The 2024 Winter Cup, known officially as the Kentucky Winter Classic, was an

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competition held at

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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

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). 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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, Fred Richard,

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

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, Patrick Hoopes, Josh Karnes, Riley Loos, Brody Malone,

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, and

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. Additionally Landon Blixt retained his spot on the senior development team and Kai Uemura was added as well. Additionally

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also announced upcoming international assignments. Hoopes, Nedoroscik, Katelyn Jong, 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;

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, Loos, Moldauer, Phillips, and Wiskus were selected to compete at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge; Uemura, Benas, Nola Matthews, Addison Fatta, and Dulcy Caylor 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) * Fuzzy Benas (

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) * Jeremy Bischoff (

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

(Michigan) * Crew Bold (Michigan) * Garrett Braunton (Air Force) * *

(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) *

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( 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) *

(5280 Gymnastics) *

(EVO Gymnastics) * Kameron Nelson (Ohio State) * Noah Newfeld (California) * Brandon Nguyen (Stanford) * Austin Padgett (Pride Gymnastics) * Vahe Petrosyan (Illinois) *

(EVO Gymnastics) * Rithik Puri (Michigan) * * Ian Sandoval (EVO Gymnastics) * Blake Sun (Stanford) * Kai Uemura (Lakeshore Academy) *

(Salto) *

(EVO Gymnastics) * Ignacio Yockers (Oklahoma)

Women

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) * Ly Bui (

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) * Dulcy Caylor ( WCC) * * Chloe Cho (Gymnastics Olympica) * Norah Christian (Cascade Elite West) * Nicole Desmond (WCC) *

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( Hill's Gymnastics) * * Tatum Drusch (Flips Gymnastics LLC) * Reese Esponda (Roots Gymnastics) * Addison Fatta (Prestige) * Jayla Hang (Pacific Reign) * Madray Johnson (WOGA) * Katelyn Jong (Metroplex) *

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(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) * Tiana Sumanasekera (WCC) *

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) * Maliha Tressel (

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) * 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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Winter Cup

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