2020 United States Olympic trials (gymnastics)
The 2020 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials were held June 24–27, 2021 at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis . At the conclusion of the event, USA Gymnastics named both the men's and women's team to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics .
Venue
In April 2019 USA Gymnastics announced that the 2020 Olympic trials would be held in St. Louis , Missouri and take place at the Enterprise Center . The event was originally scheduled for June 25–28, 2020.[ 1] In March 2020 the Olympic Games were postponed until summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] In July USA Gymnastics announced the new dates for the Olympic trials as June 24–27, 2021.[ 5]
In May 2021 USA Gymnastics announced that the venue had changed to The Dome at America's Center due to current arena capacity limits and other COVID-related challenges.[ 6]
Participants
Women
Name
Hometown
Club
College
Nationals
Simone Biles
Spring, Texas
World Champions Centre
Professional
1st
Skye Blakely [ a]
Frisco, Texas
WOGA
Florida Gators
7th
Jade Carey
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona Sunrays
Oregon State Beavers
6th
Jordan Chiles
Spring, Texas
World Champions Centre
UCLA Bruins
3rd
Kayla DiCello
Boyds, Maryland
Hill's Gymnastics
Florida Gators
11th
Amari Drayton
Spring, Texas
World Champions Centre
LSU Tigers
14th
Kara Eaker
Grain Valley, Missouri
GAGE
Utah Utes
10th
Addison Fatta
Wrightsville, Pennsylvania
Prestige Gymnastics
Oklahoma Sooners
16th
Shilese Jones
Westerville, Ohio
Future Gymnastics
12th
Emily Lee
Los Gatos, California
West Valley Gymnastics
UCLA Bruins
13th
Sunisa Lee
St. Paul, Minnesota
Midwest Gymnastics
Auburn Tigers
2nd
Emma Malabuyo
Flower Mound, Texas
Texas Dreams
UCLA Bruins
4th
Grace McCallum
Isanti, Minnesota
Twin City Twisters
Utah Utes
7th
Riley McCusker
Brielle, New Jersey
Arizona Sunrays
Florida Gators
–
Zoe Miller
Spring, Texas
World Champions Centre
LSU Tigers
17th
Ava Siegfeldt
Williamsburg, Virginia
World Class Gymnastics
Oklahoma Sooners
15th
Mykayla Skinner
Gilbert, Arizona
Desert Lights Gymnastics
Utah Utes
9th
Leanne Wong
Overland Park, Kansas
GAGE
Florida Gators
5th
^ Blakely was injured during warmups and withdrew from the competition[ 7]
[ 8]
Men
Name
Hometown
Club
Nationals
Cameron Bock
Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of Michigan
Pan American Championships Team
Allan Bower
Chandler, Arizona
University of Oklahoma
5th
Brandon Briones
Gilbert, Arizona
Stanford University
4th
Alex Diab
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
University of Illinois
–
Gage Dyer
Yukon, Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
–
Vitaliy Guimaraes
Norman, Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Pan American Championships Team
Ian Gunther
Houston, Texas
Stanford University
8th
Paul Juda
Deerfield, Illinois
University of Michigan
Pan American Championships Team
Riley Loos
El Dorado Hills, California
Stanford University
Pan American Championships Team
Brody Malone
Belfast, Tennessee
Stanford University
1st
Sam Mikulak
Newport Coast, California
USOPTC
3rd
Akash Modi
Morganville, New Jersey
Stanford University
6th
Yul Moldauer
Arvada, Colorado
5280 Gymnastics
2nd
Stephen Nedoroscik
Worcester, Massachusetts
Penn State University
–
Robert Neff
Brookfield, Wisconsin
USOPTC
7th
Eddie Penev [ a]
Penfield, New York
USOPTC
–
Colin Van Wicklen
Spring, Texas
Cypress Academy
–
Matt Wenske
Houston, Texas
University of Oklahoma
10th
Donnell Whittenburg
New Berlin, Wisconsin
Salto Gymnastics
Pan American Championships Team
Shane Wiskus
Spring Park, Minnesota
USOPTC
9th
Alec Yoder
Indianapolis, Indiana
Ohio State University
–
^ Penev sustained a knee injury days before the competition and withdrew.[ 9]
[ 10]
Broadcasting and schedule
NBC broadcast the event.[ 11] The schedule is as follows (all times in ET):
June 24 : Men Day 1 – 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN and live stream)
June 25 : Women Day 1 – 8 p.m. (NBC and live stream)
June 26 : Men Day 2 – 3 p.m. (Olympic Channel and live stream) / 4 p.m. (NBC and live stream)
June 27 : Women Day 2 – 8:30 p.m. (NBC and live stream)
Medalists
Results
Women
Final scores
Rank
Gymnast
Vault
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor exercise
Day total
Total
Simone Biles
15.466
14.600
15.133
15.366
60.565
118.098
15.400
13.833
13.700
14.600
57.533
Sunisa Lee
14.400
15.300
14.733
13.233
57.666
115.832
14.600
14.900
14.733
13.933
58.166
Jordan Chiles
14.966
14.300
14.233
13.633
57.132
114.631
14.933
14.433
13.900
14.233
57.499
4
Grace McCallum
14.633
13.833
13.866
14.166
56.498
112.564
14.766
14.000
13.800
13.500
56.066
5
Mykayla Skinner
15.133
13.466
14.133
13.866
56.598
112.264
15.266
13.500
13.400
13.500
55.666
6
Kayla DiCello
