The United States dominates the first day of the Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Medellin (Colombia), May 26 (EFE). – On Friday, the United States dominated the first day of the Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships, which is being held in Medellin, with the prominent participation of Yul Moldauer, winning the podium in four of the six apparatus. And the gold medalist in the individual year.

With a total of 84,200, the American outperformed his compatriot Shane Michael Wiskus, who added 82,800, and the Brazilian Yuri Monteverde Guimarães, the bronze, with a total of 81,566.

“Overall, it was a good day. There were very good parts and some bad parts, so the routines and results were good. The team felt good and did a good job, but I think the most important day was Sunday,” to EFE Moldauer after his impressive participation.

In addition, the United States also topped the team qualifiers with 250,032 points, while Brazil ranked second with 236,799 points and Colombia third with 233,899 points to strike a historic blow, surpassing Canada with 233,834 results representing the classification of the four teams to the tournament. The Artistic Gymnastics World Cup will be held in Antwerp (Belgium) between September 30 and October 8, 2023.

The best pommel horse was American Khoe Alexander Young (14,300), followed by Puerto Rican Nelson Alberto Gilbey (13,500) and Muldauer (13,367), while in the rings, Argentine Daniel Villafine (14,133) took the gold after defeating Canadian William Emard (13,933). and Cuban Alejandro de la Cruz Gato (13833)

For bars, American Curran’s Michael Phillips’ performance took first place (13.833), leaving compatriots Moldauer (13.60) and Wiskos (13.533) in second and third. Then in the jump, Brazilian Monteverde Guimarães (14300) was able to shine to leave Chilean Javier Varas with silver (14284) and Dominican Leandro Peña with bronze (13933).

The first gold medal for the American Muldauer came in the parallels (14,567), followed again by his teammate Whiscus (14,100) and the Colombian Dylan Jimenez (13,867), to later pin a gold medal again, this time on floor (14,500) and with Monteverde Guimarães (14,433). ) and Wiskos (14,200) again as guards.

On the first day of the Pan American Championships taking place at the Coliseo Iván de Bedout Medellín, with the participation of nearly 200 gymnasts from 25 countries, the qualifications and finals for the full and individual male competition took place in three subsections, the first consisting of athletes from Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States and the Republic of Dominican.

In the second hour, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico made their debuts in the competition, which also awarded places in the 2023 Santiago de Chile Pan American Games, while closing the day with Brazil, Canada, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Jamaica.

The competition continues on Saturday with the qualification and final of the full competition and the women’s individual, where the Brazilian and American players start as candidates, while the continental competition culminates on Sunday with the final of the men’s and women’s teams.