American athletes gear up for artistic and rhythmic competition in Europe this weekend.
The 2024 DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, will feature 15 U.S. artistic athletes in its competition March 15-17. Participating in the Team Challenge are Cameron Bock, Riley Loos, Yul Moldauer, Curran Phillips and Shane Wiskus. Representing the juniors in team competition are Hasan Aydogdu, Sasha Bogonosiuk, Adam Lakomy, Kiran Mandava, and Nathan Roman. Both teams look to defend their 2022 and 2023 titles.
The U.S. will also compete in the Mixed Cup portion of the event, with men’s athletes Fuzzy Benas and Kai Uemura and women’s athletes Dulcy Caylor, Addison Fatta and Nola Matthews. Each country will compete on four apparatus, with two men and two women performing on each apparatus throughout four rounds.
Men’s team competition will kick off Friday, March 15, with juniors taking the floor at 5 a.m. ET followed by seniors at 10:30 a.m. ET. Apparatus finals for men are set for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET. On Sunday, March 17, the Mixed Cup team will compete at 9:30 a.m. ET alongside Belgium, China and host country Germany.
Visit the DTB Pokal website for all information regarding the competition. Live scores can be found here during the competition.
Eight U.S. rhythmic gymnasts will compete at the 9th Aphrodite Cup March 15-17 in Palaio Faliro-Athens, Greece. Comprising the senior roster are 2023 U.S. hoop champion Jaelyn Chin and silver medalist Yana Golovan, 2024 Rhythmic Challenge ball champion Megan Chu, and 2023 U.S. ribbon champion Sarah Mariotti. Leading the juniors are 2024 Rhythmic Challenge junior all-around champion Isabella Chong and silver medalist Ruby Freshwater. They will be joined by 2023 Aphrodite Cup junior (2010) all-around champion Natalia de la Rosa and Dawn Kim.
The event will begin on Friday, March 15 with hoop and ball qualifications; the American juniors will compete in Group C at 5:40 a.m. ET and the seniors in Group B at 1:20 p.m. ET. Saturday’s slate starts at 2:30 a.m. ET with juniors in clubs and ribbons qualifications, followed by the seniors at 2:30 p.m. ET. All finals at set for Sunday beginning at 7 a.m. ET.
Complete information about the 2024 Aphrodite Cup can be found on the event website.
All participating athletes are listed alphabetically below by competition.
DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup
- Hasan Aydogdu — Carlstadt, N.J./Meadowlands Gymnastics Academy
- Fuzzy Benas — Richmond, Texas/University of Oklahoma
- Cameron Bock — Tustin, Calif./University of Michigan
- Sasha Bogonosiuk — Buffalo Grove, Ill./Gymkhana Gymnastics
- Dulcy Caylor — Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
- Addison Fatta — Wrightsville, Pa./Prestige Gymnastics
- Adam Lakomy — Roselle Park, N.J./Sunburst Gymnastics Training Center
- Riley Loos — Folsom, Calif./Stanford University
- Kiran Mandava — Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy
- Nola Matthews — Gilroy, Calif./Airborne Gymnastics Training Center
- Yul Moldauer — Arvada, Colo./5280 Gymnastics
- Curran Phillips — Naperville, Ill./EVO Gymnastics
- Nathan Roman — Poway, Calif./Agility
- Shane Wiskus — Spring Park, Minn./EVO Gymnastics
- Kai Uemura — Chicago, Ill./Lakeshore Academy of Art Gymnastics
Aphrodite Cup
- Jaelyn Chin — Aventura, Fla./Bessonova’s school
- Isabella Chong — Mission Viejo, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
- Megan Chu — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
- Ruby Freshwater — Northridge, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
- Yana Golovan — Las Vegas, Nev./Nevada Rhythmic Academy
- Dawn Kim — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
- Sarah Mariotti — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
- Natalia de la Rosa — Woodland Hills, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics