Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat won the gold medal Sunday in the floor exercise final at the Challenge Cup in Paris, with an impressive score of 14.466 points.
Dolgopyat had qualified for the final in first place during the preliminaries and continued his high-level performance in the battle for medals. Gymnast Yali Shoshani also qualified for the women's floor final and will compete later on Sunday.
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Artem Dolgopyat won the gold medal Sunday in the floor exercise final at the Challenge Cup in Paris
(Photo: Courtesy of the Israel Gymnastics Association)
Dolgopyat's gold medal comes after disappointment at the recent European Championships in Germany, where he finished without a medal after a slip and fall in the floor exercise final that left him only in seventh place (12.633 points).
Since his return from a serious ankle injury and surgery in England last October, Dolgopyat has already recorded two more international victories — in Stuttgart and at the World Cup in Osijek.