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Canada’s Padurariu wins silver on beam at gymnastics world championships

Canada's Padurariu wins silver on beam at gymnastics world championships | iNFOnews.ca
Bronze medalist Simone Biles of the U.S. performs on the balance beam on the second and last day of the apparatus finals of the Gymnastics World Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

DOHA, Qatar – Ana Padurariu won the silver medal in the beam finals on Saturday at the world gymnastics championship, giving Canada its second medal in as many days at the competition.

The 16-year-old from Whitby, Ont., scored 14.100 points on her routine, which carried a difficulty score of 6.000. Padurariu, who qualified in fifth place for the beam final, received 8.100 for execution.

Liu Tingting of China who won gold with 14.533 points while American Simone Biles took bronze with 13.600. Ellie Black of Halifax finished fifth.

“This is unbelievable, I’m still trying to believe it right now,” Padurariu said. “It paid off. These weeks have been a roller coaster, but it ended on a good note, and that’s all I can ask for.”

Shallon Olsen of Surrey, B.C. captured a silver medal on vault on Friday.

Later Saturday, Brooklyn Moors of Cambridge, Ont., scored 13.066 in the floor final for an eighth-place finish.

Biles took gold with a score of 14.933 — her 20th world championship medal — Morgan Hurd of the U.S. won silver and Japan’s Mai Murakami rounded out the podium.

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