Gymnastics #25 - Onward to LA

I don't think . . . heels [on the Floor] mattered that much. We are talking about 0.1-0.2 out of 14. It's just something easy to point at.

Is this how it goes with gymnastics these days? Basically, controversial results are argued based on nickle and diming the last event performed rather than looking at each individual event and pointing out how each was under or over scored?
 
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Most fans are only following what the announcers are saying, and the OOB and the fall out on the turn were mentioned and also obvious to the layperson. Gymnastics scoring doesn’t have a little COP box in the upper left corner to follow along with. Can you imagine?
 
I'm so happy Donnell won! I stayed up late to watch event finals on demand because I didn't want to get spoiled for it, and I'm SO glad I got to see it live. What a wonderful result!

And great that he won it especially because I've read some more code changes are going to devalue his dismount (remove a bonus actually), which would make it a lot harder to win.


Blakeley was beautiful on bars, shame she just missed out on the podium due to D Score. I am pulling for her to stay healthy for LA.

Honestly, 4th on bars was an absolute WIN for Skye. Many people felt she'd have a hard time even making the final. 4th was better than could have been expected.

Overall, I'm pleased with the American ladies. Dulcy is very young, and she has time. Suni had a lot of inconsistency issues when she was younger as well, and look at her now!

That being said, I did hear a lot of "Dulcy proved the doubters wrong!" after quals, which surprised me. I don't think I've ever heard anyone suggest that Dulcy's gymnastic wouldn't score well internationally The concern for her has always been consistency, and I think worlds showed that continued to be a concern. But like I said, she's young, especially now that people don't act like gymnasts expire at 18 anymore. She may improve on that front.

Before worlds, I heard a lot of "US fans better get ready to come home with 0 medals for the women" and "when was the last time US won 0 medals," so I'm glad to see Leanne and Josc prove the doubters wrong! Certainly it was not as strong a showing as in the past, but we have a lot of injured gymnasts as well. I expect the US to be less dominant, not only without Simone, but because the world is catching up. I don't think that's a bad thing. But I still think they'll be competitive. It's only the first year of the quad.
 
I saw a clear freeze frame of Melnikova FX from behind her. Her right heel was out, her left ball of foot was on the line with her heel in the air. So the left foot did not touch out of bounds.
 
I saw a clear freeze frame of Melnikova FX from behind her. Her right heel was out, her left ball of foot was on the line with her heel in the air. So the left foot did not touch out of bounds.

It’s very hard to tell from a freeze frame because there’s no way to know for sure if that’s the farthest her foot went or just a moment that happened.

That being said, I think all discussion about the OOB is a distraction from how criminally high her E scores were on beam and floor. With E scores that reflected her performance, the 0.2 would not matter.
 
It’s very hard to tell from a freeze frame because there’s no way to know for sure if that’s the farthest her foot went or just a moment that happened.

Agree on her scores in general. The .1 should have made no difference.

Can you imagine
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in 1974 somebody screenshoting Nellie Kim's FX to argue her knee was out of bounds during her final pose?!? :p

 
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Per Gymnastics Now, The Swiss Federal Supreme Court has accepted Jordan Chiles and USA Gymnastics’ requests for revision in the Olympic floor bronze medal case, referring the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in light of new evidence from an audio-visual recording discovered after CAS’ decision to strip the bronze from Chiles and award it to Romania’s Ana Barbosu in August 2024. The Federal Supreme Court “acknowledged that this new evidence may justify a modification of the contested award.

 
Was considering a US Men's World team poll but can anyone fill me in on what is going on with Brody, Asher, Fred, and Fuzzy? I know Fred was at Winter Cup and the rest besides Brody did NCAA, but will they be competing in the summer/fall?

Also curious for thoughts on which 5 men should be on my poll besides Kameron, Donnell, Yul, Patrick Hoopes, Taylor Burkhart...of course a lot depends on if Brody, Asher, and Fred are in there...
 
Presumably if athletes competed elite last year and haven't said they are quitting, we should assume they are competing this year. Fred has been clear that he is aiming for worlds on instagram.
 
Top Scores for Women 2026 Nationals- includes GBR, JPN, CHN, CAN, MEX
I left out the CHN event scores from their AA comp (but included the Event Final scores or whatever that would be called) since there seemed to be bonus points applied that made the scores seem a little out of wack.

