Giorgia Villa
The roster for the third edition of this year’s world cup series is set, and while the majority of the competitors we’ll see will be those who have participated all season with the goal of making it to the Olympic Games, the competition in Baku will also include a few fan favorites, including some top athletes from the U.S., Italian, Chinese, and Brazilian national teams.
Currently listed for the U.S. women’s team are Jordan Chiles and Zoe Miller, though with both recently withdrawing from the Winter Cup due to injury, we are likely to see them both replaced, while the men’s team currently includes Cameron Bock, Alex Diab, and Stephen Nedoroscik. Italy’s WAG team includes bars standouts Elisa Iorio and Giorgia Villa along with the largely unknown Sofia Tonelli, who looked strong at the first Serie A competition of the year to earn a 51.800 in the all-around, and the MAG team will feature high bar standout Carlo Macchini, rings standout Salvatore Maresca, and all-arounders Edoardo de Rosa and Mario Macchiati, with de Rosa typically best on pommels.
The Chinese program has been making the world cup rounds this season, giving a number of athletes opportunities with lots of success, and in Baku we’re expected to see Du Siyu, Huang Zhuofan, Ou Yushan, and Zhang Qingying on the women’s team, along with Hu Xuwei, Su Weide, Xiao Ruoteng, You Hao, and Zou Jingyuan on the men’s. For Brazil, 2023 world team medalists Julia Soares and Carolyne Pedro will make their season debuts alongside Andreza Lima, a talented vaulter who came tenths away from the all-around podium at nationals last year. Since the Brazilian men did not qualify a full team at worlds last year, they are continuing to aim for individual spots here, with Yuri Guimarães, Arthur Mariano, Bernardo Miranda, and Caio Souza all in the mix.
The world cup series will take a week off following Cottbus, but will resume in Baku beginning March 7. A complete list of competitors is below.
| ALBANIA | |
| Matvei Petrov | |
| ALGERIA | |
| Kaylia Nemour | |
| ARGENTINA | |
| Daniel Villafañe | Isabella Ajalla Sira Macias Mia Mainardi |
| AUSTRALIA | |
| James Bacueti Tyson Bull Clay Mason Stephens Mitchell Morgans Vedant Sawant |
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| AUSTRIA | |
| Manuel Arnold Xheni Dyrmishi Vinzenz Höck |
Bianca Frysak Selina Kickinger Charlize Mörz |
| AZERBAIJAN | |
| Murad Agharzayev Rasul Ahmadzada Mansum Safarov Nikita Simonov Ivan Tikhonov |
Nazanin Teymurova |
| BELARUS* | |
| Mikita Parfianovich Yahor Sharamkou |
Alena Tsitavets |
| BELGIUM | |
| Maellyse Brassart Aberdeen O’Driscoll Erika Pinxten |
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| BRAZIL | |
| Yuri Guimarães Arthur Mariano Bernardo Miranda Caio Souza |
Andreza Lima Carolyne Pedro Julia Soares |
| BULGARIA | |
| Yordan Aleksandrov Dimitar Dimitrov Eddie Penev Bozhidar Zlatanov |
Valentina Georgieva Yoana Yankova |
| CHILE | |
| Joaquin Alvarez Josue Armijo Ignacio Varas |
Makarena Pinto |
| CHINA | |
| Hu Xuwei Su Weide Xiao Ruoteng You Hao Zou Jingyuan |
Du Siyu Huang Zhuofan Ou Yushan Zhang Qingying |
| COLOMBIA | |
| Angel Barajas Jossimar Calvo Dilan Jimenez Juan Larrahondo |
Ginna Escobar Daira Lamadrid |
| COSTA RICA | |
| Lucia Solano | |
| CROATIA | |
| Aurel Benovic Tin Srbic Filip Ude |
Ana Derek Tijana Korent Sara Sulekic Tina Zelcic |
| CYPRUS | |
| Michalis Chari Ilias Georgiou Marios Georgiou Neofytos Kyriakou Kyriakos Markidis Sokratis Pilakouris |
Anni Piperi |
| CZECHIA | |
| Ondrej Kalny Radomir Sliz |
Sona Artamonova Aneta Holasova Vanesa Masova Alice Vlkova |
| DENMARK | |
| Camille Rasmussen | |
| EGYPT | |
| Abdelrahan Abdelhaleem Mohamed Afify Ahmed Elmaraghy Omar Elshobki Omar Mohamed Ali Zahran |
Judy Abdalla Nada Awad Jana Mahmoud Nancy Taman |
| FINLAND | |
| Elias Koski Leo Lehtinen Joona Reiman |
Maisa Kuusikko Kaia Tanskanen Olivia Vättö |
| FRANCE | |
| Samir Aït Saïd Cameron-Lie Bernard Benjamin Osberger Mathias Philippe Léo Saladino Cyril Tommasone |
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| GEORGIA | |
| Ioane Jimsheleishvili Bidzina Sitchinava Levan Skhiladze |
Ani Gobadze Dorien Motten |
| GERMANY | |
| Milan Hosseini Alexander Kunz |
