Aleah Finnegan is set to become the first female gymnast from the Philippines to see action in the Olympics since 1964 as she qualifies for the Paris Games
MANILA, Philippines – For the first time in six decades, the Philippines will be represented by a female gymnast in the Olympics.
Originally a member of the USA women’s gymnastics team, the 20-year-old Finnegan found her way to the Olympics just over a year since she started representing the Philippines.Finnegan is set to become the first female gymnast from the Philippines to see action in the quadrennial showpiece since Maria-Luisa Floro and Evelyn Magluyan competed in the 1964 edition in Tokyo, Japan.
Meanwhile, China, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Australia, Romania, and Korea qualified their squads, completing the team list first occupied by the USA, Great Britain, and Canada through the last worlds.
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