VAULT
Yu Linmin 14.3
Misa Nishiyama 14.3
Ruby Evans 14.25
Shoko Miyata 14.23
Lia Monica Fontaine 14.2
Ushioku Kohane 14.2
Du Siyu 14.1
Rina Kishi 14.1
Aiko Sugihara 14.0
Arisa Kasahara 13.9
Zhang Yihan 13.9
Rika Tobari 13.8
Rinon Muneta 13.8
Lia Redick 13.8
Yume Minamino 13.76
Shallon Olsen 13.75
Gabrielle Black 13.7
Abigail Martin 13.5


UNEVEN BARS
Yang Fanyuwei 15.1
Zhong Qi 14.8
Becky Downie 14.6
Xie Guying 14.5
Du Siyu 14.4
Paulina Campos 14.26
Misa Nishiyama 14.23
Yume Minamino 14.1
Karin Nakashima 14.03
Kanon Nakashima 13.96
Haruna Nakamura 13.96
Rina Kishi 13.93
Coralie Demers 13.9
Ke Qinqin 13.9
Ruby Stacey 13.85
Zhang Qingying 13.83
Mana Okamura 13.86
Qiu Qiyuan 13.8
Sara Yamaguchi 13.73
Natalia Escalera 13.73
Rina Kishi 13.73
Rinon Muneta 13.66
Lia Monica Fontaine 13.65
Aiko Sugihara 13.63
Aurelie Tran 13.6

BEAM
Zhang Qinying 14.7
Chen Ziyan 14.5
Ke Qinqin 14.46
Mana Okamura 14.3
Rina Kishi 14.1
Zhong Qi 14.0
Yu Wenjing 13.9
Alia Leat 13.8
Dong Yixuan 13.7
Gabrielle Black 13.7
Ellie Black 13.7
Misa Nishiyama 13.6
Masui Misaki 13.56
Hazuki Watanabe 13.53
Lia Redick 13.5
Minamino Yume 13.43
Shoko Miyata 13.43
Aiko Sugihara 13.43
Rika Tobari 13.4
Tomioka Kisaki 13.4
Ayu Sarada 13.4
Ava Stewart 13.35
Fontaine 13.35
Ruby Stacey 13.25
Michelle Pineda 13.06
Zoe Tsaprailis 13.05
Aurelie Tran 13.0

FLOOR
Aiko Sugihara 14.0
Mana Okamura 13.76
Ruby Evans 13.75
Haruna Nakamura 13.66
Lia Redick 13.55
Lia Monica Fontaine 13.55
Abigail Martin 13.5
Rina Kishi 13.5
Risora Ogawa 13.46
Misa Nishiyama 13.43
Togo Nanami 13.43
Gabrielle Black 13.4
Shantae-Eve Amankwaah 13.35
Ushioku Kohane 13.3
Zhang Yihan 13.23
Rika Tobari 13.23
Ke Qinqin 13.2
Ayu Sarada 13.13
Minamino Yume 13.13
Zhang Qinying 13.1
Sara Yamaguchi 13.06
Zhang Xinyi 13.06
Erin Broughton 13.05
Aurelie Tran 13.05
Xie Guying 13.03
Nonoka Konda 13.03
Jemima Taylor 13.0
Tobi Minami 13.00

ALL AROUND
Rina Kishi 55.59
Nishiyama Misa 55.56
Mana Okamura 54.99
Ke Qinqin 54.89
Aiko Sugihara 54.76
Zhang Qingying 54.49
Lia Monica Fontaine 54.35
Yume Minamino 54.33
Zhang Yihan 54.29
Shoko Miyata 53.86
Gabrielle Black 53.65
Zhong Qi 53.59
Haruna Nakamura 53.53
Ushioku Kohane 53.43
Ruby Evans 53.35
Qin Xinyi 53.09
Lia Redick 52.95
Ruby Stacey 52.65
Zhang Xinyi 52.56
Jiang Shuting 52.53
Li Rongjinyi 52.36
Aurelie Tran 52.3
Shantae-Eve Amankwaah 51.8
 
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Upcoming Dates 2026

France June 5-7
Netherlands June 26-27
Australia June 28-July 5
Russia June 28-July 6
Spain July 13-20
Germany July 23-26
Italy July 25-26
USA August 6-9
Europeans Aug 13-16
Worlds Oct 17-25
 
Top US Women Domestic Scores (2025 and 2026 combined)
*Let me know if you see that I have missed anything
**This is not every gymnast, just the ones who are more or less at the top of the scores. I know more will be coming later in the season...I will likely update this list after US Classic

Based on this- if every athlete was in top form and not injured, we are looking at a team of Leanne, Skye, Hezly, and 2 of Dulcy, Pease, and Bullock, with Reese as perhaps an alternate. But I know Reese and Hezly have had injuries, not sure of Leanne, Skye, or Dulcy current form, and Jade and Shilese of course could factor as well...

