For The First Time, a Tica Qualifies For The Olympics In Artistic Gymnastics: Luciana Alvarado Will Go to Tokyo

Luciana Alvarado Reid became the first Costa Rican to qualify for the Olympic Games in artistic gymnastics this past June 5th.

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This was secured by the national team during the Pan-American Championship, which takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where with a score of 50,833 they won the bronze medal.

Alvarado Reid is trained by her mother, Sherlly Reid Astúa, a prominent former gymnastics athlete.

A growing list of participating Tico athletes

This is the sixth Costa Rican athlete to obtain her pass to the Olympics so far:

including the marcher Noelia Vargas Mena, the surfer Leilani McGonagle, also María José Vargas Barrientos, Andrey Amador Bikkazakova and Kenneth Tencio Esquivel, all three in cycling.

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The Olympics are scheduled to take place from July 23rd to August 8th – one year after its original schedule, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic – in Tokyo, Japan.