Camilo Vera and Jorman Álvarez Reach World Cup Gymnastics Finals in Cairo
Colombia qualified for two new finals in the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup held in Cairo, Egypt, this Saturday. Surprisingly, Ángel Barajas, one of the event's stars, will not be competing for the top honors.
TL;DR
- Camilo Vera qualified for the floor exercise and horizontal bar finals at the Cairo World Cup.
- Jorman Álvarez advanced to the parallel bars final.
- Ángel Barajas, a surprise omission from the finals, did not qualify in the horizontal bar or parallel bars.
- Barajas had previously won five medals across various World Cup events in the season.
- Coach Jairo Ruiz cited Barajas falling multiple times in his routines and mentioned Vera experiencing a back strain during the horizontal bar qualification.