Road to Rio: Mexico

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  In October at the World Championships the team formed by: Elsa García, Alexa Moreno, Ana Lago, Ahtziri Sandoval, Amaranta Torres and Karla Retiz achieved the best ever result for Mexico with a 14<sup>th</sup> place. Their best event was vault where they finished 9<sup>th</sup>.
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  Ana Lago, who was the PanAmerican champion on floor in 2011, is still in recovery after her torn ACL last year and did not do floor. Alexa Moreno, who was a vault finalist at the 2011 Worlds, qualified again to the final and finished 7<sup>th</sup>. Her vaults have a 6.0 and 6.2 difficulty values.
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  Watch here Alexa Moreno at the vault final in Nanning China: [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mba5S-V6LHQ">Link</a>]

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    Veteran gymnast Elsa García, advanced to the all-around world final where she finished 22<sup>nd</sup> with a 52.031. She had already advanced to the all-around final before, during the 2009 Worlds. Elsa is the silver medalist on floor at the 2013 Universiade and this apparatus was her best piece in qualifications at worlds, when she placed 21<sup>st</sup>.
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    You can watch Elsa García on floor at the 2014 Worlds here: [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH78w7ugfu0">Link</a>]

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      <strong>Article by: Isabel Iz</strong>
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