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It's no secret that the frontrunners for the bronze medal at the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships are Great Britain and the USA. Over the past ten years, both teams have often been evenly matched, with Great Britain having a slight edge in World and Olympic team results (4-3). Last year, the USA (106.6)* had a 1.2-point difficulty advantage over GBR (105.4)* but could not capitalize on their advantage. Instead, a poor showing in team finals left Team USA 1.5 points behind Great Britain. *Using Difficulty Scores from Qualifications. Team USA"s score also includes Donnell's Ri Se Gwang difficulty score as that was the intended vault had he not slipped, and therefore would have been the expected D score going in. Photos: © Amy Sanderson/GymnasticsNow. Used with permission. Projected Lineups and D Scores This year, both teams are so well-matched in terms of difficulty that they will likely only be tenths apart from each other. Using potential lineups and D scores from U.S. Nationals and GBR World Trials, demonstrate just how close the battle is likely to be! Projected lineups for USA: 105.2D Barring catastrophe or injury, the parallel bar lineup should be a lock. For the other five events, there could certainly be changes to projected lineups. For example, floor lineups could easily go any number of ways based on how the athletes are looking during training. Asher has a much higher D score than Paul but struggled on floor day one at nationals which lowered his overall total. In this case, by subbing Asher for Paul, their team D score potential would increase. High bar is similar in that the U.S. has two exceptional high bar workers, Fred and Paul; the third spot on high bar could be allocated to any of the other three athletes. Projected lineups for GBR: 105.1D As with the U.S., GBR certainly has areas where their D score could increase depending on how they choose their lineups. Again, barring catastrophe or injury, this should be GBR's vault line-up. There could however be some variation in the vaults performed. Courtney Tulloch also has a 6.0 vault which he could use in the team final, but with how close the scoring is likely to be, I would be surprised if he didn't just stick to the Dragulescu (5.6 D score). D Score Isn't Everything As alluded to earlier, D score isn't everything. Using averages without bonus from the two days of competition at the National Championships, and our projected lineups, the U.S. would score 257.225. Using scores from the British World Trials, and using our projected lineups, GBR would score 255.15. While it is impossible to compare scores across competitions, this will hopefully provide some insight into the showdown to come in Antwerp. In all reality, both a 257.225 and a 255.15 are on the high side for what to expect scoring-wise for these teams. Realistically, a score around 250 would be good for either team and certainly put them in medal contention. On their best-hit day, expect a score closer to 253. Others in the Mix While Great Britain and the U.S. are the frontrunners for the bronze medal behind China and Japan, it would be unwise to ignore the challenge that Italy and Türkiye can pose as legitimate medal threats, especially if the U.S. and GBR have major mistakes in team finals. Both Italy and Türkiye beat Great Britain earlier this year at the European Championships, though the British are bringing a much stronger team to the World Championships. Italy won the European Championships with a 249 and they won without one of their strongest gymnasts, Nicola Bartolini. Should, world champion, Bartolini be back in top form, their chances for a spot on the podium are only to increase. Who do you think will win bronze? Let us know in the comments! Article by: Kensley Behel

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. Men's Gymnastics Interviews Will Graves of the AP wrote about the state of the U.S. Men's Program Inside Gymnastics YouTube interview with Asher Hong. Gymnastics Now recently held a multi-part interview with Curran Phillips. International Gymnast Magazine held an interview with Irelands, Adam Steele __________________________________________________________________ We're headed to the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium later this fall. If you're enjoying men's gymnastics coverage and would like to financially support/help cover travel costs, please click the donate button below! Don't want to miss a post? Scroll to the bottom and subscribe! Article by: Kensley Behel

Please refresh every few minutes for the most recent updates which will appear at the top of the page. This is the live blog for the Sr. Men at the 2023 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships. Live Stream and Live Scoring links are at the bottom! All scores are eligible for the bonus system. The Bonus system will not be used for World Team Selection. Photo: Used with permission from the University of Michigan Athletic Department A day 1 video recap can be found below! Following Day 1, the highest scoring team (259.00) is Asher Hong, Yul Moldauer, Fred Richard, Khoi Young, and Paul Juda. Thank you to Spencer at the Balance Beam Situation for calculating the scores from Day 1! Day 1 Event Results: FX - Khoi Young - 14.650 PH - Stephen Nedoroscik - 15.457 SR - Donnell Whittenburg - 15.261 VT - Kameron Nelson - 13.950 average PB - Curran Phillips - 16.147 HB - Fred Richard - 15.105 Day 1 All-Around Results Asher Hong - 85.615 Yul Moldauer - 85.548 Fred Richard - 85.469 Khoi Young - 84.781 Paul Juda - 84.352 Colt Waker - 83.811 Asher (85.615), Yul (85.548), and Fred (85.469) will end the day as the top 3 in the all-around. And it's close. Very close. They are separated by 0.146 Without bonus, the order flips to Yul (84.8), Fred (84.65), Asher (84.4) Yul Moldauer (5280 - VT) Very nice Kas 1.5 with a small hop. Asher Hong (Stanford - PH) good handstand position on the Li Ning, goes cleanly through the flairs sequence, looks like he might not have done his intended dismount. Fred Richard (Michigan - PB) kip to handstand, OOOH was off on the stutz and had to walk his hands quite a bit, Bhavsar is good, Tippelt, Healy, Diam, Stutz, double front with a small hop. Rotation 6 ______________________________________________________________ After 5: Asher Hong - 72.165 Yul Moldauer - 71.298 Khoi Young - 71.102 Paul Juda - 70.852 Fred Richard - 70.769 Donnell Whittenburg - 70.022 Taylor Burkhart - 69.959 Colt Walker - 69.911 Stephen Nedoroscik (EVO - PH) 15.457 Colt Walker (Stanford - FX) opens well with the double front pike, front full to front lay, back 1.5 to front tuck full, goes cleanly through the russians and handstand. Sticks the dismount. Asher Hong started well on floor but fell midway through. His back 2.5 to front lay is so floaty and he stuck it. A small hop forward on the dismount. 14.650 Kameron Nelson (OSU - HB) Yami to open, I'm not quite sure what shape that release was in. It was sort of in between a Cassina and a Kolman to be honest. big leg split on the tak 1/2, good landing on the double double. 11.950 No Yurchenko double pike for Paul Juda today. 14.600 on the Kas 1.5 Khoi Young ( Stanford - FX) stuck double front tuck to open, stuck the second pass as well! and the double layout..... sticks the dismount as well! He really is shining here today! 14.650 Donnell Whittenburg (Salto - PB) Whippet, weird leg split on the Healy, peach, peach 1/2 but doesn't make it to handstand, arm bend on the handstand, Belle, Big front 1 1/4, STUCK double front 1/2 out. 13.450 Fred Richard (Michigan - VT) Big step forward on the Roche (handspring double front). 13.750 Taylor Christopulos (Nebraska - HB) zou li min, tak 1/2, Kolman, Kovacs ( a bit of bent arms), a little low on the straddle tkatchev, good stalder, quast, one-arm giant, double double with a small step. 13.000 Rotation 5 ______________________________________________________________ After 4: Asher Hong - 58.604 Fred Richard - 57.019 Yul Moldauer - 56.884 Donnell Whittenburg - 56.572 Khoi Young - 56.452 Colt Walker - 56.361 Paul Juda - 56.252 Riley Loos - 55.805 Jeremy Bischoff (Stanfer - HB), endo to grip change, zoul li min, Kolman, Lay Tkatchev, Straddle Tkatchev, quite late on the tak 1/1,...stalder, STUCK double double. Cameron Bock (Michigan - SR) Overall positions looked good. Step back on the dismount Colt Walker (Stanford - HB) zou li min, tak 1/2 a little late, big Kolman, good Kovacs, lay tkatchev, falls on the straddle tkatchev, remounts and does the straddle to pike tkatchev connection, Sticks the double double dismount. Asher Hong ( Stanford - HB). Zou Li Min, Kolman, Czech giant that he stalders out of, Big straddle Tkatchev, 1/2. good entry and exit of the tak 1/1, and good on the tak 1/2, just a small hop on the landing. Fred Richard (Michigan - SR) Sticks the dismount! Taylor Burkhard (Stanford - HB) yami to open, lay to straddle to pike Tkatchev, stalder Rybalko, Winkler, stalder, quast, releases a little close to the bar but sticks the double double straight dismount. Shane Wiskus (EVO - FX) Missed most of the routine but he stuck the triple full dismount. 14.600 Brandon Briones (Stanford - HB) Opens with a Cassina, Kolman is good, Stalder to Stalder Tkatchev, Lay Tkatchev Rybalkbo..... Sticks the full-twisting lay tkatchev. 