vinipereira 3,037 Posted May 20, 2019 #1 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Artistic Gymnastics at the Pan American Games 2019 Lima (PER) - 27 July 2019 - 31 July 2019 Official Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted May 20, 2019 #2 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Yes! I'm so excited! My top three wishes this year are: 1) a medal for Federico Molinari, 2) Brazil women's team with a gold medal (very hard, but not impossible), 3) at least one major upset, like Ana Sofia Porras winning beam in 2011 and Jorge Vega winning floor in 2015; my bet for 2019 is Audrys Nin Reyes winning vault, but let's see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,077 Posted May 20, 2019 #3 Share Posted May 20, 2019 41 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said: Yes! I'm so excited! My top three wishes this year are: 1) a medal for Federico Molinari, 2) Brazil women's team with a gold medal (very hard, but not impossible), 3) at least one major upset, like Ana Sofia Porras winning beam in 2011 and Jorge Vega winning floor in 2015; my bet for 2019 is Audrys Nin Reyes winning vault, but let's see. Any medal predictions across all events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted May 21, 2019 #4 Share Posted May 21, 2019 3 hours ago, intoronto said: Any medal predictions across all events? Hard to say until we have the nominative list. On the women's side, I believe Brazil, Canada and the US will take all the medals. The only exception could be on vault, where Alexa Moreno from Mexico has the potential to be a medalist. Maybe Cuba can be a surprise too, but they don't send their gymnasts to big competitions before the Pan Ams, so it's very hard to predict how they will perform. On the men's side things are a lot more unpredictable. Jossimar Calvo (Colombia) and Manrique Larduet (Cuba) did not look too hot last year, and there's a chance they have not recovered their best form. The Dominican Republic, Brazil, United States, Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Chile and Argentina all have chances of earning medals. Even Peru and Uruguay have outside chances. Canada's best chance of a gold medal is on the balance beam, or maybe all-around. Padurariu is looking great! On vault, it will be a tight battle between Canada, Brazil and the US for gold, with Alexa Moreno as a dark horse, though I don't believe she will win a medal if everybody hits, unless she upgrades one of her vaults. I'm very excited about what the Brazilians can achieve. I might be a bit too optimistic, but I would say that Rebeca Andrade will walk away with at least one gold medal. Last time a Brazilian girl got a gold medal was in 2007, and before that only in 1991. intoronto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,037 Posted May 21, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted May 21, 2019 34 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said: On the men's side things are a lot more unpredictable. Jossimar Calvo (Colombia) and Manrique Larduet (Cuba) did not look too hot last year, and there's a chance they have not recovered their best form. Isn't Jossimar out of the Pan Ams? thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,077 Posted May 21, 2019 #6 Share Posted May 21, 2019 24 minutes ago, vinipereira said: Isn't Jossimar out of the Pan Ams? He is. ---- Hoping for any gold tbh. It will be a pathetic performance overall vs 2015, so really wherever gold is to be found I'd gladly take it thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,077 Posted May 22, 2019 #7 Share Posted May 22, 2019 @thiago_simoes Do subdivisions make a difference, as in the later the better? For the women, USA/Brazil are in the last one, Canada is in the first of three. thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted May 22, 2019 #8 Share Posted May 22, 2019 3 hours ago, intoronto said: @thiago_simoes Do subdivisions make a difference, as in the later the better? For the women, USA/Brazil are in the last one, Canada is in the first of three. From What I’ve observed it doesn’t really matter (at least going off the Asian and Commonwealth Games), but I could be wrong. I’d be interested to know @thiago_simoes opinion too. thiago_simoes 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted May 22, 2019 #9 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I think order of go does matter. Judging tends to get softer as the competition goes on, it's the natural bias. thiago_simoes 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted May 22, 2019 #10 Share Posted May 22, 2019 16 hours ago, intoronto said: @thiago_simoes Do subdivisions make a difference, as in the later the better? For the women, USA/Brazil are in the last one, Canada is in the first of three. They definitely do. Scores in the last subdivision are usually a couple of tenths higher than they should be. In artistic gymnastics no one wants to go first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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