The Brazilian Confederation (Gymnastics) (CBG) confirmed on Tuesday (16), that the Pan American Championships will be held at the Olympic Park in Barra, in the south region of Rio de Janeiro. Artistic gymnastics disputes take place between June 4 and 6, while rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline competitions are scheduled between the 11th and 13th dates of the same month.
This will be the last opportunity for Brazil to get more places for the Tokyo Olympics (Japan). Currently, the country’s women’s contention and men’s team (along with four athletes) are guaranteed artistic gymnastics with Flavia Sarava. Two more athletes (one per gender) may qualify in modality. In rhythmic gymnastics, Babara Domingos and Natalia Gadio, who struggled for a place in the Games, in the 2019 World Cup, in Baku (Azerbaijan).
Initially, Pan will be held in Birmingham (United States), but USA Gymnastics (North American Union) skipped the event. In September last year, CBG expressed interest in receiving the competition if the United States withdrew. In January, the championship was confirmed in Brazil, still with no definition of headquarters.
If the tournament is not caused by an epidemic of new coronoviruses (Kovid-19), the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) will distribute the venues awarded to the US with the 2019 World Cup as a reference. In this case, Brazil would have classified athletes theis fidelis (women’s artistic gymnastics) and barbara domingos (rhythmic gymnastics).
“More than a year in which the epidemic was officially reduced by the WHO [Organização Mundial da Saúde], We learned a lot and today we have better and better sanitary protocols. We have successfully carried out various tasks such as the Europa Mission in Portugal, and on-site training internships with athletes from adult and grassroots. With experts working with CBG, we have developed logistics to ensure that the entire pan runs with greater health protection. pay attention Official.
