Belarus won its first medal in Olympic trampoline when Uladzislau Hancharou upset his heavily decorated competitors to win gold in men’s trampoline.
The 20-year-old was one of the youngest in the field and has been steadily working his way up the ranks in the years before Rio. He was too young for the 2012 London Olympics, and made his world championships debut in 2013 with a an eight-place finish. In 2014 he won his first world championships medal, a bronze, and in 2015 improved to silver.
In Rio, it was time for gold.
He was heavily congratulated by the two runner-ups from China, Dong Dong in second place and Gao Lei in third. Dong was the Olympic champion in 2012 and Gao was the 2015 world champion.
Dong won a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and now has an Olympic medal of every color.
The sole U.S. man in the field, Logan Dooley, completed two clean routines to finish 11th in the qualification round. He did not advance to the eight-man final.
The highest ever Olympic finish by a U.S. athlete is 7th, set by Savannah Vinsant in 2012.