T&T Baku World Cup

The U.S. trampoline and tumbling delegation finished in Azerbaijan with three medals, winning a silver and two bronze medals at the 2026 Baku World Cup.

Returning to the country with a World Cup silver medal are the duo of Paul Bretscher (Knoxville, Tenn./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy) and Isaac Rowley (Allen, Texas/ Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling), who were second in men’s synchronized trampoline with a 52.350. The pair finished behind the independent athlete team of Ivan Litvinovich and Andrei Builou who won with a 54.660.

West Fowler (Gulf Breeze, Fla./Panhandle Perfection Gymnastics) and Akela Magee (North Ogden, Utah/Northern Star Bounder) each secured bronze medals in individual tumbling competition. Fowler was third in men’s competition to win bronze with a 28.900 and Magee did the same for the women with a 23.100 in her final. Mikhail Malkin of host-country Azerbaijan won the men’s tumbling gold with a 29.800, while independent athlete Arina Kaliandra took the women’s title with a 25.700.

Several American athletes saw final competition in Baku, including Ashley Matern (Lindon, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling), Xavier Harper (Oak Ridge, Tenn./Premier Athletics Knoxville), Ava DeHanes (Holmdel, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy) and Kennedi Roberts (North Richland Hills, Texas/Southlake Gymnastics Academy).

MAG Cottbus World Cup

Kameron Nelson (Columbus, Ohio/EVO Gymnastics) came away from Germany with a bronze medal following his performance at the 2026 Cottbus World Cup this weekend.

The 2025 World Championships team member took still rings bronze Saturday with a 13.866 in the final. Artur Avetisyan of Armenia took gold with a 14.366. Nelson also finished fifth in the floor exercise final with a 13.800 and contested vault where he finished 13th (13.650; 13.700, 13.600) in qualifications.

Also seeing final competition was Brandon Dang (San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois), who placed sixth on pommel horse with a 14.433. Gabriele Targhetta of Italy won with a 15.000. Fellow American Patrick Hoopes (Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy) was eight in pommel horse qualifications with a 14.266.