13.922 Josh Karnes (PSU - VT) Does the Kas double!!! some form to clean up but the landing was excellent! 14.152 Blake Sun (Stanford - HB) falls off on the lay Kovacs and stays down for about five seconds, remounts and finishes the routine well. 11.600 Chase Davenport - Mills (OSU - PB) mounts well, big arm bend on the peach, comes off on the front uprise, and again on the Stutz, and stumbles back on the double pike. 10.200 Rotation 4 _______________________________________________________________ After 3: Asher Hong - 45.204 Colt Walker - 43.411 Khoi Young - 43.502 Fred Richard - 42.969 Riley Loos - 42.805 Yul Moldauer - 42.655 Paul Juda - 42.102 Donnell Whittenburg - 42.022 Paul Juda (Michigan - PH) C Scissor to open and Scissor 1/2, starts his flair sequence well good into the Busnari and again, good on the spindles, side travel and very well into the dismount. Big smile from him as that is just about as good as he could do! Curran Phillips (EVO - HB) Lay Tkatchev, Cassina, Kolman, Straddl to PIk Tkatchev, 1/2, Had the WIERDEST mistake on the tak skill. His foot got stuck. Shuffled through the end of the routine. Colt Walker (Stanford - PB) Whippet, a little slow on the Makuts, peach, Giant Diam, Moy, good ont he Bhavsar, good turnover ont eh Tippelt, Healty, Stutz, double front with a hop forward. Good routine from him. Asher Hong (Stanford - PB) Whippet, 1/2, peach, Bhavsar, 1/2, giant, BIG Tippelt, good on the Makuts, Healy, 1/2, Diam, Stutz, STUCK double front 1/2 out. WOW that was SO good. Shane Wiskus (EVO - HB) Falls on the Cassina, remounts and does the Cassina again. Catches it this time, kicks out of the Kolman, lay tkatchev, straddle tkatchev, zou li min, endo, stalder, on arm giant, quast, big step on the layout full-in dismount. Yul Moldauer (5280 - FX) Randi with a small hop, big step back on the second pass, sticks the double front 1/2 out as he usually does, beautiful flairs, sticks the side double full, back 2.5 to very floaty layout, a little short on the triple full and has to hop forwards a bit. 14.000 Riley Loos (Stanford - PB) 1 bar to Healy, peach, giant, giant suarez, Healy Diam, Stutz, double front with a small hop. 14.300 Zach Nunez (Oklahoma - VT) Kas 1.5 with several steps backwards. 12.850 Rotation 3 ____________________________________________________________ After 2 Curran Phillips - 30.797 Asher Hong - 30.454 Fred Richard - 29.169 Khoi Young - 28.702 Yul Moldauer - 28.655 Brandon Briones - 28.600 Riley Loos - 28.505 Shane Wiskus - 28.400 Fred Richard (Michigan - FX) HUGE height on the opening pass. Possible went OOB, Lots of power today. Ends with a pretty good arabian double front 1/2 out. Yul Moldauer (5280 - HB), Zou Li min, tak 1/1 (late), tak 1/2, catches the Kolman a bit under the bar, Rybalko, quast, one-arm giant, small step on the layout full-in dismount. Shane Wiskus (EVO - PB) Whippet, Healy, peach, giant, Suarez, Diam, BIG Front 1 1/4, Bhavsar, Tippelt, OH NO. FAlls on the double front dismount. It was SO good til then. Dallas Hale (Cypress - FX) Sticks the triple full dismount! Asher Hong ( Stanford - VT) Very good on the Dragulescu. A -0.3 step on the landing. Khoi Young (Stanford - VT) WOW!!!! Gorgeous Handspring Randi! Probably the best I've ever seen him do! 15.402 Riley Loos ( Stanford - VT) Handspring Randi. A little bit of form in the air but lands well. 14.502 Curran Phillips (EVO - PB) Mounts well, Diam 1/2, Stutz, Diam from upper arms, a little slow on the Makuts, Goes well through the Middle, Front 1 1/4, Diam, just a small hop on the dismount. 16.147 Rotation 2 _____________________________________________________________ After 1: Yul Moldauer - 15.805 Fred Richard - 15.105 Asher Hong - 14.999 Curran Phillips - 14.650 Shane Wiskus - 14.500 J.R. Chou - 14.300 Donnell Whittenburg - 14.261 Brandon Briones - 14.250 Fred Richard (Michigan - HB) 1/2, Cassina, and HUGE Kolman, lay tkatchev, Straddle to pike Tkatchev, quast to 1-arm giant, 1/2 tak 1/1.. tak 1/2, double double with a small hop. Donnell Whittenburg (Salto - FX) sticks the front full to double front tuck, bounds out of bounds on the second pass, sticks the front full to double front pike, Back 2.5 to barani, and finishes the routine well. 14.261 Yul Moldauer (5280 - PB) kip to handstand, peach is a little short but good on the 1/2, and the Diam , Giant Diam, Good on the Makuts, and again on the 2nd Makutes, Healy, Suarez, Fokin is excellent, Sticks the double front 1/2 out. Lost of expression and excitement. 15.805 (6.600/8.800) Riley Loos (Stanford - SR) planche, inverted cross looks a little bit high, rings are swinging on the straddle sit, comes in a little bit high on the maltese, IP to planche, giant to handstand, and again, double double is good in the air and takes just a small hop. 14.003 (5.7/8.250) Shane Wiskus (EVO - VT) Sticks the Kas 1.5 cold. He'll get some deductions for form but the direction and landing position were good! Cameron Bock (Michigan - HB) 1/2, lay tkatchev, Czchech giants, stalders out, 12/, tak, tak 1/2 is pretty late, sticks the double double. He will get some deductions for form in the air but the landing was there. Paul Juda (Michigan - HB) Yami to open, good Kovacs, lay tkatchev, Is a little too far on the straddle Tkatchev and falls, redoes the straddle to piked Tkatchev to get bonus, tak, hop grip change, tak 1/2 Sticks the full-in layout. 13.200 (5.4/7.800) Curran Phillips (EVO - VT) Yurchenko 2.5 (Shewfelt) Good direction with a small hop. 14.650 (5.2/9.450) Asher Hong (Stanford - SR) azarian cross, kip to inverted cross, yami to joh to planche (rings swinging a bit) lowers to maltese, kip to maltese, kip to handstand, double double straight with a small hop. 14.999 (6.1/8.550) The media row is perpendicular to the still rings and it's impossible to see if the strength positions are good. Rotation 1 Live Scores: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/86738/session/2M/startList/ Article by: Kensley Behel

Please refresh every few minutes for the most recent updates which will appear at the top of the page. This is the live blog for the Jr. Men at the 2023 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships. Live Stream and Live Scoring links are at the bottom! Junior Men compete a little differently than seniors. They only have eight counting skills per routine and there are actually two separate groups of juniors competing (those age 15/16 and those age 17/18). Eighteen year olds can choose to compete as juniors or seniors. Day 1 Results Age 15/16 Nathan Roman - 78.864 Danila Leykin - 78.370 Ty Roderiques - 74.959 Divier Ramos - 74.304 Oleksandr Shybitov 0 74.119 Justin Park - 74.335 Grant Bowers - 73.154 Dante Reive - 72.267 Age 17/18 Kai Uemura - 83.394 Kiran Mandava - 79.743 Xander Hong - 78.130 Adam Lakomy - 77.518 Sasha Bogonosiuk - 77.299 Hasan Aydogdu - 77.230 Tristen Nye - 76.100 Brendan Friele - 75.419 _____________________________________________________________ Danila Leykin (EVO - FX) Sticks the double front tuck and the randi, well-executed flairs and just seems to fly across the floor during transitions, oh no! Hands down on the double front full, Just a small shuffle on the dismount. Sasha Bogonosiuk (Gymkhana - PB) kip to l sit. Good handstand, Makuts, Healy, has to push a bit for the peach, Diam, stutz, double front with a small hop. Felipe Junqueira (EVO - FX). a few steps back on the opening double tuck. back lay 1/2 to barani, holds the handstand well, sticks the back lay side pass, front handspring to front full with a step back, stuck double full dismount. Mason Heath (Cypress - HB) tak, endo, he's getting lots of his long hang swing elements from giants, sticks the full-in dismount. Xander Hong (Cypress - HB) big yami to open, endo, zou li min, 1/2, straddle tkatchev, ta, stalder, a little bit piked on the layout full-in dismount but good chest position! Gets a big high five from his coach, Tom. Cash Johnston (HGA - VT) nearly sticks the Tsuk 1.5. Takes a step back. Rotation 6 ___________________________________________________ After 5 (15/16) Danila Leykin - 66.266 Nathan Roman - 65.776 Oleksandr Shybitov - 62.569 Ty Roderiques - 62.205 Divier Ramos - 61.554 Dante Reive - 61.317 Joshua Hanny - 60.869 Grant Bowers - 60.454 After 5 (17/18) Kai Uemura - 68.604 Kiran Mandava - 66.424 Xander Hong - 65.363 Gage Kile - 65.261 Hasan Aydogdu - 64.376 Sasha Bogonosiuk - 63.961 Tristen Nye - 63.950 Adam Lakomy - 63.668 Danila Leykin (EVO - HB) tak 1/2 to open, Kovacs, straddle tkatchev, 1/2. tak, quast, double double with a small hop. Oleksandr Shybitov (Lakeshore - FX) Some really big tumbling passes for the junior. Alex Deubler (EVO -HB) big leg split n the Kolan, pretty lay tkatchev, good on the straddle tkatchev 1/2, tak, hop to grip change, stalder, chest quite low on the dismount. Ty Rodriques (GymTek - HB) really fought hard for the stick on the dismount. Kiran Mandava (Cypress - PB) a little low on the opening Tippelt, pretty good on the Makuts, looks like he hit his foot on the healy and it messes up his swing. Double tuck to end. Rotation 5 _______________________________________________________________ After 4 (15/16) Nathan Roman - 53.676 Danila Leyki - 52.240 Ty Roderiques - 50.455 Justin Park - 50.338 Oleksandr Shybitov - 49.100 Zac Myers - 48.900 Divier Ramos - 48.254 Joshua Hanny - 48.069 After 4 (17/18) Kai Uemura - 54.543 Kiran Mandava - 53.463 Tristen Nye - 52.000 