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Weekly Preview April 23: WAG American/Hopes Classic; RG Tashkent World Cup • USA Gymnastics

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U.S. athletes will continue to compete this week in the Pacific Rim Championships as well as in domestic artistic events and international rhythmic competition.

WAG American Classic/Hopes Classic

Nearly 90 women's artistic athletes will be in Katy, Texas, for the American Classic and Hopes Classic April 26-27. The competition serves as a qualifying event to the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas.

Expectations are high as 2012 Olympic all-around gold medalist Gabby Douglas and 2021 Olympic floor champion Jade Carey make their return to elite competition. 2023 World team champion Joscelyn Roberson will compete for the first time in 2024, joined by defending American Classic senior all-around champion Myli Lew and Greta Krob, who will contest the junior division after winning the Hopes Classic all-around in 2023.

American Classic is a qualifier to the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships May 30-June 2 in Fort Worth, Texas, while the Hopes Classic serves as the final qualifying event to the 2024 Hopes Championships held in conjunction with USA Gymnastics' Core Hydration Classic May 17-18 in Hartford, Conn. Elite and Hopes athletes must reach a minimum qualifying score to advance to the above competitions.

The schedule for the American and Hopes Classics is listed below. Each session will stream live on FlipNow. A limited number of tickets are available for fans wishing to watch the meet in person and are available here for as low as $10. Live results will be available on MyUSAGym.com.

Friday, April 26

Saturday, April 27

See below for a complete list of competing athletes.

RG Tashkent World Cup

Rin Keys will compete alongside Alexandria Kautzman, who will be making her 2024 season debut at this year's FIG Tashkent World Cup April 26-28 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Keys and Kautzman will take the floor in Group B on Friday, April 26 for hoop and ball qualifications beginning at 3:45 a.m. ET followed by clubs and ribbons qualifications on Saturday at 2:10 a.m. ET. All finals take place on Sunday starting at 3 a.m. ET.

All competing athletes are listed below by event.

American Classic

Senior

Sage Bradford — WOGA Gymnastics/Flower Mound, Texas

Jade Carey — Oregon State University Training Center/Philomath, Ore.

Chloe Cho — Gymnastics Olympica USA/Canyon Country, Calif.

Norah Christian — Cascade Elite West/Bremerton, Wash.

Nicole Desmond — World Champions Centre/Wind Gap, Pa.

Gabby Douglas — WOGA Gymnastics/Anna, Texas

Tatum Drusch — Flips Gymnastics/White Bear Lake, Minn.

Addison Fatta — Prestige Gymnastics/Wrightsville, Pa.

Cambry Haynes — Adrenaline Gymnastics Academy/Evergreen, Colo.

Jazmynn Jimenez — Gymnastics Olympica USA/Santa Clarita, Calif.

Myli Lew — San Mateo Gymnastics/Belmont, Calif.

Taylor McMahon — Metroplex Gymnastics/Flower Mound, Texas

Annalisa Milton — Great American Gymnastics Express/Lee's Summit, Mo.

Malea Milton — Great American Gymnastics Express/Lee's Summit, Mo.

Zoey Molomo — Metroplex Gymnastics/McKinney, Texas

Marissa Neal — Great American Gymnastics Express/Blue Springs, Mo.

Jazlene Pickens — Buckeye Gymnastics/Pickerington, Ohio

Brooke Pierson — World Champions Centre/Canby, Ore.

Michelle Pineda — Metroplex Gymnastics/Allen, Texas

Joscelyn Roberson — World Champions Centre/Texarkana, Texas

Lacie Saltzmann — Texas Dreams Gymnastics/Coppell, Texas

Audrey Snyder — First State Gymnastics/Annapolis, Md.

Izzy Stassi — Performance Gymnastics Academy/Delaware, Ohio

Ashlee Sullivan — Metroplex Gymnastics/Richardson, Texas

Brynn Torry — World Class Gymnastics/Yorktown, Va.

Sabrina Visconti — Nohas Gymnastics Academy/Revere, Mass.

CaMarah Williams — EDGE Gymnastics - Riverside/Kansas City, Mo.

Kelise Woolford — Buckeye Gymnastics/Columbus, Ohio

Junior

Isabella Anzola — Georgia Elite Gymnastics/Statham, Ga.

Harlow Buddendeck — RGA/Rochester, N.Y.

Charleigh Bullock — Capital Gymnastics National Training Center/Spotsylvania, Va.

Ally Damelio — San Mateo Gymnastics/San Mateo, Calif.

