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Victoria Mata takes sixth in vault at world gymnastics championships
Mexico’s Victoria Mata finished sixth in the vault final at the 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
She averaged 13.933 points across two attempts, placing ahead of South Korea’s Yeo Seo-jeong and Britain’s Abigail Martin.
The result did not earn her an individual Olympic place, so it is not a qualification for Los Angeles 2028.
Mata reached the final as the eighth and last qualifier, then scored 14.366 on her first vault, the third-highest mark in the final.
It was her first final at a world championships, after earlier appearances in 2017, 2018 and 2025 and a career disrupted by injuries and operations.
Her two gold and two silver medals at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games added to a season that supports her progress toward the next Olympic cycle.
Mata remains on the path toward Los Angeles 2028, but the sixth-place finish itself did not secure a spot.
Victoria Mata finished sixth in the women’s vault final at the 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam.
The Mexican gymnast scored an average of 13.933 across her two vaults.
She qualified for the final in eighth place, then moved ahead of Yeo Seo-jeong and Abigail Martin.
Her sixth-place finish did not earn her an individual Olympic quota place.
The result was her first appearance in a world championship apparatus final.
- Who
- Mexican gymnast Victoria Mata.
- What
- She finished sixth in the women’s vault final at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
- When
- October 24, 2026.
- Where
- Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Mata scored 13.816 and qualified for the vault final in eighth place.
Mata scored an average of 13.933 to finish sixth in the vault final.
- Final placing
- Sixth in women’s vault
- Final score
- 13.933 average
- Qualification score
- 13.816
- First vault
- 14.366
- Second vault
- 13.100