American artistic athletes are back in action in Turkey and Canada while rhythmic gymnasts continue in Europe for international competition this weekend.
Following medal performances earlier this month in Baku, Brandon Dang and Patrick Hoopes will head to the 2025 FIG Antalya World Cup March 20-23 in Turkey alongside Taylor Burkhart, Jayla Hang and Claire Pease. Dang and Hoopes will compete on pommel horse, Burkhart on floor exercise, vault and horizontal bar, and Hang and Pease on all four women’s apparatus.
Competition kicks off Thursday, March 20 with two days of qualifying beginning at 8 a.m. ET both days. Finals will start Saturday at 9 a.m. ET featuring men’s floor, pommel horse and still rings, and women’s vault and bars, followed by Sunday’s finals at 9 a.m. ET with men’s vault, parallel bars and high bar, and women’s floor and beam. The top eight qualifiers on each apparatus will advance to finals, limited to two per country.
Live scoring and streaming are expected to become available closer to the event.
Four U.S. juniors will be in Canada for the 2025 Grizzly Classic March 21-22 in Airdrie, Alberta. The delegation of 2025 Elite Team Cup team champion Andres Aranda, 2024 International Junior Team Cup parallel bars champion Dominick Camarena, William McCrea and 2025 Elite Team Cup team bronze medalist Nixon Miles will compete for team, all-around and individual event titles.
The event begins Friday, March 21 with team and all-around competition at 8:15 p.m. ET followed by event finals on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. ET. Live scoring is expected on sportzsoftlivemeet.com.
After success at the 2025 Schmiden International Tournament, Yana Golovan, Alicia Liu and Natalia de la Rosa will compete for medals at the 2025 Aphrodite Cup March 21-23 in Athens, Greece. They will be joined in individual competition by seniors Ruby Freshwater, Ksenia Pototski, Sarah Mariotti and Isabel Borges, and juniors Dawn Kim, Josephine Weber and Anna Filipp. The junior group from Burlo Gymnastics of Sasha Kuliyev, Nina Keys, Leyla Kukhmazova, Alana Hirota, Ziah Khan and Katherine Roytman will contend for group titles.
Qualifications for all divisions begin at 2:30 a.m. ET on both Friday and Saturday, kicking off with individual junior action both days. All finals are slated for Sunday, March 23 starting at 7 a.m. ET. Visit aphroditecup.com for all information about the competition, including results.
Seniors Evita Griskenas and Megan Chu will travel to Spain to compete at the 2025 Marbella Grand Prix March 22-23. This will be the first international competition for Griskenas since the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
The event will begin Saturday with event qualifications and the all-around final, following by apparatus finals on Sunday. Official start times and scheduling is expected to become available in the coming days. For all information on the Marbella Grand Prix, visit the event website.
All National Team athletes competing this weekend are listed below by event.
Antalya World Cup – March 20-23
Taylor Burkhart — Arvada, Colo./Stanford University
Brandon Dang — San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois
Jayla Hang — Bellevue, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy
Claire Pease — Sunnyvale, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
Grizzly Classic – March 21-22
Andres Aranda — Pearland, Texas/Houston Gymnastics Academy
Dominick Camarena — Georgetown, Texas/Houston Gymnastics Academy
William McCrea — Chicago, Ill./Lakeshore Academy of Art Gymnastics
Nixon Miles — Simi Valley, Calif./Gymnastics Olympica
Aphrodite Cup, March 21-23
Ruby Freshwater — Northridge, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Anna Filipp — Porter Ranch, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Alana Hirota — West Hills, Calif.
Yana Golovan — Las Vegas, Nev./Nevada Rhythmic Academy
Nina Keys — Porter Ranch, Calif.
Ziah Khan — Irvine, Calif.
Dawn Kim — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
Leyla Kukhmazova — Porter Ranch, Calif.
Sasha Kuliyev — Granada hills, Calif.
Alicia Liu — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
Sarah Mariotti — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
Ksenia Pototski — Brooklyn, N.Y./Isadora by Matchpoint
Natalia de La Rosa — Woodland Hills, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Katherine Roytman – Chatsworth, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Josephine Weber — Woodland Hills, Calif./Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles
Marbella Grand Prix, March 21-23
Megan Chu — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
Evita Griskenas — Orland Park, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center