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Alexa Moreno wins bronze at FIG World Cup in Azerbaijan

The 24-year-old from Tijuana scored 14,429 points in the vault final

American gymnast Jade Carey won first place and Oksana Chusovitina from Uzbekistán won second - Photo: Taken from Mexico's Olympic Committee
16/03/2019 |18:57Newsroom |
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The Mexican gymnast Alexa Moreno has won the bronze medal in the vault finals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan .

The 24-year-old from Tijuana scored 14,429 points after qualifying with 14,233 and 14,266 points during her first performances.

American gymnast Jade Carey

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won first place and Oksana Chusovitina from Uzbekistán won second.

This is Moreno’s second medal at a world championship. In 2018, she also won a bronze medal in Doha.

The Mexican athlete also won gold in the Mayagüez, Puerto Rico games in 2014 and in Veracruz in 2018.

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