Results: Pan American Games Women's Event Finals

Jul 14, 2015 by Rebecca Johnson

The U.S. women came out with four medals from a very successful Pan Am Games event finals.

Vault:

Cuba’s Marcia Videaux came out with the gold with a 14.737. Yamilet Peña of the Dominican Republic earned silver with a 14.25, and Canada’s Ellie Black took the bronze with a 14.087.

Brazil’s Daniele Hypolito competed a Yurchenko 1 1/2 that landed slightly short but had very nice form in the air. She also did a Yurchenko half on front pike with a half twist off, averaging a 14.060 on her two vaults. Peña is a vault specialist, showing a huge front handspring double front with a 7.00 difficulty score, which she sat down but earned credit by getting her feet down first. She also did a Yurchenko 1 1/2 and averaged a 14.25 to secure the silver. Videaux completed an impressive Tsuk double twist, and a front handspring front 1 1/2 for a 14.737, earning her the title. Canada’s Maegan Chant did two nicely done vaults for a 14.062. Ellie Black performed solid vaults as well—including a lovely second vault of a front handspring layout with a full twist. She scored a 14.087, enough for bronze.

Results via the Official Pan Am Games Website

Bars:

In the bars final, Rachel Gowey took the gold with a 14.725, Venezuela's Jessica Lopez took the silver with a 14.7, and Amelia Hundley earned the bronze with a 14.65.

Gowey competed a beautiful routine including a Ricna, huge Maloney and capped it off with a stuck double layout dismount to earn her the title.

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Beam:

Megan Skaggs and Rachel Gowey represented the US in the beam final.

Ellie Black took the title with a 15.05, Magan Skaggs earned silver with a 14.05, and Victoria Woo took bronze with a 13.65.

The final started out with Canada’s Victoria Woo performing a very confident and well executed routine, earning a 13.65. Skaggs had a very nice set, starting with a solid handspring layout step out series and ending with a roundoff double pike, which earned her a 14.05. Brazil’s Flavia Saraiva took a fall on her roundoff layout and scored a 13.225. Julie Kim Sinmon of Brazil had a hit routine for a 13.575. The highlight was Canada’s Ellie Black who had the most gorgeous beam set with flow, style, and huge difficulty (6.5 D score). She nailed her back handspring tuck full and scored a 15.05 for the gold. Jessica Lopez of Venezuela took a fall on her side somi and scored a 12.775. Rachel Gowey had an uncharacteristic beam routine, coming into the final ranked first, but missing the podium in finals.

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Floor:

Amelia Hundley and Maddie Desch were in the floor final for the USA.

Hundley led off the group with an beautiful routine, opening with a huge double layout to split jump and ending with a clean double pike, scoring a 14.20 and earning her the silver medal. Puerto Rico’s Paula Mejias cimpeted a solid routine with nice choreography, but had a step out of bounds and received a 13.125. Leidys Perdomo of Cuba scored a 13.425. Ellie Black had another stunning showing, getting huge cheers from the crowd after nicely executed tumbling and expressive dance, being rewarding with a 14.40. Brazil’s Daniele Hypolito had a fall on her opening pass, coming out with a 12.80. Maddie Desch exuded elegance right when she stepped onto the floor, and opened with a whip to Arabian double front with huge height and a step out of bounds. She ended with a stuck double tuck and tallied a 13.975. Saraiva had a fall on her opening pass, scoring a 13.20. Gomez had a solid and clean routine, including a tuck full in, triple twist, 2 1/2 punch front, and a double pike for a 14.15, and a bronze medal.

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