MANILA, Philippines (November 20, 2025) – The U.S. men’s delegation secured team bronze on Thursday to win the first U.S. men’s medal ever at the 2025 FIG Junior Artistic World Championships. All athletes also qualified through to individual finals for a very successful start to the competition.

The American team of Danila Leykin (Sarasota, Fla./EVO Gymnastics), Dante Reive (West Point, N.Y./West Point Gymnastics) and Nathan Roman (Poway, Calif./University of Oklahoma) won bronze Thursday with an overall score of 162.329. The juniors stood on the podium behind first-place China (163.095) and just one-tenth shy of Japan in second (162.429). The U.S. team also posted the highest team score on still rings (26.799) of all the medalists.

Thursday’s competition in Manila also saw all three men qualify individually to final rounds. Leykin led American performances, advancing to four individual finals. He was the top qualifier on horizontal bar (14.466) and parallel bars (14.100), qualified in fourth (80.598) to the all-around final, and in fifth (13.733) to the floor exercise final.

Roman will join Leykin in the all-around and floor finals after finishing ninth all-around with a 79.397 and eighth on floor with a 13.500. He also will serve as first reserve on parallel bars after landing ninth (13.533) and third reserve on rings after placing 11th (12.866). Reive was best on rings, taking the first qualifying spot with a 13.933.

Competition in the Philippines continues Thursday evening at 9 p.m. ET, with the U.S. women taking on the team final and individual qualifying in Subdivision 5 at 5:30 a.m. ET on Friday, November 21. All information, including live streaming and scoring, can be found on the FIG event website.

A U.S. medal table for the championships is listed below.

2025 FIG Junior Artistic World Championships U.S Medal Table
Total: 1

Bronze (1)
– Men’s team (Danila Leykin, Dante Reive, Nathan Roman, Maksim Kan)