Category: Gymnastics

Barbara Achondo Andino – Floor

A lovely routine. Barbara was a fan favourite at PanAms Santiago, representing Chile.

The pause before her final tumbling pass was … long.

But give Barbara a break. She’s 40 years old. Had retired at age-17. Returned to the sport in 2011.

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BEST CHENG EVER !

I can’t stop watching this Vault.

In regular speed I’d have to award a 10.0 Execution score.

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PanAm Apparatus Finals – day 2

Beam

Every once-in-a-rarely you see a good Beam Final. This was one.

🥇 Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.166
🥈 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 14.033
🥉 Ava Stewart, Canada, 13.900

Ava had the highest start score. She’s going to be amazing for Minnesota.

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Floor

🥇 Kaliya Lincoln, United States, 14.233
🥈 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.733
🥈 Kayla DiCello, United States, 13.733

So high. This is how to sprint into a tumbling pass.

Vault

🥇 Audrys Nin Reyes, Dominican Republic, 14.466
🥈 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.466
🥉 Félix Dolci, Canada, 14.383

P Bars

🥇 Curran Phillips, United States, 15.400
🥈 Colt Walker, United States, 14.366
🥉 Isaac Nuñez, Mexico, 13.833

Incredible.

H Bar

🥇 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.333 … (2019 World Champ)
🥈 Bernardo Miranda, Brazil, 14.133
🥉 René Cournoyer, Canada, 14.066

Brazil had a fantastic PanAms, as did Canada.

And what a way to finish!

Full results.

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PanAm Apparatus Finals – day 1

A great day for the Canadian men.

Brazil and USA on the women’s side.

Vault

🥇 Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.983
🥈 Jordan Chiles, United States, 14.150
🥉 Natalia Escalera, Mexico, 13.333

Amazing.

Bars

🥇 Zoe Miller, United States, 14.666
🥈 Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.333
🥉 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.733

Floor

🥇 Félix Dolci, Canada, 14.233
🥈 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 13.933
🥉 Juan Larrahondo, Colombia, 13.366

Pommels

🥇 Zachary Clay, Canada, 14.400
🥈 Jayson Rampersad, Canada, 14.333
🥉 Nelson Guilbe, Puerto Rico, 14.133

Rings

🥇 Donnell Whittenburg, United States, 14.200
🥈 Daniel Villafañe, Argentina, 14.133
🥉 Félix Dolci, Canada, 13.800

Full results.

Andrade and Maroney

We have to start ranking Rebeca’s Cheng from PanAm Vault Final 2023 with the BEST Vault of all time. #respect

Luisa Blanco to Paris for Colombia

With the top AA score for any gymnast not yet qualified for the Olympics, Luisa punched her ticket at PanAms.

PanAm Champion Kayla Dicello

A strong competition in the AA.

Happiest on the list might be Louisa Blanco who will qualify for the Paris Olympics.

Jordan competes for UCLA. Kayla for Florida, though she’s taking a year off to train towards trying to qualify for Paris.

Audrys Nin Reyes to Paris

Unofficial, as I post, but for real …

PanAm Champion Félix Dolci

Félicitations

🥇 Félix Dolci, Canada, 82.531 🇨🇦
🥈 Diogo Soares, Brazil, 81.865
🥉 Donnell Whittenburg, United States, 81.764

full results

Félix had a great meet until the final apparatus — H Bar. Where he fell on Tkachev.

But it was enough.

Canada’s first AA win since Willy Weiler 1963.

Trivia – Willy’s brother was my first club coach.

Read Kensley’s Pan American Games MAG AA Live Blog