Sophia Pujols, Wildfire Gymnastics, qualified to nationals and finished 44th AA.
Eden Webster, Gymnastix Training Center, competed three events at her state and regional meets last season, placing 1st on beam at both meets.
Simone Biles of the USA won her sixth World AA title, tying the all-time record. She also became the gymnast with the most World and Olympic medals in all of history, man or woman. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade was 2nd and Shilese Jones, a UF commit, was third. Biles started off with a 15.1 for a stuck Cheng, her best version of that VT since coming back, with a solid block and huge distance. She stayed steady on UB. On BB, she had a wobble after her mount and went to her backup combo (switch split, switch 1/2, back pike). The crowd gasped, however, on FX when Biles tripped when heading into her switch split full. Laughing after she landed, she posted a 14.533 despite losing the value of the skill. As we all can attest, gymnasts can do a triple twisting double, but they'll trip when walking across the room.
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Michigan's Frederick Richard won the bronze medal in the AA finals of the 2023 World Championships. At 19, he becomes the USA's youngest individual medalist and youngest multi-medalist at World's. Daiki Hashimoto of Japan defended his title to win gold, with Illia Kovtun of the Ukraine in 2nd. Hashimoto had a 0.6 lead over Richard heading into the final round, but Richard had a miss on HB. He finished up strong to prevail as the next nearest competitors also experienced errors.
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Hailee Bowen, All American Gymnastics, won her '23 state meet and swept the events. She qualified to compete vault at nationals and placed 16th.
Katherine Shackelford, CGI, won her '23 state vault and bars title. She placed 3rd AA and 1st on bars at regionals and she finished 8th AA at nationals.
Audrey Brenner, Precision Gymnastics, qualified to '23 nationals and placed 45th AA.
Scarlet Sonnenberg, Bold Gymnastics, won her '23 state meet and placed 1st on vault. She qualified to nationals and placed 1st on beam and 2nd AA.
The US Women, led by Simone Biles, overcame a pre-meet injury (Joscelyn Roberson) and a fall from Leanne Wong (Florida) on BB (11.7) to easily win the team Gold. The Gold Medal team includes Florida commits Skye Blakely and Shilese Jones. Arkansas commit Roberson was injured during the one-touch warmup on VT. Brazil won silver and France won the bronze. Biles cemented the meet with one of the best FX routines of her career, sticking three of the landings emphatically and registering a huge 15.166.
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Amelia Lannon, Gymnastics Learning Center, placed 1st on vault at her '23 state meet. She qualified to nationals and placed 21st AA.
Maddie Gershuny, Balance Institute, finished her '23 campaign with a 3rd place finish at her state meet.
Noelle Ball, Advantage Gymnastics, qualified to '23 nationals and placed 37th AA.
Saidat Omilabu, Metroplex, won her regional vault and floor titles last season and placed 25th AA at nationals.
The US "NCAA Edition", comprised of four current and one former NCAA gymnasts, won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. It is the first US team medal since 2014. Japan won the title while China won the silver. The US team includes Paul Juda and Fred Richard of Michigan, Asher Hong and Khoi Young of Stanford and Yul Moldaer, formerly of OU.
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Maddy Dorbin, Georgia Elite, placed 1st AA and 1st on vault, bars and floor at her '23 state meet. She placed 1st AA and 1st on beam and floor at regionals. She placed 6th AA at nationals.