Olympics-Gymnastics-Russians hail Dalaloyan after recovery helps them to gold

[ASFN Admin]

Artur Dalaloyan was hailed as a hero by his teammates on Monday for competing through the discomfort of a recent surgery on his severed Achilles heel to help the Russian Olympic Committee to its first gold in the men's team event in 25 years. In the days before the Games, coach Valery Alfosov said Dalaloyan would not compete on the floor and vault to spare his leg. Dalaloyan repeated his exploit in the team event, helping the Russian Olympic Committee to gold ahead of Japan and China for the first time in 25 years.

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