2024 United States Olympic trials (gymnastics)

The 2024 United States Olympic gymnastics team trials were the Olympic gymnastics team trials held June 27–30, 2024 at the Target Center in Minneapolis. At the conclusion of the event USA Gymnastics named both the men's and women's team to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[1]

2024 U.S. Olympic trials
Venue	Target Center
Location	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date	June 27–30, 2024 (2024-06-27 – 2024-06-30)
Competitors	see participants
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Venue

In June 2023, USA Gymnastics announced that the 2024 Olympic trials would be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota and take place at the Target Center.^[2]

Sponsorship

Xfinity, the sponsorship platform created to spotlight athletes and connect with Team USA on the journey to qualifying for the Olympic Games.^[3]

Participants

The participants qualified via the 2024 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.^[4][5] Shilese Jones withdrew prior to the National Championships and petitioned.^[6] Kaliya Lincoln and Curran Phillips withdrew partway through the National Championships and also petitioned.^[7][8] All three petitions were accepted.

Women

Name	Hometown	Club	Nationals
Simone Biles	Spring, Texas	World Champions Centre
Skye Blakely[a]	Frisco, Texas	WOGA Gymnastics
Jade Carey	Phoenix, Arizona	Oregon State University	7th
Dulcy Caylor	Spring, Texas	World Champions Centre	14th
Jordan Chiles	Vancouver, Washington	World Champions Centre	5th
Kayla DiCello[b]	Boyds, Maryland	Hill's Gymnastics
Shilese Jones[c]	Auburn, Washington	Ascend Gymnastics Center	Petitioned
Suni Lee	St. Paul, Minnesota	Midwest Gymnastics Center	4th
Kaliya Lincoln	Frisco, Texas	WOGA Gymnastics	Petitioned
Eveylynn Lowe	Blue Springs, Missouri	GAGE	13th
Zoey Molomo	Frisco, Texas	Metroplex Gymnastics	11th
Hezly Rivera	Oradell, New Jersey	WOGA Gymnastics	6th
Joscelyn Roberson	Texarkana, Texas	World Champions Centre	10th
Simone Rose	Sammamish, Washington	Pacific Reign Gymnastics	12th
Tiana Sumanasekera	Pleasanton, California	World Champions Centre	9th
Leanne Wong	Overland Park, Kansas	University of Florida	8th

1. Blakely was injured (Achilles tendon) during podium training and withdrew from the competition^[9]
2. DiCello was injured (Achilles tendon) during her vault on day one of trials and withdrew from the competition^[10]
3. Jones was injured (ACL and meniscus) during her vault warm-up on day one of trials and withdrew from the competition^[11]

Men

Name	Hometown	Club	Nationals
Fuzzy Benas	Richmond, Texas	University of Oklahoma	11th
Jeremy Bischoff	Santa Clarita, California	Stanford University	12th
Cameron Bock	Tustin, California	University of Michigan	8th
Tate Costa	Narragansett, Rhode Island	University of Illinois	25th
Alex Diab	Hinsdale, Illinois	EVO Gymnastics	–
Asher Hong	Tomball, Texas	Stanford University	10th
Patrick Hoopes	Lehi, Utah	U.S. Air Force Academy	–
Paul Juda	Deerfield, Illinois	University of Michigan	6th
Josh Karnes	Erie, Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State University	17th
Brody Malone	Aragon, Georgia	EVO Gymnastics
Kiran Mandava	Cypress, Texas	Cypress Academy	20th
Yul Moldauer	Arvada, Colorado	5280 Gymnastics	4th
Stephen Nedoroscik	Worcester, Massachusetts	EVO Gymnastics	–
Curran Phillips	Naperville, Illinois	EVO Gymnastics	Petitioned
Fred Richard	Stoughton, Massachusetts	University of Michigan
Kai Uemura	Chicago, Illinois	Lakeshore Academy	23th
Colt Walker	Cedar Park, Texas	Stanford University	9th
Donnell Whittenburg	Baltimore, Maryland	Salto Gymnastics	7th
Shane Wiskus	Spring Park, Minnesota	EVO Gymnastics	5th
Khoi Young	Bowie, Maryland	Stanford University

