ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (October 20, 2026) – Following an intense evening of competition, the American men’s team finished sixth in Tuesday’s final in Rotterdam Ahoy arena at the Artistic World Championships.

The team scored a combined 245.161 to place sixth overall with efforts from Frederick Richard (Stoughton, Mass./University of Michigan), Danila Leykin (Sarasota, Fla./EVO Gymnastics), Shane Wiskus (Spring Park, Minn./EVO Gymnastics), Kameron Nelson (Columbus, Ohio/EVO Gymnastics) and Patrick Hoopes (Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy). Japan (251.928) won the team competition followed by Russia (250.329) in second and China (249.193) in third.

Top scores from the evening included Hoopes 14.833 on pommel horse, Wiskus’ 14.333 on parallel bars, Nelson’s 14.133 on floor exercise and Richard’s 14.100 on horizontal bar.

The American women are up next in World competition as they take on the women’s team final Wednesday, October 21 at 1:30 p.m. ET. Follow along through World Gymnastics and Peacock.