Luisa Blanco completed her participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Photo taken from X of the Colombian Olympic Committee.
The American-born coffee maker celebrated a personal and national milestone, as she became the first woman to reach the final in artistic gymnastics in the event. All around. Blanco managed to reach this stage after his performance in the qualifying rounds. There, he was delighted with the artistry and precision that produced a score of 51,698, put it in a box of 30; However, as the competition did not allow more than two representatives per country, he got six places and got 24th place.
North American origin.
Luisa was born in the United States; However, his patriotic love for Colombia was inherited from his parents, who were born in the South American country and moved to California in search of better opportunities. Luisa inherited customs and passion from the south of the continent: “I gave it everything and I hope the world knows the heart of Colombia in what I did tonight,” said the athlete at the end of her Olympic participation.
At the age of six, she moved to Texas to begin her training as a high-performance athlete and to work with Nastia Liukin, an American gymnast and Olympic medalist in Beijing 2008. Only Last June, a Colombian adopted girl met on the land that her parents had spoken to. About it, he did it within the framework of the National Athletics Championship in Cúcuta.
The #27 place in the Olympic Games for Colombia was achieved by the athlete through her participation in the Pan American Games in Santiago in 2023, reaching the final of her specialty: All-Around. Her mentor for this competition was Olympic podium winner Sunisa. Lee.
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Simone Biles, the most successful woman in the United States.
The historical Simone Biles was golden in this subject. The North American legend received her ninth Olympic medal (six of them gold), which makes her the most successful female athlete in the Olympic Games for a powerhouse country.
Simone still has a competition in Paris, meaning the historic gymnast’s medal tally could increase. He still has three applications left: Jumping, balance beam and floor exercise.
Undisclosed participation for Colombia.
The three Colombians who came to Paris in gymnastics reached the finals. The Colombian athletics delegation brought to the old continent, in addition to Luisa, two angels who made history: Ángel Barajas, 17 years old, was the first to receive an Olympic diploma in established bar method, and was the first Colombian athlete under the age of 18. years to receive a diploma. Its final will be played on August 5. And the oldest Ángel, Ángel Hernández, who was born in Spain, but lived in Colombia for ten years, achieved the final in the trampoline method.
