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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Eleftherios Petrounias claimed the men's rings gold here on Monday at the Rio Olympic Games.
The 25-year-old gymnast earned the highest score of 16.000 points in the first final of gymnastics on Monday after a strong performance with perfect landing.
Brazilian veteran Arthur Zanetti failed to defend his title, but brought home a silver in 15.766 points, followed by Denis Abliazin of Russia in 15.700 points.
"I am feeling amazing. I am super excited," said Petrounias. "We worked a lot. We worked very much for this result. It came as I expected. I think we worked a lot in the details, to be stable. It is difficult to move, to hold all your positions a little bit more than normal. And if you have a good landing, like I had, that's how the (score of) 16 came."
2014 world champion Liu Yang of China finished fourth and his teammate You Hao ranked sixth in the final.
"My aim was to win a gold medal. So the result is disappointing," said the 21-year-old Liu, who shed tears in the mixed zone.
"The only mistake happened on the dismount and that's because I didn't have any energy left," he said.
