ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (October 17, 2026) – The American men’s team currently sits fourth in qualifying following Day 1 of competition at the 2026 Artistic World Championships. The team competed in Subdivision 4 on Saturday, with two more still to come Sunday.

After a varied performance filled with stuck skills and a few bobbles, the men’s roster put up a 245.961 in qualifying to rank fourth out of the 16 teams who’ve already competed. Japan leads qualifications with a 254.529 followed by Great Britain (251.460) and Russia (249.162) to make up the top three.

Highlights from U.S. athletes on Saturday included a huge 14.666 on pommel horse by Patrick Hoopes (Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy), who is currently third overall on the apparatus; two stuck routines from Shane Wiskus (Spring Park, Minn./EVO Gymnastics) on parallel bars (14.466) and vault (14.233); consistent all-around performances from Danila Leykin (Sarasota, Fla./EVO Gymnastics) and Frederick Richard (Stoughton, Mass./University of Michigan), with a solid horizontal bar set (13.800) from Leykin and an impressive 14.233 on floor exercise for Richard; all culminated by a stuck dismount on still rings (13.833) in the last rotation by Kameron Nelson (Columbus, Ohio/EVO Gymnastics) to end the night.

In all-around qualifying, Richard currently sits in ninth place (82.098) and Leykin in 15th (78.998) following the two-per-country rule. The top 24 athletes after qualifying is concluded will advance to Thursday’s all-around final,

The remaining men’s subdivisions continue competition Sunday, October 18 at 4 a.m. ET followed by the U.S. women kicking off the first part of women’s qualifying in Subdivision 1 at 10 a.m. ET. Visit World Gymnastics’ event webpage for all live streaming and scoring information.