VAULT
Leanne Wong 14.95
Claire Pease 14.4
Reese Esponda 14.3
Dulcy Caylor 14.2
Alessia Rosa 14.1
Hezly Rivera 14.1
Zoey Molomo 14.05
Charleigh Bullock 14.0
Simone Rose 13.8
Lila Richardson 13.8
Izzy Stassi 13.7
Caroline Moreau 13.5
Greta Krob 13.2

BARS
Skye Blakely 14.45
Charleigh Bullock 14.4
Claire Pease 14.4
Hezly Rivera 14.3
Leanne Wong 13.95
Simone Rose 13.95
Dulcy Caylor 13.85
Greta Krob 13.7
Izzy Stassi 13.6
Lila Richardson 13.5
Caroline Moreau 13.45
Reese Esponda 12.9
Alessia Rosa 12.8
Zoey Molomo 12.5

BEAM
Skye Blakely 14.4
Hezly Rivera 14.2
Leanne Wong 13.95
Dulcy Caylor 13.9
Claire Pease 13.9
Izzy Stassi 13.85
Charleigh Bullock 13.8
Caroline Moreau 13.75
Lila Richardson 13.7
Simone Rose 13.6
Zoey Molomo 13.55
Greta Krob 13.2
Reese Esponda 13.05
Alessia Rosa 12.4

FLOOR
Hezly Rivera 14.1
Reese Esponda 13.95
Leanne Wong 13.8
Dulcy Caylor 13.75
Charleigh Bullock 13.7
Claire Pease 13.6
Simone Rose 13.6
Caroline Moreau 13.55
Izzy Stassi 13.3
Alessia Rosa 13.1
Zoey Molomo 13.05
Lila Richardson 12.8
Greta Krob 12.7
 
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US Men Top Scores by Apparatus 2025 and 2026 - Includes Domestic Meets, NCAA Nationals and 2026 Internationals

FLOOR
Asher Hong 15.2
Kam Nelson 15.2
Jun Iwai 14.65
Chase Mondi 14.56
Taylor Burkhart 14.50
Tate Costa 14.46
Cooper Kim 14.46
Fred Richard 14.4
Nick Kuebler 14.16
Jackson Harrison 14.15
Riley Loos 14.15
Charlie Larson 14.15
Fuzzy Benas 14.05

POMMEL
Patty Hoopes 15.77
Brandon Dang 15.62
Parker Thackston 15.32
Aaronson Mansberger 14.56
Preston Ngai 14.55
Asher Hong 14.43
Brody Malone 14.4
Stephen Nedoroscik 14.2
Yul Moldauer 14.15
Colby Aranda 14.13
Ignacio Yockers 14.05
Fred Richard 14.0

RINGS
Donnell Whittenburg 15.1
Asher Hong 14.81
Brody Malone 14.5
Asher Cohen 14.5
Christopher Hiser 14.35
Luke Esparo 14.35
Mark Berlaga 14.2
Tas Hajdu 14.13
Nick Kuebler 14.1
Akshay Puri 14.06
Fred Richard 14.06
Yul Moldauer 14.05

VAULT
Asher Hong 15.25
Kam Nelson 15.07
Alex Nitache 14.97
Garrett Schooley 14.57
Taylor Burkhart 14.56
Riley Loos 14.5
Tyler Flores 14.45
Landon Blixt 14.4
Fred Richard 14.4
Jun Iwai 14.4
Colt Walker 14.4

PBARS
Yul Moldauer 14.95
David Shamah 14.8
Nathan Roman 14.8
Donnell Whittenburg 14.6
Fred Richard 14.5
Asher Hong 14.4
Josh Karnes 14.4
Colt Walker 14.4
Brody Malone 14.35
Danila Leykin 14.2
Taylor Burkhart 14.1
Fuzzy Benas 14.05

HB
Brody Malone 16.25
Fred Richard 14.65
Danila Leykin 14.65
Taylor Burkhart 14.55
Crew Bold 14.45
Kelton Christiansen 14.4
Carson Eshleman 14.3
Josh Karnes 14.1
Taylor Christopoulos 14.1
Fuzzy Benas 14.0
Sam Phillips 14.0
Cooper Kim 14.0
 
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Updated after American Classic - Top Domestic Scores of 25&26 - New scores bolded