Celia Frith-Carvalho — Bull City Gymnastics/Godwin, N.C.

Sadie Goldberg — Buckeye Gymnastics/Bexley, Ohio

Gabrielle Hardie — Twin City Twisters/Sioux Falls, S.D.

Greta Krob — IGN/Tipton, Iowa

Caroline Moreau — Texas Dreams Gymnastics/Keller, Texas

Lila Richardson — Hopes and Dreams Gymnastics/Springdale, Ariz.

Alessia Rosa — Hill's Gymnastics/East Hanover, N.J.

Maliha Tressel — Twin City Twisters/Eagan, Minn.

Camie Westerman — Hill's Gymnastics/Frederick, Md.

Trinity Wood — Capital Gymnastics National Training Center/Waldorf, Md.

Hopes Classic - 13-14

Iyla Adkins — Georgia Elite Gymnastics/Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Ashley Andrews — Bull City Gymnastics/Wake Forest, N.C.

Elisabeth Antone — Pacific Reign Gymnastics/Bothell, Wash.

Tiraia Ballard — Capital Gymnastics National Training Center/Accokeek, Md.

Brooke Bazan — Capital Gymnastics National Training Center/Manassas, Va.

Addison Blosser — Capital Gymnastics National Training Center/Fairfax Station, Va.

Lyla Brewer — IGN/Tiffin, Iowa

Espy Chang — Pacific Reign Gymnastics/Kirkland, Wash.

Emmy Cunningham — Metroplex Gymnastics/Prosper, Texas

Eva Doherty — Excalibur Gymnastics/Virginia Beach, Va.

Mavie Fitzgerald — San Mateo Gymnastics/Livermore, Calif

Alessandra Gaines — Mavericks Gymnastics/San Antonio, Texas

Blake Green — Pearland Elite/Rosharon, Texas

Brianna Heath — Pearland Elite/League City, Texas

Leah Higgins — North Stars Gymnastics Academy/Derry, N.H.

Maya Kosarikova — Cypress Academy of Gymnastics/Spring, Texas

Isla Lazzari — CITY Club Gymnastics Academy/Chicago, Ill.

Anslee McCauley — Georgia All-Star Gymnastics/Marietta, Ga.

Mia McKean — Buckeye Gymnastics/Delaware, Ohio

Annabel Melnyk — West Coast Elite Gymnastics/Sierra Madre, Calif.

Amia Pugh-Banks — World Class Gymnastics/Newport News, Va.

Quinlyn Rollins — Queen City Gymnastics/Maineville, Ohio

Simone Seed — Pacific Reign Gymnastics/Bellevue, Wash.

Elaina Sliney — Cincinnati Gymnastics/Cincinnati, Ohio

Kylie Smith — Cincinnati Gymnastics/Loveland, Ohio

Ansley Stevens — Cincinnati Gymnastics/Liberty township, Ohio

Sage Stiggers — WOGA Gymnastics/Garland, Texas

Grace Wickham — WOGA Gymnastics/McKinney, Texas

Finley Young — Metropolitan Gymnastics/Burien, Wash.

Hopes Classic 11-12

Giana Carroll — First State Gymnastics/Townsend, Del.

Laynie Cotton — Omaha Gymnastics Academy/Gretna, Neb.

Alden Dante — Wildfire Gymnastics/Villa Park, Calif.

Elsie Flores — Omaha Gymnastics Academy/Valley, Neb.

Gillian Haddad — Performance Gymnastics Academy/Oakwood, Ohio

Avery Haines — First State Gymnastics/Bowie, Md.

Charlotte Henk — 360 Elite Gymnastics/New Braunfels, Texas

Hadassah Kahlig - 360 Elite Gymnastics/New Braunfels, Texas

Maya Kasten — International Gymnastics Training Center/Miami, Fla.

Sapphire Martin — First State Gymnastics/Philadelphia, Pa.

Sophia Martin Dominguez — WOGA Gymnastics/Plano, Texas

Brenna McClure — World Class Gymnastics/Chesapeake, Va.

Amariah Moore — First State Gymnastics/Wilmington, Del.

Jaida Pendergrass — International Gymnastics Training Center, Homestead, Fla.

Jazzy Saravia — Spartan Gymnastics/Freehold, N.J.

Mattie Mae Young — Georgia Elite Gymnastics/Greenville, S.C.

Tashkent World Cup

Alexandria Kautzman — Simi Valley, Calif./California Rhythms

Rin Keys — Porter Ranch, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics

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