Medellín (Colombia), May 28 (EFE).- Estados Unidos amplifió este sábado su dominio en el Campeonato Panamericano de Gimnasia Artística que se realiza en Medellín, donde las gimnastas mexicanas plantaron cara en la segunda jornada de competencias con una detachada actuación de Natalia Stairs.

At the Iván de Bedout Coliseum, the American Tiana Sumanasekera shone by winning three medals, including gold in the individual general with a total of 53,900 to win over the Mexican Escalera (53,266) and the Canadian Aurélie Tran (52 867).

The United States, which won the men’s game on Day 1 starring Yul Moldauer, also won the team playoffs with 162,167 points, while Mexico finished second with 159,099 and Canada closed the podium in third place after scoring 155,768.

On vault, Mexico’s Alexa Moreno took the gold medal with 13.700, a score that allowed her to surpass American Joscelyn Roberson (13.383), while the also Aztec Escalera s is back in third place (13.316).

American Sumanasekera won gold on beam with 13,767, her compatriot Joscelyn Roberson won silver (13,267) and Canada’s Aurélie Tran finished with bronze (13,167). .

There was also the domination of the United States in asymmetrical with the first place of Nola Matthews (14.000), escorted by her compatriot Addison Fatta (13.667), who left the Mexican Escalera in third place (13.600).

The best on floor was the American Roberson (14,100) and Sumanasekera (13,567) won another medal, this time a silver, and the Mexican Escalera closed her great participation with another bronze (13,200 ).

On the second Pan American day, which has nearly 200 gymnasts from 25 countries competing, the qualification and finals of the full competition and women’s individual competitions were held in four subdivisions, the first brought together athletes from Brazil, D ‘El Salvador, Peru, Jamaica and Haiti.

Although they got off to a good start and were initially happy with their scores, the Brazilians did not reach the high level displayed by their rivals in Medellín and had to settle for fourth place by team with 150 399 points and Carolyne Pedro placed sixth in singles. overall.

“Carrying the name of Brazil is a heavy burden. We will wait and see what happens tomorrow (Sunday) because in Rio last year we won as a team,” Carolyne told EFE.

Gymnasts from Mexico, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela and Barbados took the stage in the second round, while Canada, the United States, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Panama competed in the third subdivision. And the closure was in charge of athletes from Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Cuba.

With their results this Saturday at the Panamerican, which will end this Sunday with the men’s and women’s team finals, Mexico and Argentina have reached the quota for the Artistic Gymnastics World Championship 2023 in Antwerp (Belgium), in which the United States, Canada and Brazil.