While U.S. acrobats were competing at the World Championships, the American delegation of artistic athletes collected five medals of their own at the 2026 Paris World Challenge Cup in France.

Cooper Kim (Grand Ledge, Mich./Stanford University) and Izzy Stassi (Delaware, Ohio/University of Oklahoma) led U.S. performances in Paris, with Kim securing gold and Stassi earning two medals. Kim took the horizontal bar title Sunday with the top score of 14.533, ahead of Italy’s Carlo Macchini (14.500) and Lorenzo Aymes of France (14.033). Stassi won the most medals of the roster, picking up silver medals on vault (13.350; 13.400, 12.900) and floor exercise (13.466).

Also reaching the medal podium for the U.S. were Brandon Dang (San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois) and Crew Bold (Delray Beach, Fla./EVO Gymnastics). Dang won pommel horse bronze with a 14.700, and Bold did the same on parallel bars with a 14.333.

Lila Richardson (Russellville, Ark./Metroplex Gymnastics) also saw action in the floor (13.166) and balance beam (12.333) finals, placing fourth in both.