Olympics-Gymnastics-Mexico's Moreno vaults into Paris with poise


Paris 2024 Olympics - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Podium Training - Bercy Arena, Paris, France - July 25, 2024. Alexa Moreno of Mexico during training REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

PARIS (Reuters) - Mexican gymnast Alexa Moreno is relying on years of experience and the absence of some top contenders to reach the podium on the vault at her third Olympics in Paris.

The 29-year-old Moreno -- who narrowly missed the podium at Tokyo 2020, finishing 0.017 points behind bronze medallist Yeo Seojeong of South Korea on the vault -- returns to the Olympic stage calm, focused and ready to perform.

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