Legendre Earns Pan-Am Gold

Nov. 23, 2007

NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma's Steven Legendre took the gold medal in the all-around competition Friday at the Junior Pan-American Gymnastics Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Team USA swept the top four spots in the all-around to capture the team gold as well.

Legendre, a freshman from Port Jefferson, N.Y., scored an 87.032 to best teammate and runner-up Glen Ishino (86.967). The USA's Alexy Bilozertchev earned the bronze medal with an 86.534, while fellow American Danell Leyva finished fourth (85.866).

The American squad dominated the team competition, recording a 262.933, 10 points better than silver-medalist Brazil and 22 points ahead of third-place Argentina.

Legendre will compete in the individual event finals on Saturday.

Team Results:
1. USA - 262.933
2. Brazil - 252.566
3. Argentina - 240.832
4. Colombia - 236.734
5. Mexico - 231.634
6. Peru - 217.703

All-Around Results:
1. USA - Steven Legendre - 87.032
2. USA - Glen Ishino - 86.967
3. USA - Alexy Bilozertchev - 86.534
4. USA - Danell Leyva - 85.866
5. Brazil - Petriz Barboosa - 84.334
6. Brazil - Sergio Eras - 83.165
7. Argentina - Nicolas Cordoba - 81.866
8. Colombia - Fabian Meza - 81.834
9. Brazil - Pericles Silva - 81.566
10. Brazil - Arthur Zanetti - 81.434

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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