Xander Hong - 51.575 David Ramirez - 51.516 Hasan Aydogdu - 51.457 Cooper Kim - 51.305 Adam Lakomy - 50.357 HOLY COW! Gage Kile with a triple back on floor! Oleksandr Shybitov (Lakeshore - HB) piked tkatchev to open, good height on the straddle tkatchev, quast, 1/2, endo, 1/2, nearly sticks the double double but ends up taking a step back. Noah Copeland (Hocking Valley - FX) Randi to open. good fhs to double front. fhs double front full, small hop on the side pass, back 2.5 to front lay for some bonus, and just a small hop on the dismount. Alex Deubler (EVO - PB) Healy to open, Diam with a small arm bed, Stutz, Moy, giant, tippelt, front uprise into the double front. Lack a bit of height and falls. Xander Hong (Cypress - VT) Kas full. Looks like his steps were just a bit off and didn't get quite as much height as he usually does. Kai Uemura (Lakeshore - HB) zou li min to open, a bit late on the tak, bent arms coming out of the tkatchev, gorgeous Kovacs, big double double but has to pike down a bit. Gets a big hug from his coach. Danila Leykin (EVO - PB) Diam, Tippelt, wow his toe-point is so good, Good extension on the Healy, Diam to Stutz (big bend), double front with a big hop forward. Rotation 4 ___________________________________________________ After 3 (15/16) Nathan Roman - 40.115 Danila Leykin - 38.771 Justin Park - 38.338 Ty Roderiques - 37.755 Isaac Koo - 37.188 Oleksandr Shybitov - 37.150 Divier Ramos - 36.754 Wyatt Reynolds - 36.750 After 3 (17/18) Kai Uemura - 40.501 Hasan Aydogdu - 40.357 David Ramirez - 40.116 Kiran Mandava - 39.663 Tristen Nye - 39.650 Gage Kile - 39.459 Xander Hong - 38.375 Cooper Kim - 38.267 Wade Nelson (Scats - HB) goes the wrong way and needs to take an extra swing, really struggles coming out of the Kovacs, stuck dismount! Kiran Mandava (Cypres - SR) Incredible stuck full-in dismount. Kai Uemura (Lakeshore - PB) peach, almost went over on the Diam, nice Bhavsar, Healy, Tippelt, front uprise, double pike. Danila Leykin (EVO - VT) Really beautiful vault. Gage Kile (Emerge - HB) very low Yami to open, 1/2, zou li min, one arm giant, stuck double lay to end! He's on fire today! Rotation 3 ___________________________________________________ After 2 (15/16) Nathan Roman - 27.511 Isaac Koo - 26.138 Divier Ramos - 25.604 Justin Park - 25.550 Danila Leykin - 25.321 Dante Reive - 15.117 Oleksandr Shybitov - 25.000 Dylan Kramer -= 24.800 After 2 (17/18) Gage Kile - 27.909 Hasan Aydogdu - 26.988 David Ramirez - 26.966 Kai Uemura - 26.788 Wade Nelson - 26.605 Tristen Nye - 26.450 Kiran Mandava - 26.413 Cash Johnston - 26.050 Isaac Koo ( Lone Star - FX) Floor is absolutely his event. Wow. Big tumbling, clean lines, and excellent landings. One to watch. Wade Nelson (Scats - PB) nice kip to handstand, lots of hand walks on the Diam, peach to L sit, good straddle to handstand, just a small hop back on the double back dismount. Jonah Solts (Metropolitan - VT) big stick for Solts! He's elevated and runs off the podium looking for his coach. Hasan Aydogdu ( Meadowlands - PB) stuts, giant, peach, swing to L sit, a little low on the Tippelt, good height on the double pike dismount. Small hope on the landing. Nartey Brady (Eagle Ridge - VT) Yurchenko double! Divier Ramos ( Interstate - HB) Truly some of the most beautiful form and lines in men's gymnastics currently. One to watch. Alex Noel (Impact - HB) Big straddle tkatchev, one arm giant, quast, clear hip, BEAUTIFUL stuck dismount. Really had so much time to kick out of the full-in double tuck. Rotation 2 ___________________________________________________ After 1: 15 - 16 Nathan Roman - 13.800 Joshua Hanny - 12.969 Justin Park - 12.750 Danila Leykin - 12.717 Wyatt Reynolds - 12.700 Isaac Koo - 12.600 Divier Ramos - 12.350 Dylan Kramer - 12.100 After 1: 17 - 18 Wade Nelson - 14.705 Gage Kile - 14.605 Cooper Kim - 14.2560 Hasan Aydogdu - 13.600 Cash Johnston - - 13.400 Kai Uemura - 13.238 Xander Hong - 13.054 Noah Copeland - 12.800 Kiran Mandava (Cypress - FX) Missed the opening pass but he went out of bounds, beautiful, high double tuck, stuck the back layout, Is very careful on the back 1.5 to front full, back 2.5 with a big cross step to finish. Wyatt Reynolds ( Gymnastics Olympia - PB) peach, giant, Diam, front uprise, peach to L sit, double tuck with a small hop to end. Joey Nieves (5280 - FX) opens with a double pike and a few hops back, back 2.5 to front lay ( a little form issues), front double full, pretty back layout (stuck), holds the handstand well and has beautiful corner transitions. Back double full (stuck) to end. 12.050 Wade Nelson (Scats - VT) Also with a very big Kas 1.5. Just a small hop on the landing 14.705 Zac Myers (EVO - PH) opens with scissors directly into loops to 1/2 Sivado. Good on the Wu to Roth. Bigs Skills here. Sivado, has a big push into the dismount and doesn't complete the intended dismount. Lots of promise for him. 12.100 Gage Kile (Emerge - VT) WOW BIG BIG air on that vault (Kas 1.5)! 14.605 Cooper Kim (Capital City Flips - VT) Nice Kas full with a small hop. 14.250 Cash Johnston (HGA - PB) Definitely ready for NCAA. Capped off his routine with a stuck landing and a Chris Brooks-esque celebration. 13.400 Dante Reive (Army - HB), 1/2, nice lay tkatchev to open, straddle tkatchev, 1, a bit late on the full pirouette, one arm giant, full in with a big step forward. 11.900 11:13 Rotation 1 Warm ups have begun. Athletes from Cyprus are starting on Floor while athletes from EVO are starting on pommel horse. 11:07 NBC has a camera on the Hong family as they have two MAG athletes competing this weekend. Xander in the junior session, and Asher in the senior session. 11:06: am Athletes are marching in. Rotation 1 ________________________________________________________________________ How to Watch Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVZU1HIYMV0 Live-Scoring/Start List: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/86738/session/1M/startList/ _________________________________________________________________________ Article by: Kensley Behel

A. U.S. Xfinity National Gymnastics Championships The U.S. National Gymnastics Championships are finally here, and this year, there's much more at stake. Not only will the national team be selected, but also the 2023 World Championships and Pan American Games teams. Everything you need to know can be found here. B. China, Great Britain, France, and Switzerland name their World Championships Teams China If you've been following men's gymnastics internationally for any amount of time, you may be surprised to see some big names missing from these teams. For China, the Asian Games are taking place simultaneously with the World Championships, and China has prioritized sending many of its top athletes like Zhang Boheng to the Asian Games. It's possible that they chose this route as they are already pre-qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games, and thus, they wanted a strong showing for the home competition in Hangzhou. The Asian Games were supposed to be held in 2022 but were postponed to 2023 due to rising COVID-19 cases in the area. The Asian Games Team set to compete in Hangzhou is: Zhang Boheng, Zou Jingyuan, Xiao Ruoteng, Lin Chaopan, Lan Xingyu The World Championships Team set to compete in Antwerp is: Sun Wei, Shi Cong, Liu Yang, You Hao, Su Weide, Yang Jiaxing Great Britain Two of Great Britain's top athletes, Joe Fraser and Giarnni Regini-Moran have been struggling with injuries and did not try to make the British team for the World Championships. Veteran, James Hall (84.350) won the all-around at the world trial ahead of Jake Jarman (84.100). Both athletes were selected for the team alongside Olympic Champion, Max Whitlock, World Medalist, Courtney Tulloch, and newcomer, Harry Hepworth. This will be the first major competition for three-time Olympic Champion, Max Whitlock since the Tokyo Olympic Games. France Having failed to qualify a team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, France has opted to send a comparatively less experienced team to try and qualify for its home Olympics. Zona, the most experienced of the five, hasn't made a world championships team since 2015. Should France not meet the benchmark to qualify a team, Osberger is the most likely athlete to qualify an individual spot from the World Championships on floor. Switzerland Two-time Olympian, Christian Baumann will lead the Swiss team in their bid to qualify a team to the Olympic Games. It's a bit surprising to see Florian Langenegger left off of the team. Nonetheless, the Swiss Federation has announced the following athletes to represent them at the World Championships. Christian Baumann, Benjamin Gischard, Luca Giubellini, Noe Seifert Taha Serhani C. Brazilian Nationals With the absences of Caio Souza, Yuri Guimaraes took the all-around title with a combined two-day score of 160.250. 1. Yuri Guimarães 160.250 (78.900, 81.350) 2. Patrick Sampaio 158.350 (79.050, 79.300) 3. Tomas Rodrigues 157.500 (80.300, 77.200) Olympic medalist and world champion, Arthur Mariano took the floor and high bar titles. Olympic champion, Artur Zanetti took home gold on his signature event, still rings. Diogo Soares, Yuri Guimarães 28.375, and Tomas Rodrigues took home titles on pommel horse, vault, and parallel bars respectively. Full results can be found here. Article by: Kensley Behel

