27. Oktober 2022  
Indianapolis, USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

Strong USA Gymnastics Teams in Liverpool

*US-Gymnastics --: Multiple World medalists and Olympians headline the U.S. contingent for the 2022 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, which kick off this weekend at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena. The competition will run October 29-November 6 and will feature more than 410 gymnasts from 74 countries. Fourteen team and individual titles up for grabs. Six team spots for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games are also set to be awarded.

→ The U.S. women are led by Olympic medalists Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz./Oregon State University), who captured the floor exercise title at last year's delayed Tokyo Games, and Jordan Chiles (Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre), who banked team silver, in their quest to secure a sixth-straight team title. That effort will be bolstered by 2022 Pan American Championships all-around bronze medalist Skye Blakely (Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics), 2022 U.S. all-around runner up Shilese Jones (Auburn, Wash./Ascend Gymnastics Center) and 2021 World all-around silver medalist Leanne Wong (Overland Park, Kan./University of Florida/Great American Gymnastics Express).
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→ On the men's side, reigning World pommel horse champion Stephen Nedoroscik (Worcester, Mass./Penn State University) is back to defend his title. Individual bronze medalists Brody Malone (Aragon, Ga./Stanford University, horizontal bar, 2021) and Donnell Whittenburg (Baltimore, Md./Salto Gymnastics, vault, 2014), who captured the top-two all-around spots at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in August, are also in the lineup and will anchor a young and hungry group that includes first-year senior Asher Hong (Tomball, Texas/Stanford University) and college standout Colt Walker (Cedar Park, Texas/Stanford University).
* Source USA Gymnastics