Pan Am Games Conclude in Rio de Janeiro

Team Decisions, Men's & Women's all-around

Brazil and the U.S. won four golds each in the apparatus finals at the Pan Am Games, held Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Team decision of the artistic gymnastics events ended with a surprising gold medal, won by the men's team of Puerto Rico. in front of host Brazil. On Sunday
Jose Luis FUENTES from Venezuela earned gold in the all-around final as the only one gymnast who scored more than 90 points.
On the women's side the USA team won in front of Brazil and- after a disqualification Canada, instead Mexico and on Monday the US girls edged a triple success at the all-around competition with Shawn JOHNSON on top.....

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15. PAN AM GAMES 2007 / ARTISTIC GYMNASTCS -
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 14 -

* MEN's Teams, DECISION

1. Puerto Rico - 353,900
2. Brazil             - 353,600
3. U S A             - 353,300
4. Venezuela - 347,550; 5. Cuba - 340,700;
6. Colombia - 338,900; 7. Canada - 333,350
>> Detailed results, men's qualification

* Men's, All-around Qualification
1. FUENTES, Jose Luis (VEN) - 89,150
2. GIRALDO, Jorge Hugo (COL) - 89,100
3. RIVERA, Luis (PUR) - 88,650
4. MEDINA, Gerardo (CUB) - 88,200
5. VARGAS, VELAZQUEZ, L. (PUR) - 88,200
6. ANJOS, Luis (BRA) - 87,450
>> Detailed, AA qualification

* MEN's All-around Final
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 15 -

1. FUENTES, Jose Luis (VEN) - 90,450
2. GIRALDO, Jorge Hugo (COL) - 89,450
3. ALVAREZ, Guillermo (USA) - 87,900
4. VARGAS VELAZQUES, L. (PUR) - 87,800
5. DURANTE, David (USA) -87,750
6. MEDINA, Gerardo (CUB) - 87,350
>> Detailed Results, AA Final

* Men's, All-around Qualification
  - July 14 -
1. FUENTES, Jose Luis (VEN) - 89,150
2. GIRALDO, Jorge Hugo (COL) - 89,100
3. RIVERA, Luis (PUR) - 88,650
4. MEDINA, Gerardo (CUB) - 88,200
5. VARGAS, VELAZQUEZ, L. (PUR) - 88,200
6. ANJOS, Luis (BRA) - 87,450
>> Detailed, AA qualification

MEN*s apparatus Finals
*Floor Exercise
1. Diego Hypolito BRA 15.875
2. Guillermo Alvarez USA 15.625
3. Enrique Gonzalez CHI 15.550
4. Alexander Rodriguez PUR 15.175
5. Mosiah Rodrigues BRA 15.000
6. Luis Rivera PUR 14.975
7. Justin Spring USA 14.700
8. Gerardo Medina CUB 14.225

*Pommel Horse
1. Luis Rivera PUR 15.175
1. Jose Fuentes VEN 15.175
3. Alexander Rodriguez PUR 15.025
4. Jorge Giraldo COL 15.000
5. Daniel Corral MEX 14.625
6. Mosiah Rodrigues BRA 14.525
7. Danilo Nogueira BRA 14.250
8. Gerardo Medina CUB 14.100

*Still Rings
1. Regulo Carmona VEN 15.675
2. Sean Golden USA 15.275
3. Carlos Carbonell VEN 15.150
4. Tommy Ramos PUR 15.100
5. David Durante USA 14.900
6. Gerardo Medina CUB 14.875
7. Danilo Nogueira BRA 14.575
8. Luis Rivera PUR 14.350

*Vault
1. Diego Hypolito BRA 16.162
2. Enrique Gonzalez CHI 15.937
3. Luis Rivera PUR 15.737
4. AJ Rayment CAN 15.675
5. Fernando Fuentes VEN 15.525
6. James Brochero COL 15.375
7. Alexander Rodriguez PUR 15.062
8. Jesus Vidal DOM 15.037

*Parallel Bars
1. Justin Spring USA 15.550
2. Jorge Giraldo COL 15.300
3. Luis Vargas PUR 15.150
4. Jose Fuentes VEN 15.050
5. Gerardo Medina CUB 14.800
6. Carlos Campaña CUB 14.725
7. Luis Anjos BRA 14.575
8. Guillermo Alvarez USA 13.000

