U.S. acrobatic and parkour gymnasts will take on Portugal this week for global competitions.
More than 25 U.S. acrobatic athletes will be in Guimaraes, Portugal, for the 13th FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions September 12-15. American gymnasts will be vying for medals in the 12-18 and 13-19 age groups and a spot in the first FIG Acro Junior World Championships. The championships will run on the final day of competition with athletes qualifying based on their final placements at the Age Group Competitions.
The event begins on September 12, and the full competition schedule is listed below. All information about both events can be found on FIG’s event website.
Thursday, September 12
- 12-18 Mixed Pair Balance, Men’s Pair and Men’s Group Dynamic Qualifications – 5 a.m. ET
- 12-18 Women’s Group Balance, 13-19 Men’s Pair and Women’s Group Dynamic Qualifications – 9 a.m. ET
Friday, September 13
- 12-18 Women’s Pair Balance, Mixed Pair Dynamic; 13-19 Mne’s Group Dynamic Qualifications – 4:45 a.m. ET
- 12-18 Men’s Group Balance, Women’s Group Dynamic; 13-19 Women’s pair and Mixed Pair Balance Qualifications – 9:30 a.m. ET
Saturday, September 14
- 13-19 Men’s Pair and Men’s Group Balance, Women’s Pair Dynamic Qualifications – 5 a.m. ET
- 12-18 Men’s Pair Balance, Women’s Dynamic; 13-19 Women’s Group Balance, Mixed Pair Dynamic Qualifications – 9 a.m. ET
Sunday, September 15
- 13-19 Finals – 5 a.m. ET
- 12-18 Finals – 9 a.m. ET
- Junior World Championships – 12:20 p.m. ET
Participating athletes are listed below by division.
13-19 Women’s Pair
- Sydney Padios — Moreno Valley, Calif./Incentive – AGT, Willow Noble — Moreno Valley, Calif./Incentive – AGT
13-19 Mixed Pair
- Hailee Wong — Colton, Calif./Realis Gymnastics Academy, Andrew Castro — Riverside, Calif./Realis Gymnastics Academy
13-19 Men’s Pair
- Yaroslav Ossolodkov — Beaumont, Calif./Incentive – AGT, Vsevolod Ossolodkov — Beaumont, Calif./Incentive – AGT
13-19 Women’s Group
- Lily Eisenberg — Bethesda, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer, Cate Lacy — Columbia, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer, Cecelia Shadrick — Ellicott City, Md./Emilia’s Acro Gymnastics and Cheer
- Phylisha Pham — San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling and AcroGymnastics, Kaylee Osorio — San Jose, Calif./Aerial Tumbling and AcroGymnastics, Alison Lam — Gilroy, Calif./Aerial Tumbling and AcroGymnastics
12-18 Women’s Pair
- Maya Lissenkova — Las Vegas, Nev./AGC Las Vegas, Bernice Moshos — Las Vegas, Nev./AGC Las Vegas
- Emma Oregel — San Antonio, Texas/Acrobatic Gymnastics of San Antonio, Giana Johnson — San Antonio, Texas/ Acrobatic Gymnastics of San Antonio
12-18 Mixed Pair
- Rylee Cummins — Moreno Valley, Calif./Incentive – AGT, George Yeramishyn — Riverside, Calif./Incentive – AGT)
- Layla Lugo — Chandler, Ariz./Aspire Kids Sports Center, Tyler Berg — Phoenix, Ariz./ Aspire Kids Sports Center
12-18 Men’s Pair
- Radomir Ossolodkov — Beaumont, Calif./Incentive – AGT, Neko Sullivan — Perris, Calif./Incentive – AGT
12-18 Women’s Group
- Roni Azerrad — Rockville, Md./Xtreme Acro, Isabella Collazo — Great Falls, Va./Xtreme Acro, Audrey Wang — North Potomac, Md./Xtreme Acro
- Maddy Hunt — (Crownsville, Md./International Elite, Avery Puleo — Arnold, Md./International Elite, Anna Sullivan — Brookeville, Md./International Elite
Headed to the second parkour World Cup of the season are eight U.S. parkour athletes from around the country. Past medalists Audrey Johnson (Greenville, S.C.) and Shea Rudolph (Boston, Mass.) will lead the American delegation competing at the 2024 Coimbra World Cup in Portugal September 13-15.
Joining Johnson and Rudolph will be Dara De Paolo (Woodstock, Ga.), Brittney Durant (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Matthew Hadley (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Jayden Harris (Boulder, Colo.), George Munro (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Aiden Rudolph (Boston, Mass.).
Friday, September 13 will kick off competition with women’s speed qualifications at 8:30 a.m. ET, followed by men’s freestyle at 9:30 a.m. ET. Saturday will see women’s freestyle qualifying at 6:30 a.m. ET and men’s speed qualifying at 8 a.m. ET. Later in the day, the women will take the stage again at 12:25 p.m. ET for speed semifinals, followed by the men’s freestyle final at 12:45 p.m. ET and the women’s speed final at 1:30 p.m. ET.
The men’s speed final starts Sunday’s schedule at 10:15 a.m. ET with the women’s freestyle final directly after at 10:45 a.m. ET. The men’s speed final will conclude the competition at 11:30 a.m. ET. Live results are expected to available on live.rawmotion.com.