Athletes to Watch – Rhythmic
- Evita Griskenas – A Tokyo Olympian, Griskenas punched her ticket to Paris at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, where here silver-medal finish earned her a nominative spot for the 2024 Olympics. The nine-time U.S. rhythmic champion is the 2019 Pan American Games all-around champion, also winning the NextGen Female Athlete Award at the 2019 Pan Am Sports Awards, and is a six-time World Championships team member. Griskenas currently attends Columbia University and is set to graduate in 2024.
Athletes to Watch - Trampoline
- Nicole Ahsinger – Ahsinger competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games and is a 13-time U.S. medalist. She recently became the 2023 World team and synchronized trampoline champion alongside partner Sarah Webster – their synchro gold was the first for the U.S. since 1982. She is a 2023 Pan American Games synchro gold medalist and a two-time FIG World Cup Series synchro champion (2022, 2023). She has competed internationally since 2013 and attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a focus on journalism.
- Aliaksei Shostak – A 2020 Olympian, Shostak is a 10-time U.S. medalist, most recently claiming individual trampoline gold at the 2023 USA Gymnastics Championships. Internationally, Shostak won synchronized trampoline gold at the 2023 Coimbra World Cup with partner Ruben Padilla and is a two-time World team all-around silver medalist (2019 and 2022).
- Jessica Stevens – At the 2023 World Championships, Stevens became the first American since 1974 to win an individual trampoline medal. Her bronze medal secured a guaranteed spot in Paris for a U.S. woman, yet to be named. Stevens also won the 2023 Pan Am Games trampoline and synchro titles and is the 2019 U.S. Champion.
- Sarah Webster – Webster was an Olympic alternate for the 2020 games and recently defended her individual and synchronized U.S. titles at the 2023 USA Gymnastics Championships. She is a three-time World Championships team member and became the 2023 World team and synchronized trampoline champion alongside partner Nicole Ahsinger.
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