Zou Jingyuan of China competes in the men's parallel bars final at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2021. /CFP
Chinese gymnast Zou Jingyuan bagged a gold medal in the men's parallel bars at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.
Zou topped the competition with 16.233 points, followed by German Lukas Dauser with 15.700 points. Turkey's Ferhat Arican took bronze with 15.633 points.
Zou, 23, who placed first in the qualification, received an unparalleled 9.333 execution score in the final, securing the second artistic gymnastics gold for China in Tokyo.
Zou's execution score also surpassed Dauser by 0.200 points. Troubled by a shoulder injury, the Chinese gymnast placed 16th at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, following two gold medals from Montreal 2017 and Doha 2018.
China's You Hao, the silver medalist in the rings final, finished fourth with 15.466 points.