Speaking to Jornal de Angola, Agostinho Sungo, technical director of the Angolan Gymnastics Federation (FAG), did not give further details about the Angolan participation in the event. However, he added that the purpose is to improve the classification of the 2019 World Cup.
Currently living in Europe, Luana Gomes, aged 20, is training at Clube Ginásio Português (Lisbon) with Brazilian coach Larissa da Silva.
According to Jornal de Angola, the athlete and her coach are going to Japan on the 15th of this month, accompanied by the president of the FAG, Elda Marina Pitra and by Agostinho Sungo.
To win a place in this championship, the Angolan athlete, in 2020, took second place in the African Championship, which took place in Egypt. The gymnast won the 'silver' after the organization expropriated the medal of the Egyptian athlete who, according to Agostinho Sungo, had qualified for second position, but accused of doping in the last competition.
