Mélanie – 4 apparatus in Team

The happiest team in Antwerp was France, finishing 3rd.

It reminded me of Canada finishing 3rd in 2022 Liverpool.

Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos was a rock.

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No Parkour in 2024, 2028 Olympics

The newish gender-balanced and youth-centred medal sports for Paris are …

A last ditch effort to get Parkour into the Olympics was proposed — Farmer Chasing Chicken Parkour. It failed. 😀

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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.

related:

Belgium WAG Head Coach Needed

Belgium hosted Worlds again in 2023.

Sadly, two of their top WAG were injured.

They are advertising for a new WAG Head Coach starting as soon as possible.

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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