Behind The Scenes! Women’s Team Selection Presented by P&G now available on NBC Sports YouTube and Peacock

Behind The Scenes! Women’s Team Selection Presented by P&G now available on NBC Sports YouTube and Peacock

By Christy Sandmaier
Vice President & Co-Publisher

From USA Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics: World Team Selection Presented by Procter & Gamble, NBC Sports’ special featuring detailing the 2025 U.S. women’s selection camp, is now available to watch on Peacock and the NBC Sports YouTube Channel. The special provides an exclusive and in-depth look at 2025 World Championships Team selection event held Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Crossville, Tennessee. USA Gymnastics: World Team Selection will also air on NBC Sports’ Olympic program Chasing Gold on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

To watch USA Gymnastics: World Team Selection Presented by Procter & Gamble, visit the NBC Sports YouTube Channelor Peacock.

Who’s Competing For Team USA In Jakarta?

Following a two-day selection event in Crossville, Tennessee, USA Gymnastics announced Skye Blakely, Dulcy Caylor, Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong as the 2025 World Championship team.

Blakely and Wong were members of the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships. Wong is also the 2021 World All-Around silver medalist, and a 2020 and 2024 Olympic alternate. Roberson won gold with the team at the 2023 World Championships and is a 2024 Olympic alternate. It will be the first World Championships for Caylor.

Of the chance to go back to her third World Championships, Blakely told us right after the competition, “It would be a great opportunity, especially after the long year I’ve had. I’ve worked really hard, and not only in gymnastics, but just recovering physically, and mentally from last year. I would feel very thankful for the chance to go back to Worlds.”

Caylor earned the automatic spot per her top score in the All-Around on day 1.

Jayla Hang and Ashlee Sullivan were named non-traveling replacement athletes.

The 2025 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from October 19 to October 25. The event is an individual event and all-around competition only. There is no team event. Athletes will qualify to finals through Qualifications subdivisions.

Preliminary competition in Jakarta will consist of eight men’s and 10 women’s subdivisions, who will take to the apparatus in the Indonesia Arena during the first three days of the World Championships as they attempt to qualify for all-around and apparatus finals.

Scroll to meet the U.S. Women!

Click Here for John Roethlisberger’s look at the U.S. Men’s medal chances in Jakarta!

Inside Gymnastics magazine will be onsite in Jakarta to bring you all of the latest from the floor! Stay tuned to our social media @InsideGym and right here on InsideGym.com for for updates!

U.S. WOMEN SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

10/18

Women’s Podium Training

Subdivision 4 11 PM-12:15 AM ET

10/21 

Women’s Qualifications Day 2

Subdivision 4 11 PM-12:15 AM ET

10/23 

Women’s All-Around Final

7:30-10:00 AM ET

10/24 

Event Final Day 1 (Women: VT, UB)

3:00 AM-7:00 AM ET

10/25

Event Final Day 2 (Women: Beam, FX)

3:00 AM-7:00 AM ET

*Competition Broadcast/Streaming will be provided on NBC/Peacock; Eurovision Sport and Olympics.com will be streaming the event live in select territories.

LEANNE WONG

University of Florida

Hometown: Overland Park, KS Birthday: September 20, 2003

NCAA: Graduated from the University of Florida

The CEO. 2021 World All-Around bronze medalist, 2022 and 2023 world team gold medalist, and two-time (2020 and 2024) Olympic alternate Leanne Wong is definitely a top contender in every competition she enters. If she’s anywhere near the level she was during the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Championships, a fourth trip to Worlds is a definite possibility for her. Wong just wrapped an incredible NCAA career at Florida, and brings a balance to each event that could carry her to massive success! At the Xfinity U.S. Championships, she hit 8/8 and won silver in the all-around. She also won the vault title by sticking her difficult Cheng vault on day 2 of competition. She debuted a brand new floor routine at Championships, which is a slightly different style of music and choreography than she is accustomed to. 

“I thought it was really fun. It’s very different from my typical floor routines.. I was so excited to put the music together and find something that was outside of my comfort zone,” Wong said following competition in New Orleans. 

Heading into World Selection Camp, Wong was looking to hit routines consistently and with confidence and she did exactly that. If she can get consistent with her hand placement (both hands!) on the Cheng, we can definitely see a vault and the possibly of an All-Around medal at Worlds. If one thing her performances so far in 2025 indicate, it’s that podium finishes in Jakarta are in her sights. Wong tells us that she is taking the future of her gymnastics career one year at a time. 

“I just finished college gymnastics, all four years went by so fast. I’m not ready to put gymnastics away yet, so let’s just see what I can accomplish this year and take it a year at a time.”

Check out our story on Leanne Wong here!

JOSCELYN ROBERSON

Arkansas

Hometown: Texarkana, TX Birthday: February 8, 2006

NCAA: University of Arkansas Sophomore

Ready to lead! Joscelyn Roberson’s 2025 Elite debut was highly anticipated. Last year, she had the meet of her life at Olympic Trials where she earned an alternate spot on the Olympic team. She’s coming off a strong freshman debut at the University of Arkansas, and will bring difficulty across vault, beam, and floor. With more time to work on execution in college, her bars have also seen an improvement. In New Orleans, Roberson, who’s becoming more and more comfortable as a role model in the sport, and trains Elite with Arkansas coach Chris Brooks, put all four events together both days and finished 3rd. At Classic, Roberson also took third in the all-around, and had a blast doing it. She feels the support of having both Brooks and Arkansas assistant coach, Kyla Ross on the competition floor. 

