The Spanish gymnast Laura Casabuena is sixth in the floor final of the Baku World Cup contested this Sunday, finishing third in the fight for two Olympic spots at stake.
Casabuena improved the eighth place in the qualifying round by two positions despite the fact that its score, 12.833, was lower than two days ago, 12.933.
The gymnast from Alcoy is looking for points for the Olympic classification. Spain was unable to qualify the entire women’s team for the Paris Games, but it did qualify two individual gymnasts, Ana Pérez and Alba Petiscoand there is an option of third place depending on results in the World Cup series.
In Baku the Austrian won the final Charlize Moerzwith 13,556, ahead of the favorite, the Chinese Ou Yushan (13,533).
To gymnasts who have not yet qualified for Paris, Moerz was first overall in the Cup, with 80 points, followed by the Filipino Emma Malabuyothis Sunday the fourth, with 69, and Casabuena with 45. The Doha World Cup, from April 17 to 20, will decide the Olympic tickets.
Source: La Verdad
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