Utah commit Claire Pease won the Gold on FX to lead a 1-2 US finish as the 2026 World Championships concluded in Rotterdam. LSU commit Reese Esponda won the silver. Florida's Skye Blakely was sixth on the BB.
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NCAA champ Fred Richard, a Michigan grad, won the gold medal in the FX at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam. A stuck landing on his dismount sealed the win by .033. On Women's vault, Utah commit Claire Pease won the silver, while Florida's Skye Blakely won bronze. Blakely picked up her fourth medal of the competition by winning bronze on the UB. Air Force grad Patrick Hoopes was 5th on PH, just .067 behind the 3rd place score.
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Japan's Daiki Hashimoto won the Gold medal in the Men's AA at the World Championships on Thursday. The 2024 Olympic AA Champion and 2023 World AA Champion now holds six World or Olympic medals in the AA. China's Yang Haonan won the silver, while Great Britain's Joe Frazier won the bronze. NCAA champ and Michigan grad Fred Richard was ninth, while rising US star Danila Leykin was 12th.
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China won the Gold medal at the Women's Team Final at the World Championships on Wednesday, edging the US by 0.263. Balance beam proved to be the decisive event, as costly mistakes gave China a 4.167 advantage on the event, while the US won ever other event. The US was led by Utah commit Claire Pease, who posted the meet's top mark on 3 events.
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Japan won the Men's Team Final at the World Championships. The World Group 2, comprised of Russian athletes, was 2nd. China was third. The US was sixth, behind the UK and Switzerland.
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The US Women's Team qualified in 2nd place to the team final of the World Championships. The team includes Florida's Skye Blakely, Charleigh Bullock, Florida commit Dulcy Caylor, LSU commit Reese Esponda and Utah commit Claire Pease. China qualified in first, and the World Group 2 team of Russian athletes is third. Blakely made the AA, VT, BB and UB finals. Pease made the AA, VT and FX finals. Esponda was the top qualifier on FX. LSU commit Lia Reddick, representing Canada, made the AA final and UCLA frosh Michelle Pineda is the fourth reserve for the AA final.
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The US Men, led by 2026 NCAA AA champ Fred Richard of Michigan, qualified to the men's team final at the World Championships. They finished 5th in qualifications. The former Michigan star also qualified in the AA and the FX final. Air Force grad Patrick Hoopes made the PH final, while rising star Danila Leykin also made the AA final.
The US Women are in first place after the first day of qualifying. Additional qualifying sessions are on Monday.
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Charlotte Migliero, a L10 from Yellow Jackets, has committed to a full-ride athletic scholarship offer at Michigan, starting in 2028-2029. This past season, she tied for 5th on VT and 18th AA at the 2026 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also tied for 6th on FX and placed 36th AA at the 2025 WDP L10 Nationals. She also took visits to UNC and Arkansas.
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GWU has Olivia Daniels (nee Courtney) as an assistant coach. The former UCLA athlete and US National Team member had been an assistant at LIU. She's also coached at the club level and is a movie stunt performer.
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Temple has hired former UCLA standout and former US National Team member Margzetta Frazier as an assistant.
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Aria Smith, a L10 from World Class, has committed to a full athletic scholarship offer at Arkansas, starting in 2028-2029. She finished a terrific season by placed 3rd AA at the 2026 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also tied for 2nd on FX and 3rd on BB at the meet, while placing 4th on VT. She also qualified to the 2025 WDP L10 Nationals, after winning the AA, UB, BB and VT(t) at the 2025 Region 7 L10 Regionals.
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Texas State Head Coach Sarah Brown has announced the hiring of Ralph Rosso as their new Associate Head Coach. Rosso was an assistant under Brown at PSU the last five seasons. Prior to PSU, he spent four seasons at Washington, one at GWU and at ASU.
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Penn State has hired Sharon Kelly and Tim Levandowski as part of the new coaching staff under new Head Coach Jennifer Green. Kelly was hired as the associate Head Coach, after spending last season at Air Force. Kelly also has 16 years of collegiate judging experience and operated Ultimate Gymnastics for 17 years. Levandowski was hired as an assistant, and spent the last two seasons at Kent State. He also coach at Brown and UW Eau-Claire. He has also spent over a decade coaching at the club level.
On September 11th, 2001, Mari-Rae Sopper was on her way to California, ready to start her job as Head Coach of the women's team at UC Santa Barbara. Sopper, a former standout at Iowa State, was known as "ISUFan" on the fromer College Gymnastics Board. She had given up her job as a Navy JAG Corp lawyer to pursue her dream, and to help save the cancelled program at UCSB. She lost her life during the events of that fateful day, as the plane she was on was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon. We pause on this 25th Anniversary of the attacks to remember her spirit and dedication to the sport, and her inspiring effort to pursue her dreams, as well as the others who lost their lives that fateful day.