Frederick Richardbronze medalist at the last world championship, leads the selection tournament of the American artistic gymnastics team at the end of the first of two days of competition in Minneapolis.
Richard scored 85.600 points and, after posting his best performance on the last two apparatus, bars and floor, he edged out the national champion, Brody Malone (85.100), and Shane Wiskus (84.300).
The 20-year-old leader confirmed the potential she showed last year at the World Cup event, where she became the first American gymnast to step on the podium in the all-around competition since 2010 and was also the youngest medal winner. individual.
At the recent US championships he was second behind Malone.
The 20 gymnasts participating in the pre-Olympic will repeat the six exercises on Saturday and the one who gets the best average classification will get a direct place for the Paris 2024 Games.
A selection committee will decide the other four places, based on the results in this competition and the most recent ones, as well as a list of alternates for the team.
On Friday and Sunday, the women’s contest will be held with the participation of Simone Biles, six-time world champion and great winner of the 2016 Rio Games with his four golds. At Tokyo 2020 he retired due to mental health problems that kept him off the mat for several years.
Source: La Verdad
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