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.
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
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 Félix in Canada
I’d say Canada has 3 all-rounders who could qualify to the final in Paris.
- Félix Dolci
- William Émard
- René Cournoyer
But today in Canada we are celebrating Félix. 🎈
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. …
Olympics.com
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
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
Rebeca’s Cheng at PanAms
Her best ever?
The best ever from any gymnast?
Simone is amazing. But takes this Vault long. I like the Rebeca’s HEIGHT.
Every coach should emulate her block.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