Who's Competing Forty-five Senior men's artistic gymnastics (MAG) athletes are expected to compete at the 2023 Xfinity National Gymnastics Championships in San Jose. Stanford University boasts the largest contingent of athletes including twelve athletes currently training at Stanford plus alumnus, Curran Phillips, who is currently training at EVO. Reigning National Champion, Brody Malone is still out with an injury and is expected to make his return to competition next year, meaning the field for the national all-around champion is wide open. Last year, the bonus system played a role in who made the podium and who did not. Among those who benefited from the D Score Bonus, Asher Hong is set to come into the National Championships with the highest projected D score and the highest projected Bonus. With such a drastic advantage he may not be beatable in the all-around. His 85.305 at the U.S. Core Hydration Classic was the third-highest score this year among U.S. athletes. Only two other U.S. athletes have also reached the 85+ benchmark in the all-around this year – Fred Richard and Yul Moldauer. Richard's strength lies in his combination of relatively high D score and relatively high bonus, plus solid execution. The Michigan phenom has been favored by many to take this year's all-around title. His performance at the Universiade in July was marked by several inconsistencies and uncharacteristic mistakes. There remain some questions about whether the nerves shown by competing against the best in the world will continue through the rest of this season, or provide the motivation and fire he needs to perform his best. Should he be back to performing with more consistency, he will challenge both veterans of the national team for the national title. Moldauer, the most experienced of the trio, is an interesting athlete. He has achieved great success on the national and international stage despite often having a lower level of difficulty but pristine execution. The 2017 National All-Around Champion has been increasing difficulty steadily over the past two years. Last year, his increased difficulty led to slightly lower execution scores and ultimately left him off of the all-around podium for the first time since 2016. However, this year, he's been able to put it all together and currently owns the second-highest score of the American athletes this year. Expect Moldauer to not only challenge for the podium, but also for the gold. Just outside the top three and certainly in contention for a spot on the podium are: Olympian, Shane Wiskus, Olympic alternate, Cameron Bock, 2022 NCAA All-Around Champion, Paul Juda, up-and-coming Josh Karnes, as well as Stanford standouts Khoi Young and Riley Loos. Should Donnell Whittenburg and Colt Walker be back to full form and not hindered by their injury recovery, they may also be in the mix. Let us know who you think will make the podium in the comments! Athletes in Contention for the All-Around Title (Only those with AA scores 85+ in 2023 were considered for this table). Stanford (12) Jeremy Bischoff Brandon Briones Taylor Burkhart JR Chou Ian Gunther Asher Hong (reigning vault national champion) Ian Lasic-Ellis Riley Loos Brandon Nguyen Blake Sun Colt Walker Khoi Young Michigan (6) Javier Alfonso Cameron Bock Crew Bold Landen Blixt Paul Juda Fred Richard EVO (4) Alex Diab Stephen Nedoroscik (reigning pommel horse national champion) Curran Phillips (reigning parallel bars champion) Shane Wiskus Illinois (4) Michael Fletcher Evan Manivong Connor McCool Ian Skirkey Penn State (4) Michael Artlip Matthew Cormier Michael Jaroh Josh Karnes Air Force (3) Garrett Braunton Patrick Hoopes Oliver Zavel Oklahoma (3) Fuzzy Benas Zachary Nunez Maxim Bereznev Gym ACT (2) Dallas Hale (Cypress) Jackson Harrison (ASU) 5280 Gymnastics (1) Yul Moldauer California (1) Tyler Shimizu Navy (1) Isaiah Drake Nebraska (1) Taylor Christopulos Ohio State (1) Kameron Nelson Salto Gymnastics (1) Donnell Whittenburg (reigning still rings national champion) Gymnastics Olympica USA (1) Vahe Petrosyan Who's Judging Schedule + Live Scores + How To Watch This table will be updated as more information becomes available. What's At Stake In addition to the bi-yearly opportunity to make the National Team, this year's National Championships will also serve as the final trial for the 2023 World Championships Team and the 2023 Pan American Games selection. How the National Team Will Be Selected The top five all-around athletes following Saturday's competition The following five athletes by the 10-point program (2-day total) The rest of the team will be named via petitions or discretionary selection. This Olympic Cycle, the Men's Program Committee (MPC) has utilized 15 spots for the Senior National Team (SNT) and five spots for the Senior Development Team (SDT). According to the June 1 Committee Minutes, the MPC has decided to potentially reallocate SDT spots to the SNT. In previous years, the MPC has given grace to younger athletes not meeting the 32D score required threshold. However, this year, they've chosen to be more strict with their stated requirements. Should no SDT age-eligible athletes ( age 18 - 20) compete with a 32.0 D score, the MPC now has the option to reallocate three of the five available spots back to the Senior National Team. Per the minutes: "This would be beneficial in potentially opening up more Senior National Team spots for possible World Championships and Pan Am Games Teams, and bring in more experienced athletes in the lead up to the Olympics in 2024. The SSC did feel that we should maintain a minimum of two athletes to be named to the Senior Development Team, even if they don’t achieve the 32.0 D score because we don’t want to eliminate that group entirely, but there should not be a necessity to name five athletes if the D score requirement is not met. MPC April minutes state that there will be a stronger focus on all-arounders for National Team selection because the U.S. will need to field two full teams (one to the World Championships and one to the Pan American Games). The full selection policy can be found here. How the Worlds Team Will Be Selected Unlike previous years, there will be no automatically selected member based on all-around results. In most years, a select group of athletes moves on from the National Championships to a selection camp. However, due to the World Championships time frame, only one selection event will occur. According to USA Gymnastics, the athletes preferred to not have a selection camp. This year: "All team scoring scenarios from the final results (combined Day 1 and Day 2) at the 2023 U.S. Championships that are within two points from the top scoring team, will be used to identify the pool of athletes to be considered for the 2023 Worlds Team." [Note: The D Score bonuse will not be used for World Team Selection.] Full selection procedures can be found here. How the Pan American Games Team Will Be Selected Vahe Petrosyan has already qualified an individual spot to the 2023 Pan American Games due to his performance at the 2021 Jr. Pan American Games where he won the all-around gold medal. A maximum of five additional athletes will be named to participate in the team competition. If Vahe is named to the team, the U.S. will lose the nominative spot. There will be no traveling alternate to this competition. No athletes participating in the World Championships, with the exception of the alternate, will be considered for the Pan Ams team. The World Championships traveling alternate will be automatically named to the Pan Ams team with first right of refusal. We will know within two days following the completion of the 2023 Xfinity National Championships whether or not the traveling alternate has accepted or declined the Pan Ams assignment. There is basically zero criteria for anyone to make this team. It's just going to be whoever the selection committee feels like choosing and that is less than ideal. According to page four of the selection procedures: "With the five (5) members of the 2023 World Championships Team removed, the SSC will evaluate the team scoring scenarios (5-4-3 format) from the remaining pool of Senior National Team and Senior Development Team athletes using results from both days of competition at the 2023 U.S. Championships, with each day weighted equally. The discretionary criteria listed in Section 2 will also be considered for team selection." That's it. The MPC could have offered more clarity as to limit ambiguity and potentially alleviate unmet expectations. Athletes should know the standard (in writing) for making a significant international team. Unlike for the selection of the World Championships Team, the MPC has decided to reward and prioritize difficulty for team selection. The D score bonus WILL be used for selecting the Pan Ams Team. This is certainly controversial as scores that utilize the bonus system are fictitious. However, it also gives athletes even more incentive to continue to upgrade – an initiative High Performance Director, Brett McClure has been working on since 2017. Should international assignment selection ever utilize scores with D score bonuses included? Discuss in the comments! Article by: Kensley Behel Note: Previous versions of this article said that fourth-four athletes were expected to compete. That has been updated to say fourth-five as Maxim Bereznev of Oklahoma was also pre-qualified.

