USA Gymnastics Announces 2025 Spring International Assignments

USA Gymnastics Announces 2025 Spring International Assignments

By Christy Sandmaier
Vice President & Co-Publisher

Following the 2025 Winter Cup, USA Gymnastics announced its 2025 spring international assignments for the women’s and the men’s programs.

Look for our interviews with 2025 Winter Cup All-Around Champion and Michigan signee Ashlee Sullivan, 2025 Winter Cup Champion on vault and UCLA commit Zoey Molomo, and 2025 Nastia Liukin Cup Champion and future Oklahoma Sooner Mackenzie Estep coming soon to InsideGym.com

Per a Press Release from USA Gymnastics

Baku/Antalya/Osijek World Cup

Pommel horse specialists Brandon Dang and Patrick Hoopes will head to the 2025 FIG Baku World Cup March 6-9 in Azerbaijan and the Antalya World Cup March 20-23 in Turkey. The pair will be joined by reigning U.S still rings champion Alex Diab in Baku, while 2024 Olympic team bronze medalist Asher Hong will compete alongside Dang and Hoopes in Antalya.

On the women’s side, 2025 Winter Cup all-around silver medalist Jayla Hang and balance beam champion Claire Pease will represent the U.S. in World Cup competition in Turkey.

In April, Diab will be back on the world stage at the 2025 Osijek World Cup April 10-13 in Croatia along with 2025 Winter Cup all-around champion Riley Loos and newly minted senior Junnosuke Iwai in his international debut.

Information about the 2025 Baku World Cup and Osijek World Cup can be found on their respective competition websites. More information about the 2025 FIG Antalya World Cup will be available soon.

DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup

The U.S. will send a delegation of 15 athletes to compete at the 2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup March 27-30 in Stuttgart, Germany. The men’s program will send a junior, senior and mixed cup team to the competition.

Competing on the DTB senior team will be Iwai and Loos, along with 2024 NCAA floor exercise silver medalist and horizontal bar bronze medalist Taylor Christopulos, 2024 Pacific Rim Championships team champion Kai Uemura and 2025 Winter Cup parallel bars champion Colt Walker.

The Mixed Cup team will feature both men’s and women’s athletes. The roster includes 2024 DTB Pokal junior team champion Kiran Mandava and 2023 DTB Pokal junior team champion Alex Nitache for the men, while the 2025 Winter Cup all-around champion Ashlee Sullivan, all-around bronze medalist Simone Rose and floor exercise champion Nola Matthews will compete for the women.

The junior team will be comprised of 2025 Winter Cup vault champion Nartey Brady, 2025 Winter Cup junior pommel horse gold medalist Maksim Kan, 2023 DTB Pokal junior team champions Danila Leykin and Nathan Roman, and 2024 U.S. junior all-around champion Dante Reive.

Complete information about the 2025 DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup can be found on the event website.

International Gymnix

Selected to compete in the junior event at the 2025 International Gymnix are 2025 Winter Cup junior all-around bronze medalist Addy VanGrinsven, 2025 Winter Cup junior uneven bars champion Charleigh Bullock, and 2025 Winter Cup fourth and fifth place all-arounders Kylie Smith and Trinity Wood. The competition is set for March 8-9 and will be hosted in Montreal, Canada.

Please visit internationalgymnix.ca for all information on this year’s International Gymnix.

Spring 2025 USA Gymnastics International Assignments

Participating athletes are listed alphabetically below by competition.

Baku World Cup, March 6-9

Brandon Dang — San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois

Alex Diab — Glen Ellyn, Ill./EVO Gymnastics

Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy

International Gymnix, March 8-9

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

Kylie Smith —Loveland, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics

Addy VanGrinsven — Champlin, Minn./Pacific Reign Gymnastics

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

Antalya World Cup, March 20-23

Brandon Dang — San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois

Jayla Hang — Bellevue, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics

Asher Hong — Tomball, Texas/Stanford University

Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy

Claire Pease — Sunnyvale, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics

DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup, March 27-30

Nartey Brady — Los Ranchos, N.M./Eagle Ridge Gymnastics

Taylor Christopulos — Layton, Utah/University of Nebraska

Junnosuke Iwai — Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics

Maksim Kan — Muskego, Wis./Salto Gymnastics Center

Danila Leykin — Sarasota, Fla./EVO Gymnastics

Riley Loos — Folsom, Calif./Stanford University

Kiran Mandava — Cypress, Texas/Stanford University

Nola Matthews — Gilroy, Calif./Airborne Gymnastics Training Center

Alex Nitache — Knoxville, Tenn./University of Nebraska

Dante Reive — West Point, N.Y./West Point Gymnastics

Nathan Roman — Poway, Calif./Agility

Simone Rose — Sammamish, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics

Ashlee Sullivan — Richardson, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics

Kai Uemura — Chicago, Ill./Stanford University

Colt Walker — Cedar Park, Texas/Stanford University

Osijek World Cup, April 10-13

Alex Diab — Glen Ellyn, Ill./EVO Gymnastics

Junnosuke Iwai — Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics

Riley Loos — Folsom, Calif./Stanford University

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