Keisha Lockert and Sofus Heggemsnes

First-year senior Keisha Lockert continued her stellar debut season with her first national all-around titles at Norwegian Championships this past weekend, including an all-around win more than a point higher than the rest of the field.

Lockert, who kicked off her senior career earlier this year by making a number of international teams that included both the European and Nordic Championships, returned following a summer hiatus to earn her top score of the season with a 49.550, defeating fellow first-year senior Christine Kubon in second with a 48.500 and veteran Juliane Tøssebro in third with a 47.850.

A total of 45 athletes competed in the women’s field, which showed several young talents in addition to those who landed on the podium proving themselves as having strong potential for the upcoming Northern European Championships. Rounding out the top eight were Amalie Dalene in fourth with a 47.450, Mali Neurauter in fifth with a 47.350, Olivia Bergem in sixth with a 47.100, Selma Halvorsen in seventh with a 46.200, and Hedda Folden in eighth with a 45.250.

Notably outside this group was the experienced Mari Kanter, who struggled on bars and floor to finish 10th with a 44.750, while Hannah Ifeanyi, another standout first-year senior who competed at several world cups this year in addition to making the European and Nordic Championships teams, competed only on beam, though did fantastic work on both days of competition and shared the gold with Lockert in the final.

Lockert also won the floor title along with a pair of silver medals on vault and floor, while Dalene won the vault title and Tøssebro won bars.

In the men’s competition, we saw 2020 Olympian Sofus Heggemsnes back on top in the all-around after missing last year’s meet. Though not at full strength here, he won the title with a 77.800 ahead of 2023 champion Peder Skogvang in second with a 77.050, while Joar Amblie was third with a 75.650.

Also competing in the all-around here were Harald Wibye in fourth with a 75.050 after struggling on pommel horse, Sebastian Sponevik in fifth with a 73.850, Kasper Berntsen in sixth with a 71.850, Edvard Roppen in seventh with a 66.300, and Jakob Kvamsøe in eighth with a 64.850.

Skogvang won the floor, pommel horse, and high bar gold medals, while Wibye took the gold on vault and parallel bars, and Sponevik rounded out the apparatus titles with the top spot on rings.

Perhaps most notable in this field was the return of Jacob Karlsen, who suffered two fractures in his right leg at the Baku World Cup. With only six months since this serious injury, he was only able to come back on rings for this competition, but he did well with both routines, earning a 12.95 on the first day of competition and then a 12.5 to finish fourth in the final.

Complete results are available on our event page.

Article by Lauren Hopkins