Algerian teenager Kaylia Nemour was in tears on Sunday after she clinched a gold medal in uneven bars gymnastics of the Olympics in Paris.
The 17-year-old French-born athlete’s breathtaking routine surprised the crowd in at the Bercy Arena on Sunday and helped her bag the title ahead of China’s Qiu Qiyuan, with Team USA’s Sunisa Lee snatching bronze.
Defending Olympic uneven bars champion Nina Derwael of Belgium finished fourth.
Nemour was in tears, knowing she had perhaps done enough to land her country’s first-ever gold in gymnastics and first medal of the Paris Olympics.
Nemour has now set a record as the first African athlete to win medal in gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
