Louisville, Kentucky will once more play host to USA Gymnastics' Winter Cup Competition where the U.S. Men's Program will name their National Team. According to the Men's Senior Selection Committee (SSC) minutes from November 2024, the committee agreed to guarantee National Team spots to the five Olympic Team members who won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and two the two travelling alternates. With those seven members in addition to the four Senior Development Team members who earned year-long spots at the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, only nine spots are up for grabs at Winter Cup.

Guaranteed 2025 U.S. National Team Members (Winter)

• Tate Costa*

• Asher Hong

• Paul Juda

• Josh Karnes*

• Brody Malone

• Kiran Mandava*

• Stephen Nedoroscik

• Frederick Richard

• Kai Uemura*

• Shane Wiskus

• Khoi Young

*Senior Development Team

Pre-Qualified Athletes

In total, 36 athletes are pre-qualified to Winter Cup. Three are unikely to compete (Cameron Bock, Curran Phillips, and Stephen Nedoroscik), meaning a there are likely, at minimum, 15 available spots to be earned in the coming weeks. Some pre-qualified athletes (like the Olympians or athletes who are currently injured) may also choose to not compete potentially opening more spots for qualification. The 36 pre-qualified athletes are listed below.

How To Qualify to Winter Cup

Athletes can qualify to Winter Cup by being the top two all-around athletes (who are not already pre-qualified) at one of the following meets:

• West Point Open

• Windy City Invitational

• Rocky Mountain Open

• Stanford Open

The next three top all-around scores from "the combined rank order all-around results from all four Winter Cup Qualifier Events" will make it to Winter Cup. The final remaining spots will likely be awarded via petitions for event specialists. The full qualification procedures can be found here.

Article by: Kensley Behel

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