- Results: Event Qualifications | Event Finals
In his first year on National Team and his international debut, Brandon Dang (San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois) clinched gold at the 2025 FIG Baku World Cup in Azerbaijan. Dang scored a 14.633 to win the pommel horse title Sunday, just ahead of U.S. teammate Patrick Hoopes (Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy), who claimed silver with a 14.533. Zeinolla Idrissov of Kazakhstan was third with a 14.400.
On Saturday, Alex Diab (Glen Ellyn, Ill./EVO Gymnastics) secured still rings bronze with a 13.766 to give the U.S. a medal of each color in Baku. Nikita Simonov of host-country Azerbaijan won gold with a 14.233, followed by Zhiwei Meng of China who got silver with a 13.800.
Brandon Dang, Patrick Hoopes and Alex Diab
The U.S. acro delegation came home with five medals from the 2025 FIG Puurs World Cup and Flanders International Acro Cup (FIAC) in Belgium.
Winning gold at the World Cup were Yaroslav and Vsevolod Ossolodkov (Beaumont, Calif./Incentive – AGT) in the men’s pair final with a combined score of 29.100. The brothers claimed the title ahead of the Spanish pair of Juan Daniel Molina and Jose Moreno in second (28.230) and the Portuguese pair of Goncalo Parreira and Miguel Lopes in third (27.950).
The U.S. women’s pair of Maya Lissenkova (Las Vegas, Nev./AGC Las Vegas) and Katie Borcherding (Eureka, Mo./Incentive – AGT) earned combined silver in their final with a score of 27.370 ahead of Ines Faria and Beatriz Carneiro of Portugal in third (27.050). Maysae Bouhouch and Silke Macharis of Belgium were first with a 28.240.
Also competing in World Cup final was the women’s group of Olivia Green (Silver Spring, Md./Xtreme Acro), Rebecca Greenberg (North Potomac, Md./Xtreme Acro) and Caylei Caldwell (Villa Ridge, Mo./Xtreme Acro). The group landed just off the combined podium with a 27.590. The Portuguese group of Ema Fernandes, Alicia Santos and Leonor Carreira won with a 28.750.
In FIAC competition, seniors Hailee Wong (Colton, Calif./Realis Gymnastics Academy) and Andrew Castro (Riverside, Calif./Realis Gymnastics Academy) won gold with the mixed pair combined final with a 27.750, ahead of Ella-Louise Sem and Ben De Veirman (26.340), and Martha Vercauteren and Floriaan Van Linden (24.870), both of Belgium. The USA’s second gold of the competition came from Radomir Ossolodkov (Beaumont, Calif./Incentive – AGT) and Neko Sullivan (Perris, Calif./Incentive – AGT) who won the 13-19 men’s pair division with a 26.700.
Closing out the U.S. medal count was the 13-19 women’s group of Juli Williams (Columbia, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer), Carmelle Djoumgoue (Jessup, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer) and Aubrie Cunningham (Ellicott City, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer). The trio scored a 27.180 to win combined bronze in their division. The Belgian group of Maité De Ridder, Louise Janssens and Fien Voet was first (27.640) and Zoë Venema, Mare Hogenhuis and Aiden Peens of the Netherland second (27.200).
Annabelle Chew (Chandler, Ariz./Aspire Kids Sports Center) and Tyler Berg (Phoenix, Ariz./Aspire Kids Sports Center) also made a finals appearance, where they placed fourth in the 13-19 mixed pair final with a 24.040. Andrea de la Guia and Mario Leon of Spain won gold with a 26.370. The 12-18 women’s group of Brooklyn St. Clair (Columbia, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer), Ayana Williams (Columbia, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer) and Maya Bledzki (Elkridge, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer) also competed in the final and landed seventh with a 26.700. The Portuguese group of Francisca Pires, Beatriz Cardoso and Varvára Pastukhova was first with a 27.600.
- Results: Team | All-Around | Event Qual. | Event Finals
The American junior team of Charleigh Bullock (Spotsylvania, Va./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center), Kylie Smith (Loveland, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics), Addalye VanGrinsven (Champlin, Minn./Pacific Reign Gymnastics) and Trinity Wood (Waldorf, Md./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center) collected six medals from the International Gymnix Junior Cup in Montreal. The team quartet won junior team silver on Saturday with an overall score of 153.300 behind first-place France (156.450) and ahead of host-country Canada in third (146.750).
Bullock and Smith were each crowned the junior all-around silver (51.400) and bronze (51.050) medalists, respectively. Elena Colas of France was first all-around with a 53.850. During Sunday’s apparatus finals, VanGrinsven claimed the junior vault title with a 13.150 and floor exercise bronze with a 12.466, while Bullock paired her all-around silver with uneven bars bronze (12.833).
Charleigh Bullock, Addalye VanGrinsven, Trinity Wood and Kylie Smith
All-Around Medalists
Champions were crowned across multiple divisions and age groups at the 2025 Winter Classic Invitational this past weekend in Battle Creek, Michigan. Junior and senior elite winners are listed below by division.
Synchronized Trampoline
Women
Senior: Maia Amano — Honolulu, Hawaii/Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy; Leah Garafalo — Holmdel, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy, 48.420
Junior: Sydney Rosen — Lincroft, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy; Bella Ursu — Holmdel, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy, 43.910
Men
Senior: Paul Bretscher — Knoxville, Tenn./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy; Ryan Maccagnan — Colorado Springs, Colo./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy, 51.320
Mixed
Senior: Isaac Rowley — Allen, Texas/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling; Sarah Webster — Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express, 49.350
Junior: Rebecca Boyett — Owens Cross Roads, Ala./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy; Zackrey Whaley — Decatur, Ala./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy, 41.620
Individual Trampoline
Women
Senior: Alexandra Mytnik — Manalapan, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy, 55.530
Junior: Nora Simmonds — Monroe, N.J./Garden State Trampoline Academy, 48.590
Men
Senior: Ruben Padilla — Bluffdale, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling, 60.970
Junior: Rafi Pikofsky-Christiansen — Silver Spring, Md./Dynamite Gymnastics, 54.300
Tumbling
Women
Senior: Emma Cox — Webb City, Mo./Oklahoma Extreme Tumbling & Trampoline, 47.600
Junior: Ingrid Campbell — Mountain Green, Utah/Northern Star Bounders, 44.860
Men
Senior: Kaden Brown — Herriman, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling, 58.900
Junior: Luke Todd — Calhoun, Ga./Culprit Athletics, 52.600
Double Mini
Women
Senior: Aliah Raga — Denton, Md./Dynamite Gymnastics, 52.300
Junior: Neila Johnson — Draper, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling, 45.830
Men
Senior: Simon Smith — Springville, Utah/Utah Valley Trampoline & Tumbling, LLC, 58.400
Junior: Rafi Pikofsky-Christiansen — Silver Spring, Md./Dynamite Gymnastics, 51.540