’t. 🥰🥰

[@25Dec87]

but every single one of Yufeis handstands were short rewatch the routine she lost in execution deductions on that

[@annvanhooydonck521]

Go Nina

[@rafaelarcanjo7125]

So mimosa

[@Jackshipley2008]

YESS finally!!!

[@harishwala5882]

Hello from India 🇮🇳, Congrats

[@marikuna750]

Thank you for uploading this!🤍

[@isabelledavis2981]

I can’t wait to see Simone biles and Suni lee at the 2024 summer Olympic Games in Paris France

[@jguitar23]

The journalist too negative on Lee. Beautiful on bars here♡

[@CourtneyK87]

I beg you to upload the 2021 worlds

[@humanhelvete]

Anyone else think that Nina’s leotard is UH-mazing?! Looove it.

[@8-bitunika168]

These whole Olympics (gymnastics especially) showed anything can happen and no medal is ever a given or “won” before an event. So if there is anything you’ve ever wondered if you’re capable of doing, try.

[@chandrachatterjee4982]

Darun lagche, aro dekte chyi

[@naileataylor2106]

Dam the bars are bendy!

[@wkim22]

A missed opportunity for Seitz. She could've won bronze if she didn't mess up her 1/1 toe on + dismount.

[@denny-zenchiong296]

Olympic gymnastic Sport game womens nicely Performance (CONGRATULATIONS BOTH PLAYERS)Country's ❤

[@thiagomelo7425]

with that final now everyone knows that mustafina is really the best in UB, she would never let a final do this to her.

[@mamachungus]

you must remember that these gymnasts hadn’t competed for nearly a year and a half due to the pandemic, and they weren’t allowed a one touch warm up before competing. yes, mustafina is incredible but let’s not disparage the hard work these athletes put into their craft.

[@mulyadimanurung1101]

Salam dari Indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

[@amolikashrotri6140]

Hii does anyone know why suni Lee sprayed before her routine? Why is tyat done?

[@tutorials2047]

I do gymnastics and my favourite event is bar

[@amelliaambler2720]

gymnastics strong :)

[@Taaj556]

Fan Yilin scored 15.200 at the 2020 Chinese Nationals

[@SLPtoMD]

Are the bars these days either more easily flexed or set looser than they used to be? I noticed with these Olympics how bouncy the bars look with all gymnasts and looked back at the 2000 Olympics and there is definitely a difference!! I’m wondering if they are being manufactured differently these days to allow for all of the high to low and low to high release moves, and whatnot.

[@queenofnevers6990]

It depends on the brand. This one has flexible bars. Some like it, some don't. Nothing to do with "nowadays".

[@queenofnevers6990]

@J. Amon you can't ask. It depends on the equipment brand, and different athletes have their preferences, but you work with what you get.

[@gaodrob7938]

​@@queenofnevers6990 Yes you can ask, Ilyankova and the Chinese love the Bars when they are very loose. Unlike Carolan Heduit for example who likes them very tight (but it looks like she muscles everything which is very ugly to see...).

[@queenofnevers6990]

@@gaodrob7938 no one will adjust the bars by request for every single athlete. They have their preferences, but they work with whatever equipment is there. Angelina explained it recently in her Insta.

[@murasakino101]

@@queenofnevers6990 uh yes they can adjust the bars. They used to do it all the time for gymnasts back in the older days. If they allow gymnasts to put honey on the bars or chalk them up how they want, what's so far fetched about being able to adjust them?

[@Sunflower_vally]

Congratulations for everyone who won a medal! It's a shame Becky was stupidly not chosen for the team because she too could've been on this podium but everyone did amazingly!

[@anna-fx7fl]

Honestly I have to disagree with you on that one. I know I'm in the minority but I don't believe she would've medalled, espically considering she didn't make the final at worlds with many top contenders missing.

[@Sunflower_vally]

@@anna-fx7fl well take into account that Becky took a 7 day break after the Olympic trials, before then Becky didn't take a break and she was at full strength she probably could've clinched a medal.

[@toetail8665]

Why was this just now posted? It’s been months…

[@mrpepero]

better now than never 😅

[@sadie513]

Maybe because it wasn't great? Lol

[@brenden6218]

Better then rio took them over like 4 years to upload events

[@charlotteantonia6969]

Please also beam

[@imranirsyad7427]

Please upload men's and women's trampoline as well

[@danw6109]

Mens Parallel or floor final next?

[@Nick-ev2mn]

Yes been waiting for that as well

[@mike_myers]

Yilin Fan tava com uma lesão no joelho 😣

[@0.0.0.00.]

She would stand and take 🥈if her knee is good😭

[@ivonne1508]

Why does every routine looks the same?

[@teoo_koper]

Usa❤

[@shiperbass]

I dont understand what happened with Angelina Melnikova. Why did she release before finishing the routine? Thank you!!

[@watchmedo635]

She nearly stumbled a few seconds into her routine and then missed an element. I think she didn’t have enough power to continue with the routine

[@Sunflower_vally]

I'm surprised Sietz didn't get her horizontal pirrouete named after her tbh!

[@rosamariamonte3174]

Wow

[@bob_smith1978]

Please upload the individual apparatus feeds for the subdivisions, team final and all around final. I can't find these on the Internet anywhere. Not even the Olympics main site under replays has them

[@TheMajesticice01]

I wanted Nina to win! She reminds me of Svetlana Khorkina

[@mdml0]

oh yes. she did when she did a transition with a twist and straddle her legs.

[@fak3blnd023]

ugh i miss aliya sm…

[@ponnuchamyrasini6356]

She looks little big sad but amazing and nobody kan do like her She kan do realy better

[@Br-xw1rv]

Poor lu yufei..

[@terrymeng6321]

Just one connection from a medal, and this is the first and likely last time she will compete at an Olympics or world event

[@jozileidelima2230]

Alguém mi explica isso ? Como a sunisa fez a mesma prova que fez no individual e tirou 15.300 a Rebeca Andrade foi melhor que ela tirou 14.600 pra mi a medalha e da Rebeca

[@marwahussein666]

A pontuação de execução da Rebeca foi baixa nas barras e trave.

[@bethanydance1524]

Don’t shame Sumi for doing a disappointing bar routine she has already gone through the all-around and team competition And won The all around

[@sibubinza5731]

My birthday was that day actually

[@samanthavojtko5807]

In 3rd grade I always climbed the money bars but I had crashed 2 rocks together to make powder and pretended like I was in the Olympics. (I got made fun of)

[@bibibibi6786]

I believe that Rebeca Andrade's routine on uneven bars would be enough to "pinch" a medal, eh?!

[@jozileidelima2230]

Essas meninas americanas tem uma sorte ?????

[@joyhall2736]

Saddest bars routines. Poor things