The competitors at the Abierto de Gimnasia. Photograph: Federación Mexicana de Gimnasia A.C. Ukraine’s Angelina Kysla , 25, was the ...
The competitors at the Abierto de Gimnasia. Photograph: Federación Mexicana de
Gimnasia A.C.
Ukraine’s Angelina Kysla, 25,
was the winner of the 2016 Abierto
Mexicano de Gimnasia, an all around competition, which took place on Friday
25 and Saturday 26 November. On Friday, gymnasts competed on vault and uneven bars,
and on Saturday, on balance beam and floor.
Kysla posted an overall score of 54.400 points to win the gold medal.
She came into day 2 with a combined score of 27.225 for vault and bars, and
scored 13.125 and 14.050 on beam and floor respectively to gain the title. She
also won silver on beam and floor. Video
Second was Brazil’s first-year senior Carolyne Pedro, who posted an all around score of 53.975 points. She
also won bronze on floor, with a score of 13.650 points. Last spring, Pedro
helped Brazil qualify for the Olympic Games at the Rio Test Event. She was also
Brazil’s Olympic alternate in Rio. Video
Third was veteran Oksana
Chusovitina, 41, of Uzbekistan, who totalled a score of 52.225. Video
The biggest name in the field was Romania’s three-time Olympic champion Catalina Ponor, who competed only on
day 2 on beam and floor. Ponor scored 15.100 on beam and 14.300 on floor, which
were the highest scores of the competition on both apparatuses. Video
Mexico’s Miriana Almeida, won
bronze on beam with a score of 12.950 points.
The 2016 Abierto de Gimnasia ended with a gymnastics exhibition show, in
which all gymnasts participated.
Here are the available results (unfortunately, the vault and bars
results are not available):
All around results:
1. Angelina Kysla (UKR)
– 54.400
2. Carolyne Pedro (BRA)
– 53.975
3. Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)
– 52.225
Balance beam results:
1. Catalina Ponor (ROU)
– 15.100
2. Angelina Kysla (UKR)
– 13.125
3. Miriana Almeida (MEX)
– 12.950
Floor exercise results:
1. Catalina Ponor (ROU)
– 14.300
2. Angelina Kysla (UKR)
– 14.050
3. Carolyne Pedro (BRA)
– 13.650
By Talitha Ilacqua
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