The 2024 Winter Cup, known officially as the Kentucky Winter Classic, was an artistic gymnastics competition held at Freedom Hall in

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, on February 23–25, 2024. As in recent years, the competition included men's and women's gymnastics.

Background

The event was held in Louisville, which had hosted the previous Winter Cup. Three-time Olympic champion

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, who had last competed eight years earlier at the

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, announced she would make her competitive comeback at the 2024 Winter Cup; she later withdrew after testing positive for

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Competition schedule

The competition had senior and junior competitions for both women's and men's disciplines. The competition schedule was (all times in eastern). Friday, February 23: * Winter Cup – Senior Men – Day 1, 1:30 p.m. * Winter Cup – Junior Women, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 24: * Winter Cup – Senior Women, 1:00 p.m. * Elite Team Cup; Junior Men Competition Day 1, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, February 25: *

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, 12:00 p.m. * Winter Cup – Senior and Junior Men – Day 2, 5:30 p.m.

Medalists

National team and international assignments

Due to winning a team medal at the 2023 World Championships, all six members were automatically named to the men's national team: Asher Hong,

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, Yul Moldauer,

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, and Khoi Young. Following the conclusion of the competition, the following individuals were also named to the national team:

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, Jeremy Bischoff,

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, Taylor Burkhart, Patrick Hoopes, Josh Karnes, Riley Loos, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik, Curran Phillips, Donnell Whittenburg, and Shane Wiskus. Additionally Landon Blixt retained his spot on the senior development team and Kai Uemura was added as well. Additionally USA Gymnastics also announced upcoming international assignments. Hoopes, Nedoroscik,

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, and Reese Esponda were selected to compete at the Baku World Cup; Lavi Crain, Addy Fulcher, Claire Pease, and Tyler Turner were selected to compete at International Gymnix; Bock, Loos, Moldauer, Phillips, and Wiskus were selected to compete at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge; Uemura, Benas, Nola Matthews,

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, and

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were selected to compete at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup; and Nedoroscik and Phillips were selected to compete at the Doha World Cup.

Participants

Men

* Javier Alfonso (

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) * Michael Artlip (Penn State) *

(

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) * Jeremy Bischoff (

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) * Jaden Blank (Army) * Landen Blixt (Michigan) *

(Michigan) * Crew Bold (Michigan) * Garrett Braunton (Air Force) * * Taylor Burkhart (Stanford) * Solen Chiodi (Mini-Hops Gymnastics) * J.R. Chou (Stanford) * Taylor Christopulos (

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) * Caden Clinton (Cypress Academy) * Matt Cormier (Penn State) * Tate Costa (

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) * Brandon Dang (Illinois) * Alex Diab ( EVO Gymnastics) * Isaiah Drake (Navy) * Colin Flores (Oklahoma) * Jack Freeman (Oklahoma) * Ian Gunther (Stanford) * Dallas Hale (Cypress Academy) * Patrick Hoopes (Air Force) * Evan Hymanson (Stanford) *

(Michigan) * Joshua Karnes (Penn State) * Jordan Kovach (Premier Gymnastics) * Toby Liang (Nebraska) * Riley Loos (Stanford) * Brody Malone (EVO Gymnastics) * Connor McCool (Illinois) * Yul Moldauer (5280 Gymnastics) * Stephen Nedoroscik (EVO Gymnastics) * Kameron Nelson (Ohio State) * Noah Newfeld (California) * Brandon Nguyen (Stanford) * Austin Padgett (Pride Gymnastics) * Vahe Petrosyan (Illinois) * Curran Phillips (EVO Gymnastics) * Rithik Puri (Michigan) * * Ian Sandoval (EVO Gymnastics) * Blake Sun (Stanford) * Kai Uemura (Lakeshore Academy) * Donnell Whittenburg (Salto) * Shane Wiskus (EVO Gymnastics) * Ignacio Yockers (Oklahoma)

Women

* Skye Blakely (

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) * Ly Bui ( GAGE) * Dulcy Caylor ( WCC) * * Chloe Cho (Gymnastics Olympica) * Norah Christian (Cascade Elite West) * Nicole Desmond (WCC) * Kayla DiCello ( Hill's Gymnastics) * * Tatum Drusch (Flips Gymnastics LLC) * Reese Esponda (Roots Gymnastics) *

(Prestige) * Jayla Hang (Pacific Reign) *

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(WOGA) *

(Metroplex) * Sunisa Lee (Midwest Gymnastics) * Myli Lew (San Mateo Gymnastics) * Kaliya Lincoln (WOGA) * Evey Lowe (GAGE) * Nola Matthews (Airborne) * * Annalisa Milton (GAGE) * Malea Milton (GAGE) * Zoey Molomo (Metroplex) * Marissa Neal (GAGE) * Brooke Pierson (WCC) * Michelle Pineda (Metroplex) * Hezly Rivera (WOGA) * Simone Rose (Pacific Reign) * Lacie Saltzmann ( Texas Dreams) * Audrey Snyder (First State) * Ashlee Sullivan (Metroplex) *

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(WCC) *

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) * Maliha Tressel ( Twin City Twisters) * Camie Westerman (Hill's Gymnastics) * CaMarah Williams (EDGE Gymnastics) * Kelise Woolford (Buckeye Gymnastics) * Lexi Zeiss (Twin City Twisters) * Alicia Zhou (Love Gymnastics)

Nastia Liukin Cup

The 15th annual Nastia Liukin Cup was held in conjunction with the 2024 Winter Cup.

Medal winners

References

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