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The men's still rings and vault and women's floor exercise will be contested on the second day of the apparatus finals in Tokyo 2020. Here's everything you need to know about the eighth day of the Olympic artistic gymnastics competition at Tokyo 2020 on 2 August 2021.

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Read our complete preview of the gymnastics' second day of apparatus finals featuring Vanessa Ferrari and Nikita Nagornyy

Gymnastics Tokyo 2020 preview 2 Aug, featuring the second day of apparatus finals

What’s happening?
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The top 8 gymnasts - with no more than two athletes per country - advanced from the qualifying round to today's apparatus finals in men's still rings and vault and women's floor exercise. The competition will crown the world's best gymnast on each event with no scores carrying over from the qualification round.

Who should I expect to see?
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The men's vault final is always exciting, and Tokyo 2020's will be no exception. In qualifying, the top seven athletes were separated by 0.166 with Korea's SHIN Jeahwan topping the standings. Armenia's Artur Davtyan and ROC's Nikita Nagornyy were second and third best, respectively, in the qualification round.

Italy's 2006 world all-around champion Vanessa Ferrari will be leading the charge in the women's floor exercise. Other medal contenders include American Jade Carey, Brazil's Rebeca Andrade and Team GB's Jessica Gadirova.

What happened in the Rio 2016 finals?
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**Men's still rings**

1- Eleftherios Petrounias

2- Arthur Zanetti

3- Denis Ablyazin

**Women's floor exericse**

1- Simone Biles

2- Aly Raisman

3- Amy Tinkler

**Men's vault**

1- Ri Se-gwang

2- Denis Ablyazin

3- SHIRAI Kenzo

Competition schedule (all times JST)
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#### Mon Aug 2 17:00 - 19:40  
**Venues:** Ariake Gymnastics Centre

#### **Apparatus finals, day 2**

*   Men's still rings
*   Women's floor exercise
*   Men's vault

Tokyo 2020 artistic gymnastics day 8: Three apparatus finals to be contested with Nikita Nagornyy and Vanessa Ferrari among the top medal contenders

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 29: Rebeca Andrade of Team Brazil competes in the floor exercise during the Women's All-Around Final on day six of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on July 29, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Tokyo 2020 artistic gymnastics day 8: Three apparatus finals to be contested with Nikita Nagornyy and Vanessa Ferrari among the top medal contenders

What’s happening?

Who should I expect to see?

What happened in the Rio 2016 finals?

Competition schedule (all times JST)

Mon Aug 2 17:00 - 19:40

Apparatus finals, day 2

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