Women’s artistic and rhythmic gymnasts will compete in international European competitions this weekend.

Women’s artistic and rhythmic gymnasts will compete in international European competitions this weekend.

WAG City of Jesolo Trophy

Eleven athletes will represent the U.S. at the 2026 City of Jesolo Trophy March 28-29 in Italy.

Competing for the seniors are American Cup team silver medalist Charleigh Bullock; 2026 Winter Cup floor exercise silver medalist Reese Esponda; 2026 Winter Cup uneven bars bronze medalist Greta Krob; 2026 Winter Cup floor bronze medalist Simone Rose; and 2025 U.S. junior champion Caroline Moreau, making her international senior debut.

Representing the junior team are 2026 Winter cup junior all-around champion Kylie Smith; 2026 Winter cup junior vault co-champions Amia Pugh-Banks and Addalye VanGrinsven; 2026 Winter cup junior balance beam gold medalist Audrey VanGrinsven, 2026 Winter cup junior bars silver medalist Sydney Williams; and Avery Haines.

Team and all-around competition begins Saturday, March 28 with junior competition at 4 a.m. ET followed by seniors at 10 a.m. ET. Apparatus finals begin Sunday starting at 10 a.m. ET.

More information can be found on the event website.

RG Sofia World Cup

Reigning national champion Rin Keys, 2026 Rhythmic Challenge all-around silver medalist Sarah Mariotti and Team 1 of the Senior National Group will compete at the 2026 Sofia World Cup March 28-30 in Bulgaria.

Keys and Mariotti will take on individual competition, while Senior National Group Team 1 of Goda Balsys, Kristina Lee, Greta Pavilonyte, Aurora Sullivan, Kalina Trayanov and Natalia Ye-Granda competes for group honors.

Two days of qualifying kick off the competition with Keys and Mariotti in individual qualifications beginning at 3:30 a.m. ET each day and the senior group in group qualifying at 1:25 p.m. ET on Saturday, and on Sunday at 2:30 a.m. and 12:25 p.m. ET. All finals begin Monday, March 30 at 5:30 a.m. ET.

Complete information on the competition is available on the event website.

RG Friendship Cup

Fifteen rhythmic gymnasts will compete in the junior, senior and pre-junior divisions at the 2026 Friendship Cup March 27-29 in Alkmaar, Netherlands.

Representing the seniors will be 2026 Rhythmic Challenge all-around champion Isabella Chong, 2026 Rhythmic Challenge hoop silver medalist Alexandria Kautzman, 2025 Junior World team silver medalists Alicia Liu and hoop bronze medalist Natalie de la Rosa, Nida Balsys, Aurora Vitrychenko and 2025 U.S. ribbon silver medalist Ruby Freshwater. Aurora Borovskiy, Emma Finkelshteyn, Arissa Li, Varvara Poniatovskaya and Daniela Shevchenko will compete for junior medals.

2026 Rhythmic Invitational all-around champion Victoria Bukareva highlights the pre-junior line up of Gloria Li and Angelica Tovmasyan set to compete in Europe.

Competition for the U.S. delegation begins Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET and Sunday at 4:40 a.m. ET.

Visit here for all available information on the competition.

Participating athletes are listed below by event.

City of Jesolo Trophy
Charleigh Bullock — Spotsylvania, Va./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
Reese Esponda — The Woodlands, Texas/World Champions Centre
Avery Haines — Bowie, Md./First State Gymnastics
Greta Krob — Tipton, Iowa/IGN
Caroline Moreau — Keller, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics
Amia Pugh-Banks — Newport News, Va./World Class Gymnastics
Simone Rose — Sammamish, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
Kylie Smith — Loveland, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics
Addalye VanGrinsven — Champlin, Minn./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
Audrey VanGrinsven — Champlin, Minn./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
Sydney Williams — Frisco, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics

Sofia World Cup
Goda Balsys — Northbrook, Ill.
Rin Keys — Porter Ranch, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Kristina Lee — Woodridge, Ill.
Sarah Mariotti — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
Greta Pavilonyte — Buffalo Grove, Ill.
Aurora Sullivan — Los Angeles, Calif.
Kalina Trayanov — Deerfield, Ill.
Natalia Ye-Granda — San Diego, Calif.

Friendship Cup
Nida Balsys — Northbrook, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center
Aurora Borovskiy — Brooklyn, N.Y./Isadora by Matchpoint
Viktoria Bukareva — Valley Glen, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Isabella Chong — Mission Viejo, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Natalie de la Rosa — Woodland Hills, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Emma Finkelshteyn — Calabasas, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Ruby Freshwater — Northridge, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics
Alexandria Kautzman — Simi Valley, Calif./California Rhythms
Arissa Li — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
Gloria Li — Arcadia, Calif./Aspire School of Gymnastics Liu
Alicia Liu — San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy
Varvara Poniatovskaya — Las Vegas, Nev./Nevada Rhythmic Academy
Daniela Shevchenko — Philadelphia, Pa./Philadelphia Rhythmic Academy
Angelina Tovmasyan — North Hills, Calif./Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles
Aurora Vitrychenko — Highland Park, Ill./Vitrychenko Academy