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Luisa Blanco Earns Spot in Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Finals

Representing Colombia, the former Alabama gymnast is the first Colombian to reach artistic gymnastics final at the Olympics.

Katie Windham

Luisa Blanco at 2024 Paris Olympics
Luisa Blanco at 2024 Paris Olympics / Comité Olímpico COL

Luisa Blanco will get to continue competing with the world's best in Paris.

The former Alabama gymnast representing Team Colombia took 30th place in the individual artistic all-around in the qualifying round at the Paris Olympics on Sunday with a score of 51.698 to secure a spot in the finals.

Blanco is the first gymnast in the history of Colombia to reach an artistic gymnast finals at the Olympics. Her best event was the vault, where she scored a 13.466. She scored a 12.633 on the floor exercise, 12.766 on the beam and 12.833 on the uneven bars.

Team USA gymnast Simone Biles finished in first with a 59.566. Former Auburn gymnast Suni Lee, representing America, finished third with a 56.132 and will also be in the individual artistic all-around finals, trying to defend her gold medal from the Tokyo Olympics. There will be 24 total individuals in the finals. No country is allowed to have more than two gymnasts.

This is Blanco's first trip to the Olympics after competing at Alabama from 2020-2024. Blanco continued competing with Alabama for a fifth season while also training for the Olympics and competing internationally last summer.

The women's all-around final will be at 11:15 a.m. CT on Thursday, August 1.

Individual All-Around Qualifiers

1. Simone Biles- USA
2. Rebeca Andrade- Brazil
3. Suni Lee- USA
4. Kaylia Nemour- Algeria
5. Manila Esposito- Italy
6. Asia D'Amato- Italy
7. Qiu Qiyuan- China
8. Ellie Black- Canada
9. Rina Kishi- Japan
10. Flavia Saravia- Brazil
11. Ou Yushan- China
12. Ruby Pass- Austrailia
13. Helen Kevric- Germany
14. Ana Barbosu- Romania
15. Haruka Nakamura- Japan
16. Filipa Martins- Portugal
17. Naomi Visser- Netherlands
18. Bettina Lili Czifra- Hungary
19. Amalia Ghigoarta- Romania
20. Georgia-Mae Fenton- Great Britain
21. Sarah Voss- Germany
22. Ava Stewart- Canada
23. Alice Kinsella- Great Britain
24. Luisa Blanco- Colombia

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Katie Windham

KATIE WINDHAM

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports. 

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