LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Rebecca Andrade was immune to détente long ago. Enduring three knee reconstructive surgeries provides some perspective.
That’s why the 23-year-old Brazilian gymnast didn’t think she would make history or her own grueling non-public adventure, the women’s final at Thursday’s world championships.
Considering everything that’s happened, the fact that he’s competing enough in the box.
“That’s my job,” Andrade said.
Showed.
Brilliant on the vault, solid on the bars and dynamic on the floor, Andrade has become the first South American woman to earn a full world name with 4 rotations that highlighted how Andrade, and her game, arrived in a country where gymnastics is not so good. Long ago treated as mere curiosity.
Not much else. Andrade, a silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, made the leap to the sensible by completing with a total of 56. 899, well ahead of the American Shilese Jones, moment in 55. 399.
“I have a lot of moments, just in my sporting life but also in my non-public life: my injuries, the things I had to do, to be here now,” Andrade said. “There were a lot of things that helped make changes when needed. “
Andrade ran to the lead after recording a jump of 15. 166 in the first rotation, the score of any event. He has never wavered in his last 3 stops around the M.
Andrade’s ability has long been evident. The problem has been getting your body to stay healthy long enough. Still, he kept coming back and took a big step forward in Tokyo, filling in the moment for American star Sunisa Lee in the overall final.
Andrade established herself as one of the most sensible favorites of the Paris 2024 Olympics by combining it all. His blend of athleticism and grace threads the fine needle that runs through the sport’s scoring code.
“I’m very proud of myself,” Andrade said.
Jones had left the elite festival after not being chosen for the 2020 Olympic team. He replaced his brain after his father, Sylvester, asked him to continue for a while before his death last winter. She responded by completing the moment at the U. S. Championship. He then took the U. S. tour in August, then hosted the festival of a lifetime to win a silver medal that once seemed out of reach.
“I’m literally speechless,” Jones said. I’ve been dreaming about this moment for so long, so now I’m so proud and very happy. . . All this last competition, as I got closer, thinking about him.
England’s Alice Kinsella fourth, followed by Canada’s Ellie Black fifth and America’s Jade Carey sixth.
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