Broadcasting and schedule

The competition will be broadcast exclusively on NBC and streamed via its content platform Peacock and USA Network.^[12] The schedule is as follows (all times in CT):^[13]

• June 27: Men's olympic team trials, Day 1

4:15 p.m: Doors open

5:25 p.m: Opening ceremony

5:45 p.m: Competition

• June 28: Women's olympic team trials, Day 1

5:10 p.m: Doors open

6:25 p.m: Opening ceremony

6:40 p.m: Competition

• June 29: Men's olympic team trials, Day 2

12:45 p.m: Doors open

1:55 p.m: Opening ceremony

2:15 p.m: Competition

• June 30: Women's olympic team trials, Day 2

5:40 p.m: Doors open

6:55 p.m: Opening ceremony

7:10 p.m: Competition

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women[14][15]
Individual all-around	Simone Biles	Sunisa Lee	Jordan Chiles
Vault[a]	Jade Carey	Jordan Chiles	Leanne Wong
Uneven bars	Sunisa Lee	Simone Biles	Jordan Chiles
Balance beam	Hezly Rivera Joscelyn Roberson	Not awarded	Tiana Sumanasekera
Floor	Simone Biles	Jade Carey	Jordan Chiles
Men[16][17]
Individual all-around	Fred Richard	Brody Malone	Shane Wiskus
Floor	Shane Wiskus	Paul Juda	Fred Richard
Pommel horse	Patrick Hoopes	Stephen Nedoroscik	Paul Juda
Rings	Asher Hong	Alex Diab	Donnell Whittenburg
Vault	Donnell Whittenburg	Not awarded
Parallel bars	Curran Phillips	Fred Richard	Colt Walker
Horizontal bar	Fred Richard	Shane Wiskus	Brody Malone

Results

Women

Rank	Gymnast	Vault	Uneven bars	Balance beam	Floor exercise	Day total	Total
	Simone Biles	15.975	14.425	13.650	14.850	58.900	117.225
		15.500	14.200	13.900	14.725	58.325
	Suni Lee	13.525	14.400	14.400	13.700	56.025	111.675
		14.100	14.875	12.825	13.850	55.650
	Jordan Chiles	14.325	14.350	13.625	14.100	56.400	111.425
		14.500	14.200	12.225	14.100	55.025
4	Jade Carey	14.600	13.575	13.575	14.075	55.825	111.350
		14.675	13.075	13.625	14.150	55.525
5	Hezly Rivera	13.575	14.025	13.700	13.525	54.825	111.150
		14.200	14.300	14.275	13.550	56.325
6	Joscelyn Roberson	14.325	13.300	13.925	13.925	55.475	110.975
		14.500	13.025	14.050	13.925	55.500
7	Leanne Wong	14.450	13.925	13.225	13.150	54.750	110.425
		14.500	13.900	13.650	13.625	55.675
8	Tiana Sumanasekera	14.150	12.725	13.950	13.875	54.700	109.550
		14.350	12.825	13.950	13.725	54.850
9	Kaliya Lincoln	14.225	13.450	13.050	14.150	54.875	109.400
		14.250	13.450	13.175	13.650	54.525
10	Simone Rose	13.450	13.450	12.225	12.550	51.675	105.200
		13.575	13.200	13.375	13.375	53.525
11	Eveylynn Lowe	13.525	12.900	12.475	12.775	51.675	104.500
		13.675	12.875	13.450	12.825	52.825
12	Zoey Molomo	13.800	10.600	13.475	13.075	50.950	103.500
		13.850	12.550	13.200	12.950	52.550
13	Dulcy Caylor	13.300	13.450	11.575	12.225	50.550	102.575
		13.900	13.275	12.425	12.425	52.025

