The Mexican Alexa Moreno, who had been third in the 2018 World Cups in jumping, was fourth at the foot of the podium with a score of 14,716, although ahead of the Russian Angelina Melnikova (14,683) and Lilia Akhaimova (14,666).
Andrade, who arrived in Tokyo after undergoing three knee surgeries, continues to make history at the Ariake gymnastics center in Tokyo, where this week she had become the first woman to achieve a podium for Brazilian women’s gymnastics. Now she is the first to achieve gold after a final in which she secured a medal with her first jump, despite a penalty that left her with a score of 15,166. In her second jump she placed first with an average score of 15,083 that was already unattainable for her rivals. Andrade, who in the Rio 2016 Games had only been able to make an eleventh place, continues to surprise in Tokyo, where this Sunday his country gave its tenth medal so far in the Olympic Games.