Alexa Moreno and Natalia Escalera guide the Mexican gymnastics team to gold at the Central American Games

The Mexican women's artistic gymnastics team at the Central American and Caribbean Games.MEXICAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

A group of Mexican gymnasts are getting used to winning. Led by Alexa Moreno, the athletes won the gold medal in the team final of their discipline at the Central American Games. The talent of the world medalist in 2018 was not overshadowed by a mishap that made her fall into the uneven bars. That he knew how to compensate with his previous routines on the floor, horse jumping and on the beam.

Natalia Escalera, Ahtziri Sandoval, Cassandra Loustalot, Paulina Campos and Moreno took the podium. The second place went to Panama and then Colombia. This squad of Mexican gymnasts won the silver medal in the last Pan American championship in Medellín, where only the alternative team of the US power took the gold. In El Salvador, the Mexicans who stood out the most in terms of the judges' assessments were Alexa Moreno and Natalia Escalera, who are Mexico's main cards for the World Cup, which will be held in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of next September.

"In the element that I fell I had years without falling. I expected to fall into anything but that one. It gave me a lot of courage. The one that passes first tries to give security to the team, I am not the safest in the bar, but I have to be the first, "admitted Moreno, 28, to the specialized media Todo Menos Futbol. The Mexican had to undergo surgical procedures during 2022, which prevented her from competing for an entire year. 2023 was his restart after 20 months without international competition since he achieved fourth place in the world at the 2020 Olympics.

Natalia Escalera, 20, already has two world championships in her career. This cycle wants to conclude with his first participation in an Olympic Games. "I've grown a lot from international competitions, I've matured a lot. Regarding 2021, my goal as such was not to qualify for Tokyo, but I was close," the gymnast told Conade in an interview. "This year we have worked a lot, we have new routines that now I think will reach me to go to the Olympic Games," he added.

To the euphoria of the gymnasts, they are added that of their colleagues in the men's division who also took gold in the Central Americans. In other sports they have also been bathed in gold as swimmers, pentathlon athletes, sport shooters, table tennis duo and judo have reached the first place. Mexico seeks to endorse its place as a leader in the medal table against the momentum of Cuba and Colombia.

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