“Chris always has the energy, but she [Ross] brings that calmness that sometimes I need, especially when I get nervous and anxious about everything. She’s just talking about little things, not even gymnastics. It’s like, oh yeah, this is like real life, gymnastics is not everything, and it’s so great. And I love having her here on the floor. She just helps calm me down.”

We’ve got Roberson on our minds for vault and floor medals at Worlds, but her beam has gotten so solid and so consistent during her time as a Gymback, that could factor in as well. During the warmups for day 2 of competition in New Orleans, Roberson showcased an upgraded Cheng on vault, which she hit at the selection event.

Check out our story on Joscelyn Roberson here!

Skye Blakely

WOGA/University of Florida

Hometown: Frisco, TX Birthday: February 4, 2005

NCAA: University of Florida Sophomore

The Comeback! Skye Blakely entered this year’s Championships as the reigning all-around silver medalist. However, after an Achilles tear at the Olympic Trials took her out of the running for the 2024 team, she’s been on the road to recovery. Following the 2024 Elite season, Blakely moved to Florida to compete for the Gators, where she was a staple in the bars’ lineup. Now Blakely’s back on the Elite scene, where she is focused on taking things slow and doing gymnastics for herself, with her main goal of ending 2025 happy and healthy.

“I don’t want to rush,” Blakely said. “I want to take my time, All-Around would be cool, but I also know that, first and foremost, I want to feel good and I want my body to be healthy. So if that’s just bars and beam, I think that’s already a great accomplishment for myself. So right now, those are the two events that I’m really working on and getting back on, and I think floor and vault will be later, whenever I decide it’s time for my foot to be pushed in that way.”

At Championships, Blakely scored a 14.350 on bars and a 14.400 on beam for 28.750, more than a full point higher than her day 1 total (26.700). She rallied on beam on the second day at selection–after a fall on her aerial day 1–to secure her spot, and we can most definitely see finals on bars and beam for her in Jakarta, with a shot at the beam World Championship she’s been chasing.

Check out our story on Skye Blakely here!

DULCY CAYLOR

WCC

Hometown: Spring, TX Birthday: December 9, 2007

NCAA: Committted to the University of Florida

Dulcy Caylor hit the ground running in 2025! She’s followed up on the success she had in 2024, where she made it all the way to the Olympic Trials. Caylor has been well-traveled in 2025, taking a trip to Italy for the Jesolo Trophy where she helped Team USA to silver, and to Panama for the Pan American Championships where they won team gold. One of the goals for Caylor is to continue to build her name this season, hopefully leading to a run for LA 2028. Watch out especially for her powerful double-twisting Yurchenko on vault, her unique second tumbling pass on floor, and her form on every event.

“Of course, there’s things I wanted to fix after Classics, but overall, I’m happy with my bars and my vault, and just adding in new start values. Heading into Championships, I really just want to be as clean and as confident as I can,” Caylor told us.

She finished 8th in New Orleans and had it not been for a fall on her Tkatchev following the Maloney on day 2, could have been higher (she was 4th after day 1). Her whip full through to double tuck + punch front on floor is definitely a highlight for us. Caylor was the surprise at the selection event for sure and that had to boost her confidence. There’s nothing quite like your first World Championships, and we get the feeling Caylor is about to soak in every minute. 

Check out our story on Dulcy Caylor here!

Photos by Lloyd Smith for Inside Gymnastics magazine.

FOR MORE OF OUR 2025 COVERAGE, SEE:

Blakely, Caylor, Roberson, Wong Punch Tickets To Jakarta For U.S. Women

Dulcy Caylor Wins Automatic Worlds Spot

U.S. Women’s World Selection Camp Preview

Noblesville, Indiana Selected as Site for USA Gymnastics Training & Wellness Center

Gabrielle Hardie On the Radar

Felix Dolci Set For World Championships

Jordan Chiles Joins Dancing with the Stars

Patty Hoopes Readies For World Championships

Price Girls Prove Unstoppable

WCGA Team GPA List

Phoenix To Host 2026 U.S. Gymnastics Championships

Xfinity U.S. Championships Photo Gallery 2

Hezly Rivera Wins 2025 U.S. All-Around Title

Asher Hong Takes the Title: U.S. Men’s World Team Announced

Senior Women’s Photo Gallery 

Squad Showdown! What’s New This Year At Championships?

Dulcy Caylor Channels Confidence Heading To New Orleans

Frederick Richard, Serving A Purpose Greater Than Gymnastics

Spieth Presents Empowerment Through Athletics Featuring Leanne Wong

2025 U.S. Classic Photo Gallery

Claire Pease Captures Senior Women’s All-Around Title at U.S. Classic

What a Difference a Year Makes For Izzy Stassi

Who and How to Watch the 2025 U.S. Classic

Jayla Hang Finds Joy In Opportunity

The Road to Fort Worth

Real March Madness at SECs

Behind the Mic with Olivia Karas and Cory Tomlinson

2025 AAI Award Finalists Announced

Mackenzie Estep People First, Gymnastics Second

Zoned In Zoey Molomo

Ashlee Sullivan: Seizing Every Opportunity

Skylar Killlough-Wilhelm Victory Lap

Ly Bui Taking Florida By Storm

Fueled By Faith

Artistry In Motion, Aurelie Tran

How Katelyn Jong Fits Right In

Betty Okino Developmental Lead for U.S women’s artistic program

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