*High Bar
1. Mosiah Rodrigues BRA 14.625
2. Jorge Giraldo COL 14.550
3. Danilo Nogueira BRA 14.450
4. Irving Arroyo CUB 14.300
5. Lucas Chiarlo ARG 14.275
6. Justin Spring USA 14.175
7. Todd Thornton USA 13.975
8. Alexander Rodriguez PUR 13.725

* WOMEN*s Team, DECISION
- July 14 -
The United States, conquered the gold medal in the women's teams competition 243,225 points at the Multipurpose Arena.
For the sixth time in the seven last editions of the Games, the Americans are top.
The US girls had the best performance in three out of the four apparatus (beam, vault and uneven bars), remaining behind  Brazil only in the solo.
Brazilian team improved their performance by comparison with Santo Domingo, when they were bronze and conquered the silver medal scoring 236,725.
Mexico was the biggest surprise on third (223,625) and took Canada'a third place.
Canada, former Pan Am runner-up, finished  fourth this time (with only 0,50 points behind Mexico), followed by Cuba, Argentina and Puerto Rico.
1. U S A            -  243,225
2. Brazil            - 236,725
3. Canada *       - 222,575;
5. Cuba             - 218,750   6. Argentina      - 210,050;
7. Puerto Rico - 202,700 - . Mexico*       - (223,625) *(disqu.)

* The Pan American Sports Organization voted Thursday to nullify the Mexican women's team bronze from the recent Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro because of the accreditation status of one of the gymnasts, so the PASO executive committee voted unanimously to disqualify Mexico and move fourth-place Canada up to the bronze.

*Women's All-around FINAL
- Rio de Janeiro, July 16 -
The USA won all of the three medals in the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around competition.
Shawn Johnson got the gold medal, after having scored 61.725 points. Rebecca Bross won the silver medal and scored 61.050 points and Ivana Hong, won the bronze one, with 59.375 points.
When the Brazilian gymnast, Jade Barbosa started the last routine she was already first place, but the Brazilian ended up in fourth and did not win any medals (59.325 points). Jade was the athlete who scored the most points in the vault competition(15.850), but she fell down during her uneven bars routine, which caused her to lose points and have a low final score.
* Top Results
1. JOHNSON, Shawn (USA) - 61,725
2. BROSS, Rebecca (USA) - 61,050
3. HONG, Ivana (USA) - 59,375
4. BARBOSA, Jade (BRA) - 59,325
5. HYPOLITO, Daniele (BRA) - 57,300
6. LEE, Peng-Peng (CAN) - 57,300
>> Detailed Results, Women's AA Final

* WOMEN's, AA qualification
1. JOHNSON, Shawn (USA) - 61,850
2. BARBOSA, Jade (BRA) - 60,650
3. BROSS, Rebecca (USA) -60,500
4. SOUZA, Lais (BRA) -59,025
5. HONG, Ivana (USA) - 58,750
6. HYPOLITO, Daniele (BRA) - 57,750
>> Detailed Results, Women, AA qualification

*Women's Vault
1. Jade Barbosa BRA 14.912
2. Amber Trani USA 14.725
3. Lais Souza BRA 14.650
4. Elsa Garcia MEX 14.462
5. Yeny Ibarra MEX 14.262
6. Charlotte Mackie CAN 14.100
7. Jessica Gil COL 14.025
8. Yahanara Sese CUB 13.837
*Uneven Bars
1. Shawn Johnson USA 15.475
2. Nastia Liukin USA 15.450
3. Lais Souza BRA 15.100
4. Elsa Garcia MEX 15.050
5. Yahanara Sese CUB 14.300
6. Ana Silva BRA 13.925
7. Charlotte Mackie CAN 13.600
8. Yesenia Estrada MEX 13.150

*Balance Beam
1. Shawn Johnson USA 16.150
2. Nastia Liukin USA 15.900
3. Daniele Hypolito BRA 15.375
4. Jade Barbosa BRA 14.900
5. Elsa Garcia MEX 14.525
6. Charlotte Mackie CAN 14.425
7. Virginia Deluzio ARG 13.875
8. Peng Peng Lee CAN 13.250

*Floor Exercise
1. Rebecca Bross USA 15.250
2. Shawn Johnson USA 15.225
3. Jade Barbosa BRA 15.025
4. Peng Peng Lee CAN 14.375
5. Maria Sol Poliandri ARG 13.800
6. Sidney Sanabria PUR 13.725
7. Daniele Hypolito BRA 13.525
8. Maricela Cantu MEX 13.150

Notice:
The Mexican city of Guadalajara will play host to the 2011 Pan American Games.

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