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| GREAT BRITAIN | |
| Harry Hepworth Giarnni Regini-Moran |
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| GREECE | |
| Apostolos Kanellos Stefanos Tsolakidis |
Elvira Katsali |
| GUATEMALA | |
| Jorge Vega Lopez | |
| HAITI | |
| Yvenel Stephan | Khloë Timmer |
| HONG KONG | |
| Ng Ka Ki Shek Wai Hung |
Angel Wong Hiu Ying |
| HUNGARY | |
| Krisztian Balazs Botond Molnar Benedek Tomcsanyi David Vecsernyes |
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| ICELAND | |
| Jon Gunnarsson Dagur Olafsson Valgard Reinhardsson |
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| INDIA | |
| Tapan Mohanty Ujwal Naidu Rakesh Patra |
Ritu Das Dipa Karmakar Pranati Nayak |
| IRELAND | |
| Dominick Cunningham Ewan McAteer Rhys McClenaghan Eamon Montgomery |
Blathnaid Higgins Halle Hilton Lily Russell Emma Slevin |
| ISRAEL | |
| Andrey Medvedev Alexander Myakinin Ron Pyatov |
Ofir Netzer |
| ITALY | |
| Edoardo de Rosa Mario Macchiati Carlo Macchini Salvatore Maresca |
Elisa Iorio Sofia Tonelli Giorgia Villa |
| JAPAN | |
| Matsumi Kazuki Minami Kazuki Tsumura Ryota |
Serita Mikako Sugihara Aiko Takezawa Kaoruko |
| JORDAN | |
| Ahmad Abu Al Soud Adham Al Sqour Ahmad Habeeb Saleem Naghouj |
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| KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Milad Karimi Nariman Kurbanov Dmitriy Patanin Diyas Toishybek |
Aida Bauyrzhanova Darya Yassinskaya |
| LATVIA | |
| Dmitrijs Mickevics Ricards Plate |
Anna Grauda Grote Katrina Jurevica Valerija Ratobilska |
| LITHUANIA | |
| Robert Tvorogal | |
| LUXEMBOURG | |
| Celeste Mordenti | |
| MALAYSIA | |
| Ally Hamuda Abdullah Muhammad Sharul Aimy Ng Chun Chen |
Rachel Yeoh Li Wen |
| MEXICO | |
| Rodrigo Gomez Isaac Nuñez Alonso Perez Javier Rojo |
Natalia Escalera |
| NETHERLANDS | |
| Sara van Disseldorp Shadé van Oorschot |
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| NEW ZEALAND | |
| Georgia-Rose Brown Reece Cobb Ava Fitzgerald Madeleine Marshall |
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| NORTH KOREA | |
| Jong Ryong Il | An Chang Ok Kim Son Hyang |
| NORWAY | |
| Sofus Heggemsnes Jacob Karlsen Peder Skogvang Niklas Syverhuset Harald Wibye |
Selma Halvorsen Mari Kanter Maria Tronrud |
| PANAMA | |
| Hillary Heron Lana Herrera Karla Navas |
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| PERU | |
| Nicolas Garfias | |
| PHILIPPINES | |
| Juancho Miguel Besana John Ivan Cruz Carlos Yulo |
Levi Jung-Ruivivar Charlie Manzano |
| POLAND | |
| Sebastian Gawronski | Maria Drobniak Marta Pihan-Kulesza |
| PORTUGAL | |
| Guilherme Campos Jose Nogueira |
Mafalda Costa Maria Menezes |
| PUERTO RICO | |
| Nelson Guilbe Jose Lopez |
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| QATAR | |
| Al-Harith Rakan | |
| ROMANIA | |
| Gabriel Burtanete Andrei Muntean Nicholas Tarca |
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| SLOVAKIA | |
| Barbora Mokosova | |
| SLOVENIA | |
| Luka Bojanc Nikolaj Bozic Anze Hribar Gregor Rakovic |
Teja Belak Lucija Hribar Tjasa Kysselef |
| SOUTH AFRICA | |
| Naveen Daries | |
| SOUTH KOREA | |
| Hur Woong Kim Hansol Ryu Sunghyun Shin Jeahwan |
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| SPAIN | |
| Laura Casabuena Laia Font Maia Llacer |
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| SWEDEN | |
| Filip Lidbeck | Nathalie Westlund Jennifer Williams |
| SWITZERLAND | |
| Christian Baumann Moreno Kratter Luca Murabito |
Caterina Cereghetti Anny Wu |
| TAIWAN | |
| Hung Yuan-Hsi Lee Chih-Kai Lin Guan-Yi Shiao Yu-Jan Tang Chia-Hung Tseng Wei-Sheng |
Lai Pin-Ju Mai Liu Hsiang-Han Ting Hua-Tien Wu Sing-Fen |
| TÜRKIYE | |
| Ferhat Arican Adem Asil Ahmet Önder Kerem Sener |
Sevgi Kayisoglu Bengisu Yildiz |
| UKRAINE | |
| Nazar Chepurnyi Illia Kovtun Igor Radivilov Oleg Verniaiev |
Yelizaveta Hubareva Diana Lobok |
| UNITED STATES | |
| Cameron Bock Alex Diab Stephen Nedoroscik |
Jordan Chiles Zoe Miller |
| UZBEKISTAN | |
| Rasuljon Abdurakhimov Khumoyun Islomov Abdulaziz Mirvaliev |
Dildora Aripova Oksana Chusovitina Odinakhon Robidjonova |
*Competing as Authorized Neutral Athletes
Article by Lauren Hopkins
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