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I am 10 minutes late and the poll was closed, but I would go with Cassina on the high bar and Korbut on the balance beam. Cassina is stylish and elegant, and his focus on flashy release moves was ahead of his time. I like his form too. Zonderland would be my second choice, but he has very poor form and the deductions for late pirouettes and untidy body shape are very apparent, so Cassina is ahead of him in my book. But Zonderland is fantastic too, especially because he has such high difficulty! Korbut was the first one to perform a back sommersault on beam. This completely changed the way girls performed on beam. Not only they needed to be elegant, they also now had to throw difficult acrobatic skills. Ponor would be my second choice. Very confident on most of her skills, a style of her own, but I just can't choose anyone but Korbut here because that would just feel wrong. And the ones I would definitely say no, I'd never pick them: Wevers and Hashimoto.

It's funny because this also happened with Mexico. I was sure Mexico had qualified in rhythmic gymnastics prior to 2020, but this never happened. Now, I'll read the qualification documents, but I believe that Sol Martinez will be able to qualify easily. She's my favorite gymnast in the Americas nowadays. She's in a league of her own.

Wait, what? So you mean that Anahí Sosa has never qualified to the Olympics? This is shocking! She's the best individual gymnast South America has ever had! I'm sure Sol Martínez will qualify this time.

I'm not a fan of athletics, except for pole vault. Duplantis is just unbelievable to watch. He cannot be a human being. It's impossible!

Wow, this was such a surprise! has a medal at the 2001 Trampoline World Championships. I thought trampoline was supposed to be the biggest gymnastics discipline in the country, but I was wrong!

I only ask this out of ignorance about this sport, but wasn't this supposed to be a much bigger number? What's going on? Take artistic gymnastics, for example: not a cheap sport at all, and Brazil more often than not walks away from the World Championships with a medal. In the last 16 editions, Brazil got 16 medals, with 1 medal per WC in average. Usually, there are 14 events, with WCs the year after the Olympics only supporting 12 events. In athletics, we are nowhere close this number and there are way more events.

I am not completely familiar with all of the changes in the qualification documents, but I have a firm grasp of what the document mentions and what I can say for sure is that it's perfectly possible for her to qualify. She was born in 2008, so she will be able to compete as a senior (adult) in 2024. Of course, this means that she will have no chance to qualify at the 2023 World Championships and she will miss most of the World Cups, but she might still qualify through the events of the 2024 World Cup series, although that will be a considerable more difficult path than her other option. The other option is to qualify through the 2024 Pan American Championships. Two quotas will be awarded to two different nations though the all-around competitions. This time, though, nations that qualified a full team through the World Championships cannot qualify extra gymnasts. So, let's say that USA, CAN and BRA all manage to qualify a women's team (what seems very likely to happen), this would leave Ajalla with a much easier qualification path. I would say that this would probably make her the favorite in the continent to qualify, along with a Mexican gymnast. But since there will be two quotas, she doesn't have to worry.

also has a medal now!

Let's add now. And could be next in a few minutes.

How many nations got a medal for the first time here? are the ones I can remember. That's a lot!

Now the match is over and we can celebrate! has a medal!

There's still a third set.

Where can I watch the bronze medal matches in racquetball?

It's geo-blocked. I had to use a VPN and I cannot even watch it again. Really, really terrible way of promoting an event.

A gold medal for Brazil in aerobic gymnastics! Where can I watch a recording of the event? I only followed the scores.

Bolivia reached semifinals in Racquetball!

Oh, nice to know! I want to watch the racquetball matches so I can root for Bolivia!

Oh, a medal for Andorra! Amazing! Could it be the nation's first-ever medal at the World Championships of an Olympic sport of any kind?

This has never happened before! The Pan Am Championships have never been staged on the same year of the Pan American Games. Seriously, what's the point? Why do this at all? UPAG/PAGU is absolutely clueless...

I think the qualifiers in rhythmic gymnastics are: Individuals 2: 1: Groups:

Any reason why there is no rhythmic gymnastics competition this time?

This is something extremely rare in rhythmic gymnastics: a gymnast leaving the competition area on a stretcher. Lina Dussan apparently nearly fainted after her ball routine and could not even get up from the ground. She skipped clubs and ribbon finals.

Yup, that was FANTASTIC! And now finally has a gold medal... and in Gymnastics, of all sports! I would never expect that! Gold in women's synchronized trampoline!

10/10 for cuteness!

The Asian Championships are underway. To no one's surprise, got their first-ever medal(s) with Carlos Yulo. I also have to say that I'm impressed with and winning medals here. It's now becoming a tradition for these nations to win medals at the continental championships! Besides, India qualified two men for the World Championships through the all-around competition and this is mighty impressive for a nation which, until a few years ago, was always fighting to climb out of the last place. It's a pity nations are now severely limited about who they can send to the World Championships. Iran had real chances of entering a World final with Keikha and Kohani, but they failed to qualify to Worlds. Bummer.