Canada’s Black finish fourth as Paseka takes vault gold at gymnastics worlds
MONTREAL — There was no dishonour for Canada’s Ellie Black in finishing fourth among a star-studded entry list at the World Gymnastics Championships on Saturday afternoon.
Only hours after taking the silver medal in the all-around competition on Firday night, Black finished just out of the medals on the vault, her first individual apparatus event, despite a wall of supporting noise from the sellout crowd of about 11,000 in a section of Olympic Stadium closed off for the competition.
Shallon Olsen of Vancouver was seventh.
Maria Paseka of Russia defended her 2015 world championship vault gold medal ahead of Jade Carey of the United States and bronze medallist Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland.