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.
Link: Results
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.
Link: Results (PDF)
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.
Link: Results
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.
Jacelyn Sasson, Brandy Johnson's, won her '23 state meet and swept the events. She placed 2nd AA at regionals (1st bars) and 2nd AA at nationals.
The Women's qualification round for the World Championships have concluded, with teams and individuals claiming Olympic berths for next year. The USA, Great Britain and Canada secured their slots last year. China, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Australia, Romania and South Korea secured their spots for Paris during this qualification.
Simone Biles of the US leads the qualifications in the AA, VT, BB and FX. She qualified 5th on UB. Teammate Shilese Jones, a Florida commit, qualified to the AA, UB, BB and FX finals. Arkansas commit Joscelyn Roberson qualified to the VT final. Florida commit Skye Blakely qualified to the UB final but is subject to the two finalist per country rule. If a US athlete withdraws she will advance to the final, bumping out two tied for eight. LSU's Aleah Finnegan, representing the Philippines, qualified for the Olympics and is the 2nd alternate into the AA final. Florida's Leanne Wong also was subject to the two per country rule in the AA, and will advance if one of the US athlete withdraws.
Link: Individual Results (AA, Filter by Events)
Videos: Link
The qualifying round for the Men's World Championships was completed, with the US finishing in 2nd. Several US Men qualified for finals. Michigan's Fred Richard and Stanford's Asher Hong qualified for the AA final. Richard qualified 2nd on FX while Hong qualified on 6th PB. Stanford's Khoi Young qualified 2nd on PH and 6th on VT while Michigan's Paul Juda qualified for 5th on VT and 6th on HB. Former OU Sooner Yul Moldauer qualified 4th on PB.
The qualifying round served as a qualifying round for the Olympics. Previously, China, Japan and Great Britain qualified. The US, Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, the Netherlands and Ukraine all qualified. For the AA spots, Brazil, Korea and Belgium each earned a nominative AA spot by finishing in the next three positions. The top 8 AAers not on one of the 12 qualifying teams were also named. Additional spots will be earned in the event finals, the World Cup series, the Continental Championships (AA) and a place reserved for the host country, France (if they do not qualify in any other method) and a Universality place. Unofficially, three gymnasts have already qualified in individual events by placing ahead of those on qualifying team/AA spots. These three include Kevin Penev of Bulgaria, who competed for Michigan and is from New York.
Link: Men's Olympic Qualifiers (Will download a PDF)
Link: Full Men's Results