14.600
13.966
13.766
13.966
56.298
111.231
14.833
12.800
13.800
13.500
54.933
7
Kara Eaker
13.966
13.466
14.400
13.733
55.565
111.097
14.033
13.233
14.566
13.700
55.532
8
Leanne Wong
14.700
13.666
11.500
13.933
53.799
110.532
14.700
13.800
14.000
14.233
56.733
9
Emma Malabuyo
14.366
13.900
13.000
13.566
54.832
110.531
14.333
13.433
14.200
13.733
55.699
10
Shilese Jones
14.900
13.166
13.533
13.400
54.999
109.632
14.900
12.900
13.300
13.533
54.633
11
Addison Fatta
14.366
13.233
12.800
13.000
53.399
106.698
14.566
13.400
12.733
12.600
53.299
12
Zoe Miller
13.933
13.766
12.566
12.200
52.465
105.797
13.700
13.633
13.133
12.866
53.332
13
Amari Drayton
14.333
13.100
12.366
13.300
53.099
105.631
14.300
13.566
12.600
12.066
52.532
14
Ava Siegfeldt
13.900
12.066
13.166
12.433
51.565
103.396
14.166
13.466
11.833
12.366
51.831
15
Emily Lee
14.400
11.433
13.833
13.733
53.399
98.697
14.466
12.900
13.566
4.366[ a]
45.298
–
Jade Carey
15.200
11.300
13.266
13.133
52.899
80.065
–
13.733
13.433
–
27.166
–
Riley McCusker
–
14.800
–
–
14.800
28.366
–
13.566
–
–
13.566
^ Lee sustained an injury during her FX routine and did not finish
Men
Final scores
Rank
Gymnast
Floor exercise
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
High bar
Day total
Total
Brody Malone
14.600
13.400
14.200
14.500
14.100
14.450
85.250
171.600
14.500
13.900
14.250
14.500
14.400
14.800
86.350
Yul Moldauer
14.250
14.100
14.050
14.400
14.400
12.450
83.650
168.600
14.800
14.250
14.150
14.450
14.550
12.750
84.950
Shane Wiskus
14.000
13.500
13.900
14.600
14.500
13.800
84.300
168.150
14.200
13.150
14.050
14.500
14.350
13.600
83.850
4
Sam Mikulak
14.600
13.150
13.300
14.350
13.950
13.850
83.200
166.750
14.700
12.400
13.700
14.250
13.750
14.750
83.550
5
Brandon Briones
13.900
13.550
13.650
14.350
13.950
13.300
82.700
166.700
14.400
13.550
14.000
14.400
14.050
13.600
84.000
6
Akash Modi
14.150
13.250
13.400
14.200
13.950
13.600
82.550
166.050
13.650
13.800
13.850
14.250
14.300
13.650
83.500
7
Allan Bower
14.400
14.050
13.150
14.500
13.450
12.950
82.500
165.450
14.400
14.150
13.500
14.450
13.700
12.750
82.950
8
Paul Juda
14.450
13.550
13.700
13.950
13.950
12.600
82.200
164.600
13.900
13.550
13.650
13.200
14.250
13.850
82.400
9
Riley Loos
13.900
12.400
14.000
14.550
13.600
13.200
81.650
163.700
13.800
13.000
13.900
14.800
13.200
13.350
82.050
10
Cameron Bock
13.300
13.900
13.800
13.200
13.800
13.750
81.750
163.300
12.250
13.800
13.850
13.600
14.500
13.550
81.550
11
Vitaliy Guimaraes
13.500
13.400
13.100
14.700
13.100
12.450
80.250
162.450
14.300
13.400
13.200
14.500
13.450
13.350
82.200
12
Ian Gunther
13.650
13.500
13.500
13.300
13.700
13.250
80.900
160.550
13.600
13.050
13.600
12.400
13.650
13.350
79.650
13
Robert Neff
13.600
12.250
13.200
14.350
13.800
13.350
80.550
160.450
11.950
12.850
13.300
14.550
13.700
13.550
79.900
14
Matt Wenske
13.800
11.700
12.900
12.900
13.900
12.400
77.600
154.550
13.600
10.600
12.600
14.200
13.400
12.550
76.950
15
Donnell Whittenburg
13.050
11.450
14.100
15.050
13.200
12.850
79.700
121.900
13.700
–
14.100
14.400
–
–
42.200
16
Gage Dyer
14.250
–
–
14.500
–
–
28.750
58.150
14.650
–
–
14.750
–
–
29.400
17
Alec Yoder
–
15.050
–
–
13.900
–
28.950
57.500
–
14.550
–
–
14.000
–
28.550
18
Alex Diab
–
–
14.500
–
–
–
14.500
29.400
–
–
14.900
–
–
–
14.900
19
Stephen Nedoroscik
–
13.650
–
–
–
–
13.650
28.300
–
14.650
–
–
–
–
14.650
Olympic team selection
Women's team
The top two all-around finishers, Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee , were automatically named to the Olympic team. A selection committee filled out the team with third and fourth place finishers Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum . Jade Carey had qualified an individual berth via the Apparatus World Cup series . The United States women had also earned an additional Olympic spot, separate from the four-person team, which the selection committee gave to 2016 Olympic alternate and fifth place finisher MyKayla Skinner . Four alternates were selected: Kayla DiCello , Leanne Wong , Kara Eaker , and Emma Malabuyo .[ 12]
Men's team
The top all-around finisher, Brody Malone , was automatically named to the Olympic team. Because second place finisher Yul Moldauer recorded top three scores on at least three apparatuses, he too was automatically named to the Olympic team. Shane Wiskus and Sam Mikulak , the third and fourth place finishers, were named to the team by the selection committee. The men had also qualified an additional Olympic spot, separate from the four-person team, at the 2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships . The selection committee gave this Olympic berth to pommel horse specialist Alec Yoder . Brandon Briones , Cameron Bock , Allan Bower , Akash Modi , and Alex Diab were named as the alternates.[ 13]
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