2020 Friendship and Solidarity Competition
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.
| 2020 Friendship & Solidarity Competition | |||||
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| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | ||||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Dates | November 8, 2020 | ||||
| Medalists | |||||
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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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAG | MAG | WAG | MAG | WAG | MAG | WAG | MAG |
| 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 |
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) |
N/A |
Team scores
Only the top 3 scores per apparatus counted towards the team's total score.[3]
| Rank | Team |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Team Solidarity | 81.000 | 42.400 | 43.600 | 87.600 | 43.600 | 42.800 | 39.700 | 41.900 | 423.600 |
| Lu Yufei (CHN) | 12.400 | 13.700 | ||||||||
| Zhang Jin (CHN) | 12.500 | 14.700 | 13.300 | 14.400 | ||||||
| Chiaki Hatakeda (JPN) | 13.000 | 14.200 | 12.800 | 13.800 | ||||||
| Akari Matsumura (JPN) | 12.600 | 13.400 | 11.400 | 12.800 | ||||||
| Elena Gerasimova (RUS) | 12.900 | 12.800 | ||||||||
| Aleksandra Shchekoldina (RUS) | 12.600 | 14.400 | 13.500 | |||||||
| eMjae Frazier (USA) | 14.400 | 11.600 | ||||||||
| Shilese Jones (USA) | 14.800 | 12.000 | ||||||||
| Ma Yue (CHN) | 14.400 | |||||||||
| Yin Dehang (CHN) | 14.200 | 13.400 | 14.100 | |||||||
| Wataru Tanigawa (JPN) | 14.200 | 14.000 | 13.900 | 14.000 | 14.800 | 14.400 | ||||
| Kohei Uchimura (JPN) | 13.200 | 13.300 | 14.500 | 15.200 | ||||||
| Dmitriy Lankin (RUS) | 14.400 | 14.500 | 14.600 | 11.400 | ||||||
| Nikita Nagornyy (RUS) | 14.200 | 14.200 | 14.700 | 14.600 | 14.700 | 14.200 | ||||
| Paul Juda (USA) | 13.800 | 13.400 | 13.000 | 14.400 | 13.200 | 11.500 | ||||
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Team Friendship | 82.300 | 42.800 | 43.400 | 85.100 | 43.300 | 41.000 | 42.800 | 40.600 | 421.300 |
| Liu Jieyu (CHN) | 12.900 | 13.300 | 13.300 | 12.100 | ||||||
| Zhou Ruiyu (CHN) | 13.100 | 13.600 | 14.400 | 12.500 | ||||||
| Hitomi Hatakeda (JPN) | 12.700 | 13.900 | 13.900 | 13.700 | ||||||
| Asuka Teramoto (JPN) | 13.200 | 13.700 | 13.500 | 12.200 | ||||||
| Angelina Melnikova (RUS) | 13.400 | 14.700 | 14.500 | 14.100 | ||||||
| Yana Vorona (RUS) | 12.800 | 14.300 | 12.800 | |||||||
| Sophia Butler (USA) | 12.400 | 13.500 | 12.500 | |||||||
| Shi Cong (CHN) | 13.300 | 12.200 | 13.500 | 13.400 | ||||||
| Zhang Boheng (CHN) | 14.300 | 13.800 | 14.700 | 12.700 | ||||||
| Yuya Kamoto (JPN) | 14.200 | 14.600 | 13.300 | |||||||
| Kazuma Kaya (JPN) | 14.100 | 14.800 | 14.100 | 14.200 | 14.700 | 14.300 | ||||
| Artur Dalaloyan (RUS) | 13.200 | 14.500 | 14.100 | 12.900 | 12.900 | |||||
| Alexey Rostov (RUS) | 13.400 | 13.100 | 13.900 | 13.900 | 13.000 | |||||
| Yul Moldauer (USA) | 14.200 | 14.000 | 12.100 | |||||||
| Shane Wiskus (USA) | 14.200 | 12.700 | 14.000 | 12.700 |
References
- "Top gymnasts gather for 'Friendship and Solidarity' meet on Olympic Channel". NBC Sports. November 4, 2020.
- "Uchimura Kohei to compete in Japan's first coronavirus-era international sporting event next month". Olympic Channel. October 12, 2020.
- https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2020/mw_20solidarity.pdf