A. 2023 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics National Championships
The 2023 Xfinity National Gymnastics Championships took place in San Jose, California this past weekend. The competition served as the qualifications for the National, World, and Pan American Games teams. A full recap can be found in the YouTube video below!
National Team
Asher Hong
Fred Richard
Khoi Young
Colt Walker
Yul Moldauer
Paul Juda
Donnell Whittenburg
Curran Phillips
Taylor Burkhart
Dallas Hale
Jeremy Bischoff
Cameron Bock
Brandon Briones
Alex Diab
Riley Loos
Brody Malone
Stephen Nedoroscik
Vahe Petrosyan
Shane Wiskus
World Championships Team
Asher Hong
Khoi Young
Yul Moldauer
Fred Richard
Paul Juda
Colt Walker (alternate)
Pan American Games Team
Shane Wiskus
Donnell Whittenburg
Cameron Bock
Stephen Nedoroscik
Colt Walker
Vahe Petrosyan (individual qualifier)
Curran Phillips (non-traveling alternate)
Riley Loos (non-traveling alternate
B. Germany Names Partial Worlds Team
Germany held their first World Team Selection meet. Following the meet, European bronze medalist, Nils Dunkel and European silver medalist, Andy Toba were named to the team.
National Champion, Pascal Brendal had to withdrawn from the competition due to injury and Olympic silver medalist, Lukas Dauser, is still struggling with injuries and made some mistakes on his standout event, parallel bars.
Full results from the competition can be found here.
C. Giarnni Regini-Moran Updates
This past week was certainly memorable for World Champion, Regini-Moran. During their gender reveal party, Giarnni and his girlfriend, Mimi Grech found out that they were going to have a baby girl. Following the gender reveal, Giarnni popped the question and Mimi said yes!
D. Turkish 2023 National Gymnastics Championships
Türkiye held their National Championships this past weekend in Istanbul. Based on the results from Instagram, it looks like many of the top athletes including Adem Asil and Ferhat Arican did not compete.
All-Around
🥇Kerem Şener (İzmir)
🥈 Emre Dodanlı (Bolu)
🥉 Ahmet Önder (Izmir)
Floor
🥇 Emre Dodanlı (Bolu)
🥈 Hakan Ömer Eren (Finished)
🥉 Mert Efe Kılıçer (Bolu)
🥉 Kerem Şener (İzmir)
Pommel Horse
🥇 Hasan Bulut (Ball)
🥈 Mert Efe Kılıçer (Done)
🥉 Kerem Şener (Izmir)
Still Rings
🥇 Mehmet Ayberk Koşak (Izmir)
🥈 Yunus Emre Gundoğdu (Izmir)
🥉 Hamza Shamil Yılmaz (Izmir)
Vault
🥇 Liu Carlo Mandela Tuaklı (İzmir)
🥈 İevket Yıldız (Izmir)
🥉 Bora Tarhan (Bolu)
Parallel Bars
🥇 Emre Dodanlı (Bolu)
🥈 Mehmet Ayberk Koşak (İzmir)
🥉 Kerem Şener (İzmir)
High Bar
🥇 Emre Dodanlı (Bolu)
🥈 Mert Efe Kılıçer (Bolu)
🥉 Sercan Demir (Bolu)
E. Notable Gymnastics Skills of the Week
Jake Jarman dropped another mind-blowing tumbling pass this week. This 3.5-twisting double straight is not named in the code of points. Should Jarman submit this skill for evaluation and successfully perform it in Antwerp, it will be called the Jarman.
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Article by: Kensley Behel