A. 2021/2023 FISU World University Games China took the team final ahead of Japan and South Korea at the 2021/2023 FISU World University Games; the US came in fourth. This is the first time that China has won the team title at the Universiade. A full recap of the team final can be found here. Many had long-awaited the return of the Hashimoto/Zhang showdown, but it was not to be. In the second rotation, Hashimoto had a scary fall on pommel horse that resulted in a concussion and a subsequent withdrawal from the competition. Though fierce competitors, Zhang visibly kept checking on Hashimoto following his injury; following the competition, Zhang said in an interview that he would have been happier competing with Hashimoto. A recap of the all-around final can be found here. Full results can be found here. B. 2023 U.S. Core Hydration Classic Asher Hong took the AA title followed by Khoi Young and Paul Juda. The nearly 8 hours of competition boasted a record-breaking number of gymnasts. Five of the six event winners came from session 1, the exception being Connor McCool on floor in session 2. Stephen Nedoroscik took home the title on pommel horse, Hong took home titles on still rings and vault, Curran Phillips was the best of the field on parallel bars, and Olympian, Shane Wiskus was first on high bar. Sixteen additional athletes qualified for the 2023 U.S. National Championships in San Jose, California. A full recap of the Core Hydration Classic can be found here. C. Heath Thorpe's Appeal and Future Australian National Champion, Heath Thorpe, filed a formal appeal after being left off of the world championships team. The appeal was partially upheld. Following the appeal, Gymnastics Australia chose the original team for a second time. The appeal cost Thorpe approximately AU $19,000. He has started a GoFundMe to help cover the costs. Additional funds recovered will be used to fund Thorpe's costs for traveling to World Cups. Following the World Cup competitions this fall, Thorpe will be competing in the German Bundesliga with TSG Grünstadt. D. Injury Updates Brazilian star, Caio Souza, suffered an Achilles tear on August 3, 2023. This injury will almost certainly take him out of contention for the world's team and significantly lessen their chance of qualifying a full team for the Olympics. Oklahoma's Vitaliy Guimaraes announced that he is recovering from shoulder surgery in May. E. World Silver Medalist Gets Married World pommel horse silver medalist, Ahmad Abu Al-Soud got married this past weekend. F. Swiss/Spanish Friendly Competition On August, 5th the Swiss and Spanish national teams participated in a friend competition in Lenzburg Switzerland. Each country fielded two teams and the results can be seen below! Spain's Nestor Abad topped the all-around competition with a massive 85.000 followed by Swiss gymnasts Noe Seifert and Florian Langenegger. Love men's gymnastics coverage? Click the donate button below and help support more live coverage! Don't want to miss a post? Scroll to the bottom and subscribe! Article by: Kensley Behel Note: A previous version of this article stated that Caio Souza suffered from an ACL tear. That was incorrect and has now been rectified to state that he suffered from an Achilles tear.

The All-Arounders The men's competition at the Core Hydration Classic concluded Sunday, August 6th in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. In a thrilling, albeit long first session, gymnasts from Stanford and Michigan battled for the title of All-Around Champion. In the end, Stanford's Asher Hong bested teammate Khoi Young for the title by almost two points thanks to the new bonus system that rewards high difficulty. Hong has increased his difficulty since the 2022 World Championships by 1.2 points, helping close the gap to international competitors. His highest score of the day came from competing the Ri Se Gwang vault – one of four vaults with the highest degree of difficulty in the code of points. Young had a stellar day placing in the top three on three events, as well as second in the all-around. He was followed in the all-around by a pair of Michigan gymnasts, Paul Juda and Cameron Bock. After coming back from several injuries, Juda debuted a surprise Yurchenko Double Pike for the third-highest score on vault. A trio of Stanford gymnasts, Riley Loos, Jeremy Bischoff, and Colt Walker placed fifth, sixth, and eight respectively in the all-around. The most decorated gymnast in the field, Donnell Whittenburg struggled through a downgraded pommel horse routine eventually falling off the event which deeply affected his all-around score. Whittenburg spoke with the media pre-competition about the injuries he has been struggling with, including the twisties. He plans to have his standard difficulty ready for U.S. Nationals in San Jose. The Event Winners: It is no surprise that 2021 World Champion, Stephen Nedoroscik took home the pommel horse title. Nedoroscik had to wait four hours before having the opportunity to perform his routine. He did not show full difficulty, but he did include the Busnari for the first time in the competition. All-around standouts, Yul Moldauer and Shane Wiskus only chose to compete select events as a warm-up for the National Championships. Moldauer's performance truly did serve as a warm-up testing out a reconstructed parallel bar routine and bringing back the triple-double dismount on high bar. Following a rough pommel horse set, Moldauer scratched still rings where he had planned on performing an upgraded dismount. Wiskus performed on pommel horse, parallel bars, and high bar. With upgraded difficulty, he took home the high bar title with a 14.150. Curran Phillips took the parallel bars title despite a fall with a massive 6.9 difficulty score – a D score that gave him the win thanks to the .706 in bonus points. His routine was clean until the fall on the Diam 1/2. He remounted and repeated the skill into the double front dismount. With the exception of floor exercise, all of the event winners came from session 1. Only Connor McCool took an event title from session 2. Competing an upgraded routine for the first time, McCool not only took the title but also earned on of the coveted final spots to compete at the 2023 U.S. National Championships. Joining him in qualifying from the 2023 Core Hydration Classic are: Cameron Bock (Michigan) Brandon Briones (Stanford) Javier Alfonso (Michigan) Brandon Nguyen (Stanford) Zachary Nunez (Oklahoma) Evan Manivong (Illinois) Fuzzy Benas (Oklahoma) Michael Artlip (Penn State) Dallas Hale (Texas Armadillos) JR Chou (Stanford) Patrick Hoopes (Air Force) Ian Gunther (Stanford) Michael Jaroh (Penn State) Jackson Harrison (ASU) Crew Bold (Michigan) These sixteen athletes will join Jeremy Bischoff, Landen Blixt, Garrett Braunton, Taylor Burkhart, Taylor Christopulos, Matthew Cormier, Alex Diab, Isaiah Drake, Michael Fletcher, Vitaliy Guimaraes [withdrawn], Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Josh Karnes, Ian Lasic-Ellis, Riley Loos, Brody Malone [withdrawn], Yul Moldauer, Stephen Nedoroscik, Kameron Nelson, Vahe Petrosyan, Curran Phillips, Fred Richard, Tyler Shimizu, Ian Skirkey, Blake Sun, Colt Walker, Donnell Whittenburg, Shane Wiskus, Khoi Young, and Oliver Zavel in San Jose!. On a final note, Stanford's Ian Gunther debuted a Xiao Ruizhi (a straddled counter salto) and the crowd went wild! Haven't had enough of men's gymnastics, click on the name for full replays of Session 1 and Session 2. for nearly eight hours of coverage! AA Results: Asher Hong - 85.305 Khoi Young - 83.424 Paul Juda - 83.354 Cameron Bock - 83.100 Riley Loos - 82.019 Jeremy Bischoff - 80.150 Donnell Whittenburg - 79.944 Colt Walker - 79.350 FX Results: Connor McCool - 14.833 Asher Hong - 14.749 Khoi Young - 14.550 Riley Loos - 14.314 Javier Alfonso - 14.300 Jackson Harrison - 14.250 Jeremy Bischoff - 14.250 Michael Artlip - 14.050 PH Results: Stephen Nedoroscik - 15.157 Khoi Young - 14.872 Patrick Hoopes - 14.392 Blake Sun - 13.850 Zach Nunez - 13.807 Colt Walker - 13.550 Shane Wiskus & Cameron Bock - 13.400 SR Results: Asher Hong - 14.749 Donnell Whittenburg - 14.661 Javier Alfonso - 14.200 Riley Loos - 14.103 Brandon Briones - 14.100 Brandon Nguyen - 13.700 Colt Walker - 13.700 Cameron Bock - 13.650 VT Results (Single Vault) Asher Hong - 15.705 Khoi Young - 15.202 Paul Juda - 15.012 Dallas Hale - 14.850 Curran Phillips - 14.750 Brandon Briones - 14.600 Evan Manivong - 14.550 Brandon Nguyen - 14.500 PB Results: Curran Phillips - 15.456 Blake Sun - 15.194 Shane Wiskus - 15.061 J.R. Chou - 15.050 Yul Moldauer - 14.955 Cameron Bock - 14.550 Asher Hong - 14.300 Riley Loos - 14.150 HB Results: Shane Wiskus - 14.150 Brandon Briones - 14.062 Paul Juda - 14.000 Michael Jaroh - 13.800 Vahe Petrosyan - 13.500 Riley Loos - 13.550 Cameron Bock - 13.450 Asher Hong - 13.450 Full results can be found here: Love men's gymnastics coverage? Click the donate link below and help support more live event coverage! Don't want to miss a post? Scroll to the bottom and subscribe! Article by: Kensley Behel

