Just a Number: Jade Barbosa is 2023 Brazil National Champion at Age 32

Jade Barbosa on bars at ESPN2's Pro Gymnastics Challenge in April, 2013
Jade Barbosa on bars at ESPN2's Pro Gymnastics Challenge in April, 2013 (my photo ©J Bierbaum/fotosportif.com)

Jade Barbosa’s first appearance representing Brazil in the Olympics was the 2008 Beijing Games, fifteen years ago. But right now, in 2023, she is staging a stunning comeback, returning to competition at the age of 32, and has just become Brazil’s 2023 All-Around Champion in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics.

I’ll keep this post brief, and instead merely provide a link to an article on thegymter.net, since I could not possibly tell the tale half as well as the omniscient, omnipresent Lauren Hopkins, who is always first on the scene to cover gymnastics news from across the globe.  https://thegymter.net/2023/08/20/barbosa-back-on-top-as-brazils-national-champion-in-stunning-all-around-return/

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