Angel Barajas Finishes Fifth at 2026 World Gymnastics Championships
Colombian gymnast Angel Barajas finished fifth in the men’s all-around final at the 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Oct. 22, missing a medal by just 0.299 points. His total of 83.232 secured Colombia’s best-ever result in the event, improving on the sixth place he achieved at the 2025 World Championships in […]
Colombian gymnast Angel Barajas secured a fifth-place finish in the men's all-around final at the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The 20-year-old from Cucuta missed the podium by just 0.299 points, finishing with a total score of 83.232. This performance marked an improvement from his sixth-place finish in 2025.
Japan's Daiki Hashimoto claimed gold with 85.998 points, while China's Yang Haonan took silver with 84.199 and Britain's Joe Fraser earned bronze with 83.531. Russian gymnast Daniel Marinov placed fourth with 83.297, just 0.065 points ahead of Barajas. Barajas entered the final after qualifying ninth with 82.831 points. He maintained a strong performance across all six apparatuses, with his highest score being 14.333 on the parallel bars.
His horizontal bar performance was particularly impressive, contributing to his strong overall result. This fifth-place finish was a significant achievement for Barajas, as he had previously won silver on the horizontal bar at the 2024 Olympic Games.
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