Men

Rank	Gymnast	Floor exercise	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	High bar	Day total	Total
	Fred Richard	14.700	13.450	13.800	14.200	15.050	14.400	85.600	170.500
		14.000	13.600	13.850	14.200	14.800	14.450	84.900
	Brody Malone	13.750	13.450	14.250	14.600	14.750	14.300	85.100	170.300
		14.350	13.950	14.300	14.700	14.750	13.150	85.200
	Shane Wiskus	14.350	13.550	13.950	14.400	14.500	13.550	84.300	169.650
		14.600	13.700	14.150	14.500	14.500	13.900	85.350
4	Paul Juda	14.600	14.050	13.800	14.200	14.050	13.450	84.150	168.850
		14.250	14.250	13.850	14.700	13.850	13.800	84.700
5	Asher Hong	14.350	12.800	14.450	14.350	14.650	13.100	83.700	167.650
		14.150	11.750	14.700	15.250	14.900	13.200	83.950
6	Fuzzy Benas	13.950	13.450	13.450	14.150	14.450	13.650	83.100	166.000
		14.100	13.700	13.650	13.900	13.850	13.700	82.900
7	Donnell Whittenburg	13.650	12.350	14.150	13.700	14.100	13.000	80.950	165.700
		14.850	13.050	14.600	14.900	14.200	13.150	84.750
8	Cameron Bock	14.150	14.000	13.700	14.000	14.350	13.250	83.450	165.600
		13.650	13.900	13.700	12.950	14.200	13.750	82.150
9	Yul Moldauer	14.200	13.100	13.850	14.500	15.150	12.900	83.700	165.300
		13.700	12.900	13.800	14.100	14.100	13.000	81.600
10	Colt Walker	12.700	13.250	13.650	14.200	14.850	11.950	80.600	163.200
		13.850	13.900	13.700	14.200	14.800	12.150	82.600
11	Jeremy Bischoff	13.050	13.350	13.700	13.750	12.450	13.600	79.900	160.450
		13.650	13.400	13.300	14.000	14.100	12.100	80.550
12	Kai Uemura	13.050	13.250	12.850	13.550	11.750	13.200	77.650	157.200
		12.950	13.000	12.950	13.750	13.750	13.150	79.550
13	Kiran Mandava	12.700	12.000	12.800	13.900	13.500	11.900	76.800	156.750
		13.150	13.050	12.950	13.900	13.800	13.100	79.950
14	Tate Costa	12.250	12.650	11.450	13.400	13.200	13.150	76.100	152.750
		13.600	10.200	12.600	13.500	13.150	13.600	76.650
15	Khoi Young	13.500	11.650	13.000	14.950	14.400	12.100	79.600	151.200
		14.450	14.250	–	15.100	14.550	13.250	71.600
16	Curran Phillips	12.200	–	–	14.400	15.600	12.400	54.600	111.000
		13.550	–	–	13.100	15.650	14.100	56.400
17	Joshua Karnes	–	13.100	–	–	14.400	13.150	40.650	81.550
		–	12.950	–	–	14.400	13.550	40.900
18	Patrick Hoopes	–	14.450	–	–	–	–	14.450	29.450
		–	15.000	–	–	–	–	15.000
19	Stephen Nedoroscik	–	14.450	–	–	–	–	14.450	29.300
		–	14.850	–	–	–	–	14.850
20	Alex Diab	–	–	14.600	–	–	–	14.600	29.050
		–	–	14.450	–	–	–	14.450

Olympic team selection

Women's team

Main article: Golden Girls (gymnastics)

The top all-around finisher, Simone Biles, was automatically named to her third olympic team.^[18] Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey finished second, third, and fourth place, were named to their second Olympic team by the selection committee. Hezly Rivera was the fifth person named to the team by the selection committee after placing fifth in the all-around. Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong were named as traveling alternates for the women's team. Kaliya Lincoln and Tiana Sumanasekera were named as the non-traveling alternates.^[19]

Men's team

The top all-around finisher who recorded top three scores on at least three apparatuses, Fred Richard, was automatically named to the Olympic team. Brody Malone, Paul Juda, and Asher Hong, the second, fourth, and fifth-place finishers, were named to the team by the selection committee. Stephen Nedoroscik, a pommel horse specialist, was the fifth person named to the Olympic Team. Shane Wiskus, the third-place finisher, and Khoi Young were named as the traveling alternates. Donnell Whittenburg, Yul Moldauer, and Patrick Hoopes were named as non-traveling alternates.^[20][21][22]

References

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Notes

1. Simone Biles only completed one vault with a score of 15.975 on day 1 and 15.500 on day 2, leaving her ineligible for a medal.

External links

• Official website