Tokyo 2020 - Team GB Gadirova twins Jessica and Jennifer miss out on floor medal, USA's Jade Carey wins gold

ByRichard Newman

Updated 02/08/2021 at 10:52 GMT

Jessica Gadirova, the European champion in the discipline, finished sixth in a closely contested final. Carey finished top of the podium ahead of Italian veteran Vanessa Ferrari who claimed silver - a first Olympic medal at her third Games. You want it? We have it. Stream every Olympic event live on discovery+.

Team GB gymnastics twins Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova missed out on the floor medals at Tokyo 2020, as the USA's Jade Carey won Olympic gold.

Jessica, the European champion in the discipline, scored 14.000 in an elegant routine, but it was only good enough only for sixth in a closely contested final. Carey's mark of 14.366 saw off Italian veteran Vanessa Ferrari, whose silver is a first medal at her fourth Games. Japan's Mai Murakami and Russian Angelina Melnikova share the bronze medal.

Jennifer gained her place in the final as a first reserve after Simone Biles pulled out. Going last out of eight, the 16-year-old finished seventh with a score of 13.233.

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It brings to an end the British challenge in the women's event, having made history last week when the Gadirova twins, Alice Kinsella and Amelie Morgan won team bronze - gaining GB's first medal in the event for 93 years. Joe Fraser goes in the parallel bars final tomorrow on the final day of artistic gymnastics competition.

That will also feature Biles, who has been confirmed to compete in the beam final having withdrawn from her previous events to focus on her mental health.

"I do feel like I gave it my all, I do have less difficulty than all the girls who did compete out there, I just tried my best with execution," Jessica told Eurosport.

I still have a lot more in the tank, just have to go home, work hard, get the upgrades and I’ll be back soon, maybe with a bit more difficulty.

Jennifer says she was ready to go after taking Biles' place at short notice, but was not completely satisfied with her own performance: "I always had that feeling that I need to be ready so that’s what I kept on doing. I was ready to compete out there, it wasn’t my best but I still got from A to B and did it."

The pair cheered each other on during the event, but after finishing, Jessica admitted she tries not to watch her sister practice, given they are identical: "In training we don’t really like to look at each other training, if one of us makes a little mistake it’s hard - she looks exactly the same as me so it gets in my head."

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China claimed gold and silver in the men's rings final, with Yang Liu edging out his team-mate Hao You, who finished ahead of Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece.

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