Dakar, Nov. 10 -- China won the first women's artistic gymnastics team gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), as Chen Ziyan, Xie Guying and Zhong Qi scored 107.798 points to edge Japan by 0.234 in Dakar.
France got bronze on 105.231, while Italy finished fourth on Monday. Dakar 2026 marked the introduction of artistic gymnastics team finals to the Youth Olympic program. The eight finalists rotate through four apparatus, vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor. Each team names three gymnasts with no reserves.
Under the "3-2-2" format, only two gymnasts perform on each apparatus in the final, and both scores count toward the team total, which puts a premium on line-up choices and consistency, with no room for a single bad routine....