Last Updated: October 23, 2023, 03:30 IST
SANTIAGO, Chile: U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles has dreamed about being a flagbearer at a serious sports activities occasion since she noticed her pal Simone Biles do it at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics closing ceremony. The 22-year-old managed to get her want at the opening of the Pan American Games in Santiago on Friday.
On Sunday, the silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics is attending to probability to make one other dream come true; main the U.S. ladies’s gymnastics team right into a continental last. She will know in just a few hours whether or not that effort will flip into gold.
The U.S. topped first half of the all-round ladies’s competitors with 165.196 factors, with an enormous push from Chiles because the Americans search their sixth straight ladies’s team Pan American gold medal.
The primary rival for Chiles, Kayla DiCello, Zoe Miller, Kaliya Lincoln and Tiana Sumanasekera is Brazil’s team led by Rebeca Andrade, an Olympic gold medalist and likewise a pal of Biles’.
Brazil, Canada, Chile and Puerto Rico will take the stage later Sunday.
Chiles topped the all-round chart within the afternoon with 54.666 factors, 0.101 forward of 2021 world all-around bronze medalist DiCello.
The 22-year-old American is competing in Chile as she weighs competing within the Paris Olympics or returning for her junior yr at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Possibly the largest star competing in Chile, the 24-year-old Andrade is Brazil’s most embellished gymnast in historical past and is competing at the Pan American Games for the primary time.
Earlier this month, Andrade defeated Biles to take the vault gold at the world championship in Antwerp. She received two medals at the Tokyo Olympics three years in the past: gold within the vault competitors and silver within the all-round particular person. She has 9 medals in world championships, together with three golds.
After beating Biles, the U.S. gymnastics federation revealed an image of Andrade and Biles aspect by aspect in its social media channels. “Many more battles still to come,” the message mentioned.
This Sunday, Andrade’s battle shall be with Chiles as an alternative.
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