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

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

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
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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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team
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

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

RankTeamTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team Solidarity 81.00042.40043.60087.60043.60042.80039.70041.900423.600
 Lu Yufei (CHN)12.40013.700
 Zhang Jin (CHN)12.50014.70013.30014.400
 Chiaki Hatakeda (JPN)13.00014.20012.80013.800
 Akari Matsumura (JPN)12.60013.40011.40012.800
 Elena Gerasimova (RUS)12.90012.800
 Aleksandra Shchekoldina (RUS)12.60014.40013.500
 eMjae Frazier (USA)14.40011.600
 Shilese Jones (USA)14.80012.000
 Ma Yue (CHN)14.400
 Yin Dehang (CHN)14.20013.40014.100
 Wataru Tanigawa (JPN)14.20014.00013.90014.00014.80014.400
 Kohei Uchimura (JPN)13.20013.30014.50015.200
 Dmitriy Lankin (RUS)14.40014.50014.60011.400
 Nikita Nagornyy (RUS)14.20014.20014.70014.60014.70014.200
 Paul Juda (USA)13.80013.40013.00014.40013.20011.500
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team Friendship 82.30042.80043.40085.10043.30041.00042.80040.600421.300
 Liu Jieyu (CHN)12.90013.30013.30012.100
 Zhou Ruiyu (CHN)13.10013.60014.40012.500
 Hitomi Hatakeda (JPN)12.70013.90013.90013.700
 Asuka Teramoto (JPN)13.20013.70013.50012.200
 Angelina Melnikova (RUS)13.40014.70014.50014.100
 Yana Vorona (RUS)12.80014.30012.800
 Sophia Butler (USA)12.40013.50012.500
 Shi Cong (CHN)13.30012.20013.50013.400
 Zhang Boheng (CHN)14.30013.80014.70012.700
 Yuya Kamoto (JPN)14.20014.60013.300
 Kazuma Kaya (JPN)14.10014.80014.10014.20014.70014.300
 Artur Dalaloyan (RUS)13.20014.50014.10012.90012.900
 Alexey Rostov (RUS)13.40013.10013.90013.90013.000
 Yul Moldauer (USA)14.20014.00012.100
 Shane Wiskus (USA)14.20012.70014.00012.700

References

  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
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