Team Final: China - 262.594 Japan - 260.562 South Korea - 247.827 USA - 246.361 Kazakhstan - 243.894 Taiwan - 243.462 Italy - 243.126 Switzerland - 242.094 Turkiye - 241.894 Spain - 236.093 Ukraine - 235.826 Germany - 234.160 Austria - 226.926 Australia - 226.227 Finland - 224.895 Uzbekistan - 222.493 Cyprus - 217.659 All-Around Final: Photo: FISU.TV Zhang Boheng (CHN) - 86.733 Shi Cong (CHN) - 86.398 Kaya Kazuma (JPN) - 84.098 Fred Richard (USA) - 83.764 Milad Karimi (KAZ) - 83.630 Josh Karnes (USA) - 82.664 Ryu Sunghyun (KOR) - 82.366 Lorenzo Bonicelli (ITA) - 81.931 Lay Giannini (ITA) - 81.466 Samir Serhani (SUI) - 80.630 Nicolau Mir (ESP) - 80.165 Ian Raubal (SUI) - 80.131 Ivan Tikhonov (AZE) - 79.998 Ilyas Azizov (KAZ) - 79.632 Pantely Kolodii (UKR)- 79.031 Alexander Kunz (GER) - 76.898 Mehmet Kosak (TUR) - 75.198 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) - DNF/ withdrew due to injury Floor Final: Photo: FISU.TV Kaya Kazuma (JPN) - 14.333 (5.7/8.633) Milad Karimi (KAZ) - 14.300 (6.3/8.100/-0.1) Ryu Sunghyun (KOR) - 13.700 (6.3/8.000/-0.6) Minami Kazuki (JPN) - 13.633 (6.4/7.333/-0.1) Dmitriy Patanin (KAZ) - 13.566 (5.9/8.066/-0.4) Lorenzo Bonicelli (ITA) - 13.533 (5.5/8.133/-0.1) Niccolo Vannucchi (ITA) - 12.700 (5.1/7.000) Pommel Horse Final: Photo: FISU.TV Lee Chih-kai (TPE) - 15.500(6.5/9.000) Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ) - 15.266 (6.3/8.966) Shiao Yu-jan (TPE) - 14.933 (6.1/8.833) Kaya Kazuma (JPN) - 14.633 (6.5/8.133) Gagik Khachikyan (ARM) - 13.866 (6.2/7.666) Zou Jingyuan (CHN) - 13.533 (5.6/7.933) Lan Xingyu (CHN) - 13.500 (5.9/7.600) Ravshan Kamiljanov (UZB) - 13.300 (5.7/7.600) Still Rings Final: Photo: FISU.TV Lan Xingyu (CHN) - 15.366 (6.4/8.966) Zou Jingyuan (CHN) - 15.266 (6.3/8.966) Adem Asil (TUR) - 14.933 (6.3/8.633) Artur Avetisyan (ARM) - 14.833 (5.9/8.93) Nikita Simonov (AZE) - 14.733 (6.2/8.533) Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT) - 14.533 (6.1/8.433) Mehmet Kosak (TUR) - 14.466 (6.0/8.466) Mahdi Ahmad Kohani (IRN) - 13.766 (6.0/7.766) Vault Finals: Photo: FISU.TV Nazar Chepurnyi (UKR) - 14.833 Tseng Wei-sheng (TPE) - 14.416 Milad Karimi (KAZ) -14.366 Niccolo Vannucchi (ITA) - 14.266 Adem Asil (TUR) - 14.150 Pau Jimenez (ESP) - 13.899 Kim Jaeho (KOR) - 13.866 Asadbek Azamov (UZB) - DNF Parallel Bars Final Photo: FISU.TV Zou Jingyuan (CHN) - 16.066 (6.9/9.166) Sugimoto Kaito (JPN) - 14.900 (6.3/8.600) Kaya Kazuma (JPN) - 14.833 (6.3/8.533) Marco Sarrugerio (ITA) - 14.366 (5.8/8.566) Ryu Sunghyun (KOR) - 14.233 (6.0/8.233) Nicolau Mir (ESP) - 13.866 (5.8/8.066) Dominic Tamsel (SUI) - 13.600 (5.8/7.800) Lay Giannini (ITA) - 12.933 (5.7/7.233) High Bar Final: Photo: FISU.tv Milad Karimi (KAZ) - 14.800 (6.3/8.500) Shi Cong (CHN) - 14.600 (6.3/8.300) Sugimoto Kaito (JPN) - 14.233 (5.5/8.733) Dominic Tamsel (SUI) - 13.766 (5.3/8.466) Kawakami Shohei (JPN) - 13.700 (6.2/7.500) Lee Chih-kai (TPE) - 13.666 (5.1/8.566) Fred Richard (USA) - 12.900 (5.9/7.300/-0.3) Taylor Christopulos (USA) - 12.366 (5.2/7.166) Love men's gymnastics coverage? Click the link below to support more live event coverage! Don't want to miss a post? Scroll to the bottom and subscribe! Article by: Kensley Behel

This year, the men will take part in the U.S. Classic for only the second time with a record-breaking number of gymnasts. I've highlighted a few key athletes to look out for on Sunday! The Competition Aside from the thirty pre-qualified athletes, the U.S. Classic will serve as the final qualifying event for the majority of the field. According to USA Gymnastics documentation, approximately 12 spots remain to compete at the National Championships and all remaining gymnasts will qualify through the 10-point Program. The 2023 Bonus System will remain in effect for the U.S. Classic. Session 1 will feature the junior athletes as well as athletes from Stanford, Penn State, Ohio State, EVO, + Yul Moldauer, Paul Juda, and more! Session 2 will feature senior athletes from Oklahoma, Illinois, Michigan, ASU, Nebraska, and more! The Core Two Asher Hong Based on performances this year, it's hard to imagine a world's team without Yul Moldauer and Asher Hong on it. Aside from being one of the United State's best all-arounders, Hong brings something almost as invaluable as his all-around score – a 6.0 start value (SV) vault that he consistently performs well. The U.S. has a long history of bringing only 5.2 SV vaults to team international competitions which has hindered them. High Performance Director, Brett McClure, repeated in his interviews at the 2023 Core Hydration Classic that increasing difficulty is the only way to catch China and Japan. McClure also noted that Great Britain is USA's direct competition for bronze. Last year, GBR brought one 6.0 and two 5.6 vaults to team finals, and they took bronze. Because vault incurs so few deductions compared to other events, this is a critical area for the U.S. to focus on increasing difficulty. Yul Moldauer Moldauer, who has had an incredible season, recently won the all-around title at the Pan American Gymnastics Championships with a very competitive 84.200. He has also been demonstrating consistent upgrades on high bar, which has historically been a weaker event in his program. He will not be performing floor or vault but will be performing an upgraded dismount on still rings. Moldauer said he is "excited" for the competition this week and that he's viewing this meet as a practice for championships. [Note: He is already pre-qualified to nationals and can use this meet as a last opportunity to test upgrades before competing in San Jose.] In Contention, But Something To Prove Donnell Whittenburg The most decorated gymnast of the field with two world medals, Donnell Whittenburg, has had a slow start to the season. After missing Winter Cup and petitioning onto National Team, he made his season debut at the Cairo World Cup. where falls, lack of backup grips, and a mistake on a tak 1/2 prevented him from qualifying for any event finals. He wrote of his experience in Cairo saying, "All I can do is learn from it and keep it moving." Like Asher, Whittenburg is the only other gymnast in the field with a 6.0 vault capability. However, he has not performed that vault in competition in nearly a year, and is not expected to this weekend. In an interview, he said he will not be doing full difficulty as he is still recovering from an injury. In addition to an injury, he has also been struggling with the Twisties. This meet will serve as a test of his current endurance and as a warm-up for nationals. Curran Phillips Phillips has had flashes of brilliance this year on parallel bars, but has also shown some inconsistency on his standout event. This year, Zou Jingyuan will be competing at the Asian Games, so the competition for the parallel bars world title will be much more evenly matched. When he hits, he really is among the best in the world. This meet will be an opportunity to work out any issues before the National Gymnastics Championships in a few weeks. Stephen Nedoroscik The 2021 World Pommel Horse Champion was left off of the national team following the 2023 Winter Cup. Since then, he has worked to heavily upgrade his pommel horse routine to a 7.0 D score. The men's program documentation this year states that they will be favoring all-arounders for national team. While the Core Hydration Classic does not serve a role in the qualifications to the national, world's or the Pan-American teams, a hit here in addition to a hit both days at nationals will go a long way. Shane Wiskus EVO gymnast, Shane Wiskus has been dealing with injuries over the summer and credits the medical staff in Florida for getting him back to being competition ready. Wiskus will compete three events this weekend (parallel bars, high bar, and pommel horse) and is looking forward to testing out some upgrades on those events. When Jessica from GymCastic asked him what skill he his most looking forward to trying out, he said a Makuts on parallel bars because he's doing it in a "strange way." Following an injury to his labrum (an injury he's had since 2018), he had to relearn how to do the skill on his opposite arm! He said that it makes the skill easier because the second half of the skill is performed on his dominant arm. Like many others, Wiskus is pre-qualified for nationals, so he's using this opportunity to test out his new upgrades. Riley Loos Riley Loos is a solid all-arounder with strong floor, vault, and still rings. Loos is one of the few with a 5.6 vault which will be important in his campaign to make the world's team. While not the highest scoring in the country on floor and still rings, he has made valuable contributions to Stanford on those events helping them to win the National Team Title. Alex Diab Did I mention that the U.S. needs good rings scores? Cue Alex Diab. Diab will only be performing still rings (6.2 D) this weekend, but should he hit a good set, that will certainly set him up well to remain in the conversation for a place on the world's team. The Comebacks Fuzzy Benas Oklahoma Sooner, Fuzzy Benas, has been struggling with various upper-extremity injuries this past year. Known for his creative solutions, including a one-arm floor routine, Benas will seek solutions in his campaign to earn a spot to compete at the National Championships. Benas will compete on pommel horse, still rings, parallel bars, and high bar. He is not pre-qualified for the national championships. Paul Juda Paul Juda is coming off a nine-month injury arc that caused him to miss the 2023 NCAA Season. The 2022 NCAA All-Around Champion said in a recent interview with Neutral Deductions, that he was able to use the past several months to work on bettering his pommel horse and still rings. Add those events to his world-class