Ángel Barajas Becomes First-Ever Olympic Medalist in Gymnastics with High Bar Silver at 2024 Paris Games

2024 Paris GamesÁngel Barajas has earned a place in Colombian Olympic history…

The 17-year-old Colombian gymnast became the first Colombian to win an Olympic medal in the gymnastics discipline after winning a silver in the high bar competition on Monday at the 2024 Paris Games.

Ángel BarajasIt’s also the first medal for Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Barajas is also the youngest medalist in a men’s individual event since 1988. And he was so, so close to gold too.

Barajas had the same score as the new Olympic champion, Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka, 14.533.

The tiebreaker, however, went to Oka, who had a higher execution score. That means Barajas got silver while Oka was awarded the gold.

The Colombian earned the silver medal with a clean routine and a very good landing on a bumpy high bar event where most of the favorites suffered falls.

Ángel BarajasBarajas, who came in with a very high difficulty level, delivered when it counted the most and got a medal for it.

The Cúcuta native was considered one of the big promises of gymnastics, but very few expected that promise to materialize quite so early.

 

He won four medals at the 2023 World Junior Championships, including gold on parallel bars and floor, silver in the all-around competition, and bronze on the high bar.

Barajas was also the first Colombian gymnast to be crowned junior world champion, but at just 17 years old (he will turn 18 the very day after the Closing Ceremony), it felt like perhaps the Olympic games had come a little too soon for him.

On August 5th, however, Ángel Barajas saw an opportunity and went out and seized it. And got a medal to show for it.

Anitta to Perform Duet with Pedro Capó at the Copa America Closing Ceremony

Anitta is getting in to the futbolgame…

The 26-year-old Brazilian singer-songwriter will perform alongside Pedro Capó at the Copa America Brazil 2019 closing ceremony at Maracana Stadium on July 7, the organization has confirmed. 

Anitta

 It’ll be the first time that  Anitta will perform a duet with the Puerto Rican singer.

“I was very honored and happy with the invitation,” Anitta said in a press statement. “I’m sure this will be another unforgettable moment in my career.”

Capó added: “Conmebol Copa Americapromote the spirit of Latin American sport, and unites us culturally. Not to mention the fact of sharing this moment with Anitta in her country. I am very lucky.”

This year’s 46th edition of Copa America returned to Brazil after 30 years, with games taking place in six stadiums in five host cities (Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo). Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela), Japan and Qatar participated in the matches. 

Powerhouses Brazil and Argentina faced off in one semifinal on Tuesday, with Brazil coming away the winner. Chile and Peru will fight it out in the other semifinal on Wednesday night (July 3).