VAULT
Leanne Wong 14.95 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Claire Pease 14.4
Reese Esponda 14.3
Jade Carey 14.25
Dulcy Caylor 14.2 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Alessia Rosa 14.1
Hezly Rivera 14.1
Zoey Molomo 14.05
Charleigh Bullock 14.0 (14.3 at Pan Ams)
Simone Rose 13.8
Lila Richardson 13.8
Tatum Drusch 13.8
Izzy Stassi 13.7
Caroline Moreau 13.5
Greta Krob 13.2

BARS
Skye Blakely 14.45 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Charleigh Bullock 14.4
Claire Pease 14.4
Hezly Rivera 14.3
Leanne Wong 13.95 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Simone Rose 13.95
Dulcy Caylor 13.85 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Greta Krob 13.7
Izzy Stassi 13.6
Lila Richardson 13.5
Caroline Moreau 13.45
Addy Fulcher 13.15
Tatum Drusch 13.1

Reese Esponda 12.9
Alessia Rosa 12.8
Zoey Molomo 12.8
Jade Carey 12.7

BEAM
Skye Blakely 14.4 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Hezly Rivera 14.2
Leanne Wong 13.95 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Dulcy Caylor 13.9 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Claire Pease 13.9
Izzy Stassi 13.85
Tatum Drusch 13.8
Charleigh Bullock 13.8
Caroline Moreau 13.75
Lila Richardson 13.7
Simone Rose 13.6 (13.7 at Pan Ams)
Zoey Molomo 13.55
Greta Krob 13.25
Katelyn Ohashi 13.15
Jade Carey 13.0

Reese Esponda 13.05
Alessia Rosa 12.4

FLOOR
Hezly Rivera 14.1
Reese Esponda 13.95
Leanne Wong 13.8 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Dulcy Caylor 13.75 (yet to repeat in 2026)
Charleigh Bullock 13.7
Claire Pease 13.6 (13.8 at Pan Ams)
Simone Rose 13.6
Caroline Moreau 13.55
Izzy Stassi 13.3
Alessia Rosa 13.1
Jade Carey 13.1
Zoey Molomo 13.05
Tatum Drusch 13.0

Lila Richardson 12.8
Greta Krob 12.7
Katelyn Ohashi 11.5
 
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A few new adds from the qualifying event, not that many, bolded

FLOOR
Asher Hong 15.2
Kam Nelson 15.2
Jun Iwai 14.65
Chase Mondi 14.56
Taylor Burkhart 14.50
Tate Costa 14.46
Cooper Kim 14.46
Fred Richard 14.4
Nick Kuebler 14.16
Jackson Harrison 14.15
Riley Loos 14.15
Charlie Larson 14.15
Fuzzy Benas 14.05
Shane Wiskus 13.95

POMMEL
Patty Hoopes 15.77
Brandon Dang 15.62
Parker Thackston 15.32
Aaronson Mansberger 14.56
Preston Ngai 14.55
Asher Hong 14.43
Brody Malone 14.4
Stephen Nedoroscik 14.3
Yul Moldauer 14.15
Colby Aranda 14.13
Ignacio Yockers 14.05
Fred Richard 14.0

RINGS
Donnell Whittenburg 15.1
Asher Hong 14.81
Brody Malone 14.5
Asher Cohen 14.5
Christopher Hiser 14.35
Luke Esparo 14.35
Mark Berlaga 14.2
Tas Hajdu 14.13
Nick Kuebler 14.1
Akshay Puri 14.06
Fred Richard 14.06
Yul Moldauer 14.05


VAULT
Asher Hong 15.25
Kam Nelson 15.07
Alex Nitache 14.97
Garrett Schooley 14.57
Taylor Burkhart 14.56
Riley Loos 14.5
Tyler Flores 14.45
Landon Blixt 14.4
Fred Richard 14.4
Jun Iwai 14.4
Colt Walker 14.4

PBARS
Yul Moldauer 14.95
Shane Wiskus 14.8
David Shamah 14.8
Nathan Roman 14.8
Donnell Whittenburg 14.6
Fred Richard 14.5
Asher Hong 14.4
Josh Karnes 14.4
Colt Walker 14.4
Brody Malone 14.35
Danila Leykin 14.2
Taylor Burkhart 14.1
Fuzzy Benas 14.05

HB
Brody Malone 16.25
Fred Richard 14.65
Danila Leykin 14.65
Taylor Burkhart 14.55
Crew Bold 14.45
Kelton Christiansen 14.4
Carson Eshleman 14.3
Josh Karnes 14.1
Taylor Christopoulos 14.1
Michael Jaroh 14.1
Shane Wiskus 14.05

Fuzzy Benas 14.0
Sam Phillips 14.0
Cooper Kim 14.0
 

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