U.S. rhythmic athletes won nine medals abroad, while trampoline and tumbling athletes won titles domestically in Kansas.

U.S. rhythmic athletes won nine medals abroad, while trampoline and tumbling athletes won titles domestically in Kansas.

RG Portimão International Tournament

Led by gold-medal performances from Isabel Borges (San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy) and Josephine Weber (Mission Viejo, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics), Americans won eight medals at the 2026 Portimão International Tournament in Portugal.

In senior competition, Borges won ribbon gold with a 27.000 during Sunday afternoon’s final. Isabella Chong (Woodland Hills, Calif./Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles) accounted for the remaining two medals, securing ribbon silver behind Borges with a 26.100 and earning ball bronze with a 25.350. Both seniors also were active in the hoop final, where Borges finished fifth (26.500) and Chong eighth (20.700).

On the junior side, Weber won the ribbon title with a 23.150, also adding team silver (92.600) to her medal haul with partner Riko Kawai (Los Angeles, Calif./Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles). Kawai also earned an individual medal over the weekend with a silver medal on ball (22.600).

Izabella Oleynik (Los Angeles, Calif./California Rhythms) picked up two junior individual medals of her own, taking silver on both hoop (24.350) and clubs (24.300). She and partner Daniela Shevchenko (Philadelphia, Pa./Philadelphia Rhythmic Academy) finished sixth in team competition with an 86.950. Azerbaijan won the team title with a 94.000.

Senior Irina Fesyun (Aventura, Fla./IK School of Gymnastics) also saw final competition, placing seventh in the clubs final with a 25.600. In the all-around. Chong was fifth (97.650), Borges 11th (95.650), Fesyun 13th (95.000) and Olivia Ulrich (Miami, Fla./Bessonova’s School) 17th (92.950).

RG Gdynia Rhythmic Stars

In Poland, Natalie de la Rosa (Woodland Hills, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) claimed clubs bronze and posted three fourth-place finishes at the 2026 Gdynia Rhythmic Stars international tournament.

De la Rosa finished third in clubs with a 26.167 as Emilia Heichel of host-country Poland won gold on the apparatus with a 27.400. De la Rosa also was fourth in the hoop (26.450) and ribbon (25.300) finals, and was fourth all-around with a 106.900. Fellow senior Ruby Freshwater (Northridge, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) was fifth in the ribbon final with a 24.817 and was 15th all-around with a 95.750.

Juniors Nina Keys (Porter Ranch, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) and Ziah Khan (Irvine, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) each competed in apparatus competition, with Keys finishing just off the ribbon podium in fourth (23.700). She also qualified to the hoop final, where she placed seventh (21.900), while Khan was fifth (22.500) in the ball final and eighth (19.550) on ball.

T&T Elite Challenge

USA Gymnastics’ 2026 Elite Challenge in Wichita, Kansas concluded this weekend with champions crowned across trampoline, tumbling and double mini trampoline divisions.

Thirteen National Team members won titles during the competition across all apparatus, while Kyle Schottgen and Brandon Frasure each won two gold medals in the elite divisions over the weekend.

Elite champions are listed below by event and division.

Individual Trampoline

    Senior
    Men: Isaac Rowley — Allen, Texas/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling, 58.940
    Women: Sarah Webster — Valley View, Texas/Trampoline and Tumbling Express, 53.690

    Junior
    Men: Ethan Gordon — Charleston, Ill./Phoenix Elite, 53.220
    Women: Nora Simmonds — Monroe, N.J./Garden State Trampoline Academy, 50.340

    Intermediate
    Men: Brandon Frasure — Powell, Ohio/ Integrity Athletics, 49.890
    Women: Seynabou Tamba — /Fairland Gymnastics, 47.460

    Youth 13-14
    Men: Kyle Schottgen — Scott’s Valley, Calif./Vargas Academy of Gymnastic Arts, 51.070
    Women: Finley Janak — Victoria, Texas/Victoria Gymagic, 48.560

    Youth 11-12
    Men: Jackson Oujezdsky — Dallas, Texas/Eagle Gymnastics Academy, 48.270

Tumbling

    Senior
    Men: Kaden Brown — Herriman, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling, 57.800
    Women: Tia Taylor — Knoxville, Tenn./Premier Athletics Knoxville, 52.700

    Junior
    Men: Brock Ruppert — Rocky Face, Ga./Culprit Athletics, 48.640
    Women: Avery Schmidt — Draper, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling, 48.100

    Intermediate
    Men: Connor Prejean — Youngsville, La./Lafayette Sports Academy, 40.100
    Women: Hailey Pellegrini — Windermere, Fla./Reflex Gymnastics, 43.870

    Youth 13-14
    Men: Tommy Horal — Harker Heights, Texas/Extreme Cheer and Tumble, 45.170
    Women: Ashby Myers — Morgan, Utah/Northern Star Bounder, 44.500

    Youth 11-12
    Women: Reese Shupe — Mountain Green, Utah/Northern Star Bounder, 43.270

Double Mini Trampoline

    Senior
    Men: West Fowler — Gulf Breeze, Fla./Panhandle Perfection Gymnastics, 60.200
    Women: Kennedi Roberts — North Richland Hills, Texas/Southlake Gymnastics, 52.300

    Junior
    Men: Matteo Giove — Greensboro, N.C./Ultimate Kids, 48.870
    Women: Stella Teeter — Quapaw, Okla./Helix Athletics, 47.770

    OP (22+)
    Men: Caleb Cypher — Grand Rapids, Mich./The Grand Rapids Trampoline Academy, 86.530

    Intermediate
    Men: Calvin Darley — Provo, Utah/High Altitude, 49.070
    Women: Cate Cupples — Katy, Texas/Showcase Gymnastics, 48.600

    Youth 13-14
    Men: Kyle Schottgen — Scott’s Valley, Calif./Vargas Academy of Gymnastic Arts, 48.000
    Women: Lexi Arredondo — Crown Point, Ind./Midwest Training and Ice Center, 47.200

    Youth 11-12
    Men: Josh McLaughlin — Chevy Chase, Md./Silver Stars Gymnastics, 45.840
    Women: Emma Dobrinski — Cicero, N.Y./Gym Connection 2, 43.500

Synchronized Trampoline

    Senior
    Men: Derek Therrien — Lake Orion, Mich./Culprit Athletics; Lourens Willekes — Rockford, Mich./Gymnastics Central, 49.250
    Women: Ava DeHanes — Holmdel, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy; Leah Garafalo — Holmdel, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy, 46.400
    Mixed: Maia Amano — Honolulu, Hawaii/Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy; Ruben Padilla — Bluffdale, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling, 50.020

    Intermediate
    Women: Caitlyn Akina — Dublin, Ohio/Integrity Athletics; Ava Orders — Ostrander, Ohio/Integrity Athletics, 40.690
    Mixed: Bella Bowman — Dublin, Ohio/Integrity Athletics; Brandon Frasure — Powell, Ohio/ Integrity Athletics, 42.620