GUIMARAES, Portugal (September 15, 2024) – American acrobatic gymnasts claimed eight medals, half of them gold, on the final day of the 2024 Acro World Age Group Competitions and Junior World Championships in Guimaraes.

Junior World Championships

The U.S. brother duo of Yaroslav and Vsevolod Ossolodkov (Beaumont, Calif./Incentive – AGT) shone on Sunday to win the United States’ first Junior Worlds gold medal with a 29.350 in their division. The mixed pair of Hailee Wong (Colton, Calif./Realis Gymnastics Academy) and Andrew Castro (Riverside, Calif./Realis Gymnastics Academy) added another hue to the American medal collection, winning all-around silver with a 28.390.

Sydney Padios (Moreno Valley, Calif./Incentive – AGT) and Willow Noble (Moreno Valley, Calif./Incentive – AGT) landed just shy of the women’s pair all-around podium with a 27.750. The top five 13-19 pairs/groups from the World Age Group Competition finals advanced to the Junior Worlds final.

World Age Group Competitions

Six of the country’s medals came from the action at the World Age Group Competitions, with the honors being split evenly between the two age groups. Each American that advanced to Junior Worlds also won gold in the 13-19 age group, as the Ossolodkovs won men’s pair gold with a 29.250; Wong and Castro put up a 28.540 to win the mixed pair title; and Padios and Noble also took women’s pair gold with a 28.250.

In the 12-18 division, Americans won a silver and two bronze medals on Sunday. Radomir Ossolodkov (Beaumont, Calif./Incentive – AGT) and Neko Sullivan (Perris, Calif./Incentive – AGT) earned the silver in men’s pair competition with a 27.450. The women’s pair of Maya Lissenkova (Las Vegas, Nev./AGC Las Vegas) and Bernice Moshos (Las Vegas, Nev./AGC Las Vegas) won all-around bronze with a 27.200 in a tie break with Germany’s Nona Kara and Johanna Schoene due to their higher execution score. Roni Azerrad (Rockville, Md./Xtreme Acro), Isabella Collazo (Great Falls, Va./Xtreme Acro) and Audrey Wang (North Potomac, Md./Xtreme Acro) earned the country’s final bronze medal with a 27.400 among the women’s groups.

Also competing in the final rounds were the 13-19 women’s group of Lily Eisenberg (Bethesda, Md./ Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer), Cate Lacy (Columbia, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer) and Cecelia Shadrick (Ellicott City, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer), and the 12-18 mixed pair of Rylee Cummins (Moreno Valley, Calif./Incentive – AGT) and George Yeramishyn (Riverside, Calif./Incentive – AGT). Each placed eighth in their respective finals.

Senior acrobatic athletes are up next in Portugal, with the 2024 Acro World Championships set for September 19-22.

2024 World Age Group Competitions and Junior World Championships
Total: 8

Junior World Championships
Gold

  • Yaroslav Ossolodkov, Vsevolod Ossolodkov – 13-19 men’s pair

Silver

  • Hailee Wong, Andrew Castro – 13-19 mixed pair

World Age Group Competitions
Gold

  • Sydney Padios, Willow Noble – 13-19 women’s pair
  • Yaroslav Ossolodkov, Vsevolod Ossolodkov – 13-19 men’s pair
  • Hailee Wong, Andrew Castro – 13-19 mixed pair

Silver

  • Radomir Ossolodkov, Neko Sullivan – 12-18 men’s pair

Bronze

  • Maya Lissenkova, Bernice Moshos – 12-18 women’s pair
  • Roni Azerrad, Isabella Collazo, Audrey Wang – 12-18 women’s group

Photos by Filippo Tomasi



13-19 Women’s Pair Medalists


Yaroslav Ossolodkov, Vsevolod Ossolodkov – 13-19 Men’s Pair Champions


Hailee Wong and Andrew Castro, 13-19 Mixed Pair Champions


12-18 Women’s Pair Medalists


12-18 Men’s Pair Medalists


12-18 Women’s Group Medalists