Australian gymnasts secured three Paris 2024 Olympic quotas by winning gold medals in the artistic and rhythmic events at the Oceania Continental Gymnastics Championships last week.
Artistic gymnast Jesse Moore won the men’s all-around gold medal at the Oceania Continental Championships 2024 to secure the only Olympic quota on offer at the competition.
The 21-year-old Moore, who won the Australian national title earlier this year, scored 80.332 to win the gold medal ahead of compatriots Clay Mason Stephens (79.698) and Heath Thorpe (79.564).
Since National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have the exclusive authority for the representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes’ participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to represent their delegation at Paris 2024.
The Oceania Championships 2024 for artistic gymnasts was held in Auckland, New Zealand. The Oceania Championships for rhythmic gymnastics, meanwhile, took place in Budapest, Hungary, simultaneously along with the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Rhythmic gymnast Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist, claimed the women’s all-around title in Budapest.
Alexandra scored a combined 120.700 from hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and was followed by fellow Aussies Miyabi Akiya (116.950) and Isabella Wang (97.700).
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Publish date : 2024-05-27 06:16:00
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