The gymnast Alexa Moreno once again put the name of Mexico on high by hanging the gold medal in the Vault test at the Medellín 2023 Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championship.
With a mark of 13,700, Moreno surpassed the North American Joscelyn Michelle Roberson who obtained 13,583.
Meanwhile, the too Mexican Natalia Escalera took the bronze medal by dialing 13,316.
It must be remembered that Moreno had been absent from competition for almost two years after undergoing shoulder and ankle surgery due to previous injuries.
The Mexican delegation scored 159,099, which put Canada, Brazil and Argentina ahead of them.
With this victory, the Mexicans sealed their pass to the World Cup in Belgium and the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile.
Moreno returns after two years of absence
Alexa Moreno was absent from competition for nearly two years after undergoing shoulder and ankle surgery due to previous injuries.
In August 2021, the Baja Californian gymnast commented in a virtual press conference that she has suffered an injury for a long time, which was treated by her team of doctors to fulfill the dream of competing in her second summer fair.
“I need surgery soon because I can’t take it anymore, in February they told me that I could only participate in show jumping in Tokyo, but thanks to the doctors I was able to feel better and complete the all around.”
Through exercises, the native of Mexicali was able to stabilize the strength in her shoulder and compete in the Asian joust where she achieved the best place in history for national artistic gymnastics.
Alexa Moreno finished fourth in the vault final with 14,716 points, just 17 hundredths of a point behind South Korea’s Seojeong Yeo (14,733), who took bronze. The gold medal went to the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade (15,083) and the silver to Mikayla Skinner of the United States (14,916).
Reference-aristeguinoticias.com
