1972 Summer Olympics medal table American swimmer Mark Spitz won seven events, breaking the record for most gold medals by a single athlete in a single Olympic Games. Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut delivered another memorable performance. She entered the Olympics as an alternate on the Soviet gymnastics team, and replaced an injured teammate before the start of the competition. Korbut performed well during the team competition and captured the global television audience with her personality. She helped the Soviet team win its sixth straight Olympic title and went on to win two more individual gold medals and one silver. Japanese gymnast Sawao Kato won three
Liu Tingting (gymnast) by 19-year-old Tan Jiaxin, who in 2014 and 2015 had already won two team all-around silver medals at the World Championships. At the 2017 World Cup in Melbourne, Liu qualified first on balance beam and second on uneven bars and floor exercise. She went on to place first on uneven bars and balance beam and third on floor exercise. At the 2018 World Championships, Liu qualified in eighth place on balance beam, barely making the finals after putting her hand down on a front tuck, before winning gold with both the highest difficulty (6.3) and highest execution scores (8.233) of