Nikita Nagornyy Is ‘Ashamed’ He Only Won Bronze at the Olympic Games

• Nikita Nagornyy received a bronze medal within the males’s particular person all-around Olympic remaining.
• The Russian athlete was offended together with his efficiency and apologized for not doing higher.
• The 24-year-old additionally helped Russian athletes win gold within the males’s group remaining.
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Olympic gymnast Nikita Nagornyy, of the Russian Olympic Committee, has apologized and mentioned he is “ashamed” for under successful bronze at the ongoing Tokyo Games.

Top-of-the-line inventive gymnasts on the planet, Nagornyy has been a gold medal magnet on the Youth Olympic Video games, European Championships, and the World Championships for seven years.

Nagornyy claimed bronze within the particular person all-around Olympic remaining with a rating of 88.031, trailing Xiao Ruoteng of China whose efficiency earned an 88.065 rating, and Japanese gold medalist Daiki Hashimoto who banked 88.465 factors.

The 24-year-old mentioned he was disillusioned to not have achieved higher when he mirrored on the rostrum end.

“I apologize,” Nagornyy told the Russian news agency Tass. “I really feel very ashamed.”

He then praised the 19-year-old champion Hashimoto. “I needed to thank everybody for his or her assist. Congratulations to the younger favourite, who took first place.”

Nagornyy continued: “I used to be rooting for him, I am going to admit it. I went as much as the bar, mentioned [to him] that every part will work out. He’s younger and promising, he proved himself earlier than.

“Sadly, I could not give my greatest 100%. Why it occurred, I am going to attempt to perceive in my head. I used to be actually offended with myself. I noticed that my likelihood was flushed down the bathroom.”

Nagornyy’s frustrations together with his particular person efficiency got here two days after he helped the ROC group end first within the group remaining, with a mixed rating of 262.5.

Mixed with a silver medal received on the 2016 Olympic Video games in Rio de Janeiro when representing Russia, Nagornyy now has an Olympic medal in each colour.