Spain's Deferr wins vault gold

Deferr finished ahead of Evgeni Sapronenko of Latvia who won the silver, while former world champion Marian Dragulescu took the bronze with 9.612 points.

Gervasio Deferr of Spain won the men's vault title on Monday night, giving Spain its second Olympic gold medal in men's gymnastics.

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Deferr finished with 9.737 points. Evgeni Sapronenko of Latvia won the silver with 9.706 points, while former world champion Marian Dragulescu took the bronze with 9.612 points. No Americans qualified for the vault final.

Deferr was one of the few vaulters to land cleanly. Russia's Alexei Bondarenko, the first competitor, had a scary crash on his first vault, landing almost on his head. He took a few seconds to gather himself and went ahead with his second vault, but he landed on his side on that one.

He was clearly hurting as he climbed off the podium, and he was later carried out of the arena on a stretcher.