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Guatemalan gymnast wins gold medal

Xinhua, July 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Guatemalan gymnast Jorge Vega on Tuesday won gold medal in artistic gymnastics, the first one for Guatemala, at Toronto 2015 Pan-American Games, local media reported.

According to Guatemala's daily Prensa Libre, Vega achieved 15.150 points to win the first gold medal for the Central American country.

With an outstanding floor performance, Vera was applauded by the audience of Toronto Coliseum.

Vega was the last one to perform, after American gymnasts Donnell Whittenburg (14.975) and Samuel Mikulak (14.925), who won silver and bronze medal respectively. Endi