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.

đŸ„‡ Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.166
đŸ„ˆ Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 14.033
đŸ„‰ Ava Stewart, Canada, 13.900

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

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Floor

đŸ„‡ Kaliya Lincoln, United States, 14.233
đŸ„ˆ Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.733
đŸ„ˆ Kayla DiCello, United States, 13.733

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

Vault

đŸ„‡ Audrys Nin Reyes, Dominican Republic, 14.466
đŸ„ˆ Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.466
đŸ„‰ FĂ©lix Dolci, Canada, 14.383

P Bars

đŸ„‡ Curran Phillips, United States, 15.400
đŸ„ˆ Colt Walker, United States, 14.366
đŸ„‰ Isaac Nuñez, Mexico, 13.833

Incredible.

H Bar

đŸ„‡ Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.333 … (2019 World Champ)
đŸ„ˆ Bernardo Miranda, Brazil, 14.133
đŸ„‰ RenĂ© 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

đŸ„‡ Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.983
đŸ„ˆ Jordan Chiles, United States, 14.150
đŸ„‰ Natalia Escalera, Mexico, 13.333

Amazing.

Bars

đŸ„‡ Zoe Miller, United States, 14.666
đŸ„ˆ Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.333
đŸ„‰ Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.733

Floor

đŸ„‡ FĂ©lix Dolci, Canada, 14.233
đŸ„ˆ Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 13.933
đŸ„‰ Juan Larrahondo, Colombia, 13.366

Pommels

đŸ„‡ Zachary Clay, Canada, 14.400
đŸ„ˆ Jayson Rampersad, Canada, 14.333
đŸ„‰ Nelson Guilbe, Puerto Rico, 14.133

Rings

đŸ„‡ Donnell Whittenburg, United States, 14.200
đŸ„ˆ Daniel Villafañe, Argentina, 14.133
đŸ„‰ FĂ©lix 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

celebrating FĂ©lix in Canada

I’d say Canada has 3 all-rounders who could qualify to the final in Paris.

  • FĂ©lix Dolci
  • William Émard
  • RenĂ© Cournoyer

But today in Canada we are celebrating FĂ©lix. 🎈

USA all-female PanAms delegation

Chellsie Memmel:

… Obviously, there’s a lot of great male coaches, but it feels really special to have a whole delegation of women.”

In addition to Landi, who coaches Jordan Chiles, Tiana Sumanasekera and Zoe Miller, and Memmel, who helps oversee the U.S. program, personal coaches Kelli Hill (coach of Kayla DiCello), Haiou Sun (Kaliya Lincoln) and Marnie Futch (Katelyn Jong) round out the delegation. …

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