high bar and he may just find the redemption to his injury arc. He is pre-qualified for the national championships. Brandon Briones Youth Olympic Champion and 2021 Olympic Alternate, Brandon Briones only competed still rings and vault at the 2023 NCAA National Championships, but prior to his injury, he was one of the best all-arounders in the country. Should he be able to get back to top form, look for him to regain his spot on National Team in a few weeks. He is not pre-qualified for the national championships. Colt Walker Colt Walker was a member of the 2022 World Championships team but was unable to compete at the 2023 Winter Cup due to injury; his petition was not accepted and he was left off of the national team. Walker had previously stated that he would compete all events except floor at the Core Hydration Classic; however, he is listed on all six events on the start list. He is pre-qualified for the national championships. Updates Colin Van Wicklen has tested positive for COVID-19. He will need to petition to compete at the U.S. Classic. Vitaliy Guimaraes has also withdrawn from the competition, but is pre-qualified to Nationals. Other updates will be posted here as they come available. List of Prequalified Athletes The full list of prequalified athletes includes Jeremy Bischoff, Landen Blixt, Garrett Braunton, Taylor Burkhart, Taylor Christopulos, Matthew Cormier, Alex Diab, Isaiah Drake, Michael Fletcher, Vitaliy Guimaraes, Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Josh Karnes, Ian Lasic-Ellis, Riley Loos, Brody Malone, Yul Moldauer, Stephen Nedoroscik, Kameron Nelson, Vahe Petrosyan, Curran Phillips, Fred Richard, Tyler Shimizu, Ian Skirkey, Blake Sun, Colt Walker, Donnell Whittenburg, Shane Wiskus, Khoi Young, and Oliver Zavel. Want more Men's Gymnastics Coverage? Click the donate button below! Donations Help Us with Operation Costs and Travelling to Meets! Don't Want to Miss A Post? 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Please refresh every few minutes for the most recent updates which will appear at the top of the page. This is the live blog for the Men's Gymnastics AA Final at the 2021/2023 FISU World University Games. The Live Stream Link is at the bottom! Final AA Standings Zhang Boheng (CHN) - 86.733 Shi Cong (CHN) - 86.398 Kaya Kazuma (JPN) - 84.098 Fred Richard (USA) - 83.764 Milad Karimi (KAZ) - 83.630 Josh Karnes (USA) - 82.664 Ryu Sunghyun (KOR) - 82.366 Lorenzo Bonicelli (ITA) - 81.931 Lay Giannini (ITA) - 81.466 Samir Serhani (SUI) - 80.630 Nicolau Mir (ESP) - 80.165 Ian Raubal (SUI) - 80.131 Ivan Tikhonov (AZE) - 79.998 Ilyas Azizov (KAZ) - 79.632 Pantely Kolodii (UKR)- 79.031 Alexander Kunz (GER) - 76.898 Mehmet Kosak (TUR) - 75.198 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) - DNF/ withdrew due to injury Fred Richard (USA - FX) just the smallest of hops on the opening pass, may have gone OOB on the double front, good flairs, just consistently taking little shuffles on all of the landings. 14.166 Zhang Boheng (CHN - HB) tak 1/1, tak 1/2, falls on the Cassina, does not repeat it. Lay tkatcev, Czech giants, stalder, double double with a small hop. 12.900 Puts him in the lead. Shi Cong (CHN - HB) a little late on his tak 1/1 but better on the tak 1/2, good on the releases, Czech giant, quast, double double with a hop back. 14.466 Kaya Kazuma (JPN - HB) good through the Kolman, lay tkatchev and the straddle tkatchev, Czech giants, tak 1/1, tak 1/2 both good, a couple of hops on the double double. He is very very happy. 14.000 That is almost certainly going to earn him a medal Milad Karimi (KAZ - HB) zou li min, Cassina, tucked Kovacs, 1/2, tak 1/2, straddle to piked tkatchev, giant 1/2, tak, a step back on the dismount. His D score is going to be a bit down. It seems he played it safe by taking out the Kolman. 14.066 Puts him in the lead with an 83.630 Josh Karnes (USA - FX) front full to double front with a small hop, really fights for the stick on his second pass, back 1.5 to front tuck 1./1, he is so quick in his flairs, just a simple back layout for his side pass that he sticks, big yell from the sidelines as he sticks the triple full dismount. He's going to be one to watch heading into Paris. Ian Raubal (SUI - FX) Finishes his day strong on floor! 13.366 Rotation 6 After 5: Zhang Boheng - 78.833 Shi Cong - 71.932 Kaya Kazuma - 70.098 Fred Richard - 69.598 Milad Karimi - 69.564 Josh Karnes - 68.798 Lay Giannini - 68.666 Ryu Sunghyun - 68.533 Zhang Boheng (CHN - PB) peach to on rail with a bend to a Healy, Diam, peach, big front straddle, Bhavsar, 1/2, Tippelt, Healy. double front 1/2 out with a small hop. 15.400 Shi Cong (CHN - PB) immediate straddle up to handstand, slow and piked on the Makuts, peach 1/2, peach, giant, BIG front 1 1/4, 1/2, Bhavsar, good on the Tippelt and the Healy, double pike with a step back! 14.700 Kaya Kazuma (JPN - PB) Whippet, a bit slow and piked on the Makuts, better on the Healy, peach 1/2, peach, giant, good straddle 1 1/4, 1/2, maybe clipped his foot on the Bhavsar, Tippelt, just a small hop back on the double front 1/2 out dismount. 14.700 Josh Karnes (USA - HB) zou li min, tak 1/2, Kolman, lay tkatchev, straddle tkatchev, 1/2, tak, he's a very fast twitch gymnast, When he cleans up his form a little bit he can be exceptional here. Caps off the routine with a stuck dismount! 13.333 Milad Karimi (KAZ - PB) Whippet to open, peach, giant, front uprise to front straddle, 1/2, Bhavsar, 1/2, Tippelt, Healy, 1/2, Diam, Stutz, Stuck double front 1/2 out dismount! Wow! 14.400 Interestingly, Josh Karnes and Ian Raubal are rotating in the same group. Both are gymnasts at Penn State but Raubal competes for Switzerland and Karnes for the US. Ian Raubal (SUI - HB) jumps to mixed grip, tak 1/1, tak 1/2, lay tkatchev, straddle tkatchev, stalder rybalko was very late, quast, pretty piked in the full-twisting double layout with just a small hop. 13.466 Fred Richard (USA - HB) 1/2, Cassina, Kolman is beautiful, lay tkatchev, straddle to piked tkatchev, quast to one arm giant 1/2, a big late on the tak full, good on the tak 1/2, a couple steps back on the dismount. 14.233 Rotation 5 After 4: Zhang Boheng - 58.433 Shi Cong - 57.232 Josh Karnes - 55.465 Kaya Kazuma - 55.398 Lay Giannini - 55.366 Fred Richard - 55.365 Ryu Sunghyun - 55.333 Milad Karimi - 55.164 Josh Karnes (USA - PB) Whippet, peach, Makuts, Healy, Diam, Moy, 1/2, Giant... finishes well with a good landing! 14.533 Fred Richard (USA - PB) kip to handstand, slow on the Makuts, didn't make handstand on the Stutz from upper arms, comes back with some big amplitude, good on the front straddle and the Bhavsar, a little low on the Tippelt, Good on the Healy, Stutz, double front with a few steps back. 13.966 Shi Cong (CHN - VT) Probably the best of the Kas doubles we've seen. Really good height and direction and just a small hop on the landing. 14.666 Kaya Kazuma (JPN - VT) Also a Kas double but it was SO messy in the air and really not quite all the way around. 14.366 Lay Giannini (ITA - HB) Zou li min, tak 1/2 ( a bit late), Lay Kovacs with a bit of leg separation, straddle to pike tkatchev, stalder, one arm giant, some bent arms in the wind up for the dismount but a beautiful full-twisting layout. 13.600 Zhang Boheng (CHN - VT) Kas double with a step back. 14.733 Rotation 4 After 3: Zhang Boheng - 43.700 Shi Cong - 42.566 Lay Giannini - 41.766 Fred Richard - 41.399 Ryu Sunghyun - 41.300 Kaya Kazuma - 41.032 Milad Karimi - 40.998 Ivan Tikhonov - 40.933 Fred Richard (USA - VT) Flies off the mat on his Roche. 13.700 It's official now that Hashimoto has withdrawn. Alexander Kunz (GER - PB) kip to L sit, straddle to handstand. peach, Diam, giant, Moy, Tippelt, Healy, Stutz but has to really push and then falls on the double front dismount. 12.166 Pantely Kolodii (UKR - PB) - 13.366 Kaya Kazuma (JPN - SR) back uprsie to maltese, and again on the second maltese, yami to joh to honma cross, good on the azarian cross, arches a bit on the two handstands, really low on the dismount. 13.866 He's really working to get the crowd engaged! Hashimoto did not compete on still rings, and has likely withdrawn from the competition. I will keep you updated as more information becomes available. Lorenzo Bonicelli (ITA - PB) Whippet into Healy, peach, giant into Moy, 1/2, pretty low on the Tippelt, good Stutz and Diam, beautiful form on the double pike. Just a hop backwards. 13.866 Zhang Boheng (CHN - SR) azarian maltese, kip to maltese, joh to yami to planche, beautiful azarian iron cross, honma cross, WOW are those handstands good. Just a very small step on the double double dismount. Ryu Sunghyun (KOR - VT) Big bounce back on the handspring Randi. 14.500 Shi Cong (CHN - SR) back uprise to planche, lowers to maltese (a bit high), maltese is better this time, joh to yami to honma cross, azarian Iron cross. I love that skill, a little wobble on the handstand, and the second, big step back on the dismount. 