South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae finished fourth in the individual all-around final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Saturday.
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(Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald) |
Son ended just shy of the country's first rhythmic gymnastics medal for the second consecutive Olympics. She scored 72.898 points from her hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon programs, while Ganna Rizatdinova of Ukraine took the bronze with 73.583 points.
She finished fifth at the 2012 London Olympics.
In Rio, Son was third among 10 finalists in hoop with 18.216 points; fourth in ball with 18.266 points; third in clubs with
18.300 point; and fourth in ribbon with 18.116 points.
Margarita Mamun of Russia captured the gold medal with 76.483 points, edging out her compatriot, Yana Kudryavtseva, who had
75.608 points. (Yonhap)