14.400 Rotation 3 After 2: Zhang Boheng - 29.000 Shi Cong - 28.166 Milad Karimi - 27.832 Fred Richard - 27.699 Ivan Tikhonov - 27.500 Lay Giannini - 27.466 Samir Serhani - 27.199 Kaya Kazuma - 27.166 Lay Giannini (ITA - VT) A bit cowboyed onhe double front. Shi Cong (CHN - PH) 14.333 Gained over half a point from qualifications. Should he keep performing as he has, he will likely be on the podium. Milad Karimi (KAZ - PH) a medium arch on the Li Ning. This is somewhat messy as he loses forms on several elements. Looks like he thought midway through the dismount about how many pirouettes he wanted to do. 13.466 Ilyas Azizov (KAZ - PH) Mikulak to open, good D Flop, a bit skewed on the Magyar Sivado, but the Wu is good, but also struggle with the dismount. Odd. I've rarely if ever seen so many people in a row struggle with the dismount and hands slipping like this. 13.533 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN - PH) mounts directly into flairs, scissors, and bobbles into the Li Ning, good on the D Flop, Wu is excellent as is the Roth, beautiful flairs and OH MY GOSH. Big fall on the dismount. Looks like he landed on his head. He's holding it and pointing to his left temple. If he doesn't withdraw due to injury, he's almost certainly out of the AA title fight. 12.966 Zhang Boheng (CHN - PH) Li Ning to open, and a second, good on the Sohn, and the D flop, Wu to Tong Fei, good body position on the Magyar Sivado, Good on the russians but a little bit of difficulty on the dismount. LONG wait for Zhang's score 14.500 - over a point better than Quals An inquiry has now been submitted for Kaya Kazuma on pommel horse. It was accepted! Mehmet Kosak (TUR - SR) back uprise to inverted cross ( a big high) good planche and lower to maltese (perhaps a bit shy of two seconds), good through the swinging sequence to maltese, handstand is good, as is the second, but nearly runs off the podium on his dismount. 13.033 Kosak was not originally supposed to compete but he replaced teammate, Adem Asil who withdrew. Kaya Kazuma (JPN - PH) Li Ning to open, almost loses it on the Sohn, good through the flop into side travel, Wu is well-performed. As is the Roth and goes well into the dismount. Fist pump from him and a high five from Shi Cong. 14.266 (Was previously 14.166 before the inquiry was accepted.) Rotation 2 After 1: Zhang Boheng (CHN) - 14.500 Milad Karimi (KAZ) - 14.366 Fred Richard (USA) - 14.166 Shi Cong (CHN) - 13.833 Samir Serhani (SUI) - 13.566 Ivan Tikhonov (AZE) - 13.500 Pantely Kolodii (UKR) - 13.433 Josh Karnes (USA) - 13.333 Fred Richard (USA - PH) Li Ning to open was a bit shy of handstand, beautiful form on the russians right into the flaired spindles, beautiful flaired travels into the Wu. Good dismount! 14.166 Ian Raubal (SUI - PH) Mikulak to C Scissor, Stoeklis into the flaired Magyar Sivado, It's a bit skewed and then falls off before the dismount. 12.000 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN - FX) SUPER low on the triple double, just a small shuffle on the double double, front full to Randi with a stick, sticks the side double full. He seems to be finding his rhythm. Beautiful russians into wide-arm handstand, OMG NO. He fell on the back 2.5 to front lay. And a small hop on the dismount. 13.233 Over a point lower than in Qualifications Zhang Boheng (CHN - FX) HUGE roar from the crowd before he started. A little low on the connection to front double pike, beautiful back 3.5, STUCK Randi, a small hop on the side double full, Huh. Back 2.5 to punch tuck. Pretty sure that was supposed to be a layout or a Barani. He's utilized both. So that will be a be a slightly lower D score. Just a small hop on the triple full dismount. 14.500 Nicolau Mir (ESP - PH) A bit piked throughout and there's quite a big skew on the Magyar Sivado. He ends up falling off the horse. Remounts and completes a clean dismount. 11.666 Josh Karnes (USA - PH) 13.333 We are currently watching lots of athletes standing around. There was a big gasp by the crowd and Olly let us know that Kaya Kazuma fell on his opening pass. Looks like he got a 12.900 Milad Karimi (KAZ) is going to start us off on floor. Opens with a Randi. A bit messy in the legs and a small shuffle on the landing. Wow really squeeze his toes to stay in bound for his second pass but lunges OOB on the third pass. He sticks both the double double and side double full pass. A little archy in the handstand. And sticks the final two passes as well! 14.366 There are only 18 athletes in this all-around final. Hashimoto Daiki led qualifications over Zhang Boheng by .999. The catch? Zhang had a fall. If they go clean, it's going to come down to the wire! Rotation 1 How To Follow Live Stream Link: https://www.fisu.tv/videos/fisu-tv-1-chengdu-2021-fisu-games Live Scoring Link: https://results.2021chengdu.com/index.htm#/sports/result/unit?module=schedule&discipline=GAR&date=&event=GARM1AA---------------&month=8&unit=GARM1AA---------------FNL-000001--&key=startlist&active=&ScheduleStatus=undefined Want more men's gymnastics coverage? Click the Donate Button below to help fund travel to competitions! Don't want to miss a post? 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A. USA Gymnastics Pulled Funding From the FISU University Games with Less Than a Month's Notice ICYMI: USA Gymnastics withdrew partial funding from the FISU World University Games with less than a month's notice. USA Gymnastics cited high flight prices while others cited the need for funds to cover the extra day of competition at the U.S. Classic. Read the full article here. Photo Credit: Gianmarco Orbegozo B. 2021/2023 FISU World University Games The 2021 World University Games has been twice postponed, but this year, collegiate athletes from around the globe have gathered in Chengdu, China to compete against the best in the world. Because the World Championships and Asian Games are taking place simultaneously this fall, the World University Games will be the only chance spectators will have to view the showdown between China's Zhang Boheng, and Japan's Hashimoto Daiki [Note: Hashimoto will compete at the World Championships and Zhang will compete at the Asian Games]. Since 2021, the pair have alternated major all-around wins which has led to much anticipation of the competition to come in Chengdu later this week. In Qualifications, Hashimoto outscored Zhang by .999 and Zhang had a fall, so this all-around final should be spectacular! China won the team title for the first time ever over 11-time champions, Japan! South Korea took home bronze! The US finished in fourth! Full information on rosters, competition times, and streaming options can be found here. Team Final/AA & Event Qualifications Live Blog (including all-around and event qualifiers) can be found here. C. 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) The 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) concluded in Maribor, Slovenia last week. In all reality, this year's competition could have been renamed the Brugnami Show as Italy's Tommaso Brugnami took home six medals, including four golds [Note: one of the gold medals came from the mixed pairs competition]. Athletes from 10 different countries took home medals, and every gymnast who medaled in the team final also won an individual medal! Full results can be found here. D. Asher Hong Updates Numerous interviews came out this week with U.S. gymnastics standout, Asher Hong. Hong spoke with Gymnastics Now and NBC Bay Area when he detailed the struggles of balancing the NCAA season with elite gymnastics. He's considering taking the spring quarter off of school ahead of the 2024 Olympics but also acknowledges the difficulties that would bring. Even with his busy schedule, Hong and a few friends have started a new business called Injurvention– a website headlined "Your Key to Athletic Longevity and Success." With a mission to, "empower young athletes with innovative recovery solutions and educational resources, promoting longevity in their sporting careers," Hong and colleagues designed their website to play a critical role in the recovery of athletes. E. Podcast with Dan Keatings Daniel Keatings is one of the most successful British gymnasts in history. Known for his eye-catching work on pommel horse, the 2009 world all-around silver medalist details his journey from being unknown to gymnastics star to a man who hated gymnastics. Don't miss this excellent interview available on Apple podcast, Spotify, and YouTube! F. Oklahoma's Ray Gamboa Medically Retired All-American, Raydel Gamboa, has announced his retirement from gymnastics following his sophomore season. Gamboa cited repeated concussions as the reason for the medical retirement. When coach, Mark Williams, wrote about Gamboa's retirement he said, "Health comes first, and Ray will always be a Sooner for life." G. 2023 U.S. Classic Over one-hundred and seventy male gymnasts will take to the competition floor on Sunday, August 6th in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Some athletes are pre-qualified to the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics National Championships, and for others, this is their last chance to qualify. According to USA Gymnastics documentation, approximately 12 spots remain to compete at the National Championships and all remaining gymnasts will qualify through the 10-point Program. The first session will take place at 10:45 am CST and the second session will take place at 4:45 pm CST. All MAG sessions will be streamed on YouTube. H. Interview with Pan American Champion, Audrys Nin Reyes (Dominican Republic) International Gymnast Magazine released an interview with seven-time world cup medalist, Audrys Nin Reyes. Nin Reyes details injuries, successes, comeback, and an ultimate goal of competing at the Olympic Games. The full interview can be found here. Don't want to miss an update? Scroll to the bottom and subscribe! Article by: Kensley Behel