Greek triathlon phenom Panagiotis Bitados struck again at IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo on Sunday sprinting to a stunning victory in the Pro Series showdown in Italy The prodigiously talented 21-year-old starred once again to claim his second victory in IRONMAN 70.3 combat – having already claimed the win at last year’s European Championship in Tallinn. He is now two from two Britain’s Cameron Main claimed an excellent second place with Denmark’s Emil Holm completing the podium British Olympian Sam Dickinson finished well for fourth but long-time leader – Germany’s former 70.3 World Champion Rico Bogen – fell away to end the day in seventh Jannik Schaufler (GER) was first out of the water closely followed by eventual winner Bitados Jonas Schomburg (GER) and Simon Westermann (SUI) Bitados put on an aggressive display of racing as he took the lead early on the bike course but Bogen quickly got to work to lead the 11-strong chase pack for most of the leg Bogen had a three-and-a-half-minute lead as he headed out onto the run course after a blistering course record bike split of 1:53:34 And early in the half-marathon he looked composed and in control Behind him, 11 men had entered T2 within about 15 seconds of each other with the 21-year-old Greek talent catching Rico just past halfway on the run with both Main and Holm putting down blistering run splits to finish in second and third places respectively Bogen failed to keep the aggressive run pace up Schomburg and Pierre Le Corre (FRA) all overtaking him in the later stages Afterwards a delighted Bitados said: “That’s my first [IRONMAN] 70.3 for this year and I am really happy to win… I had a bad but then I found my rhythm on the run and then I catch Cameron [Main] and Emil [Holm]… and I ran to just finish second but then I understood I was so close to Rico Follow the madness of the 'Race that eats its young' on RUN247 Be one of the first to try our new activity feed The Ironman Pro Series heads to Europe with a first-ever race in the Venetian Riviera plus how to watch the free livestream on race day And trust us – there will be plenty to watch at this race With favorable weather conditions for race day The single-loop swim in the Adriatic Sea is followed by a flat-and-fast bike course over and through the canal paths of the Venetian lagoon then capped with a shaded three-loop run along the promenade In addition to the 70.3 Venice-Jesolo livestream on Outside TV, live tracking for the pro and age-group races will be available through the Ironman Tracker app for iOS and Android The impressive 70.3 Venice start list will compete for a $50,000 prize purse and points toward the year-end Ironman Pro Series bonus (with a total of $1.7 million up for grabs) A few highlights from the 100-plus pros on the Venice start list: The pro races start at 7:15 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 4 – that’s 1:15 a.m. ET Sunday/10:15 p.m. PT Saturday for those stateside. The Ironman 70.3 Venice-Jesolo livestream will be free to watch live on Outside TV. Not a fan of late-night streaming? Outside+ members can view the race on demand after the finish anytime Watch the 70.3 Venice-Jesolo livestream We take a quick flyby video tour of the 2024 Ironman World Championship Kona course artistic delegation collected 21 medals from overseas competition over the weekend Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics) led American performances in Croatia winning three medals including one gold from the 2025 Osijek World Cup Hang clinched her gold medal on floor exercise with a 13.466 ahead of Israel’s Yali Shoshani in second (13.300) and Austria’s Selina Kickinger in third (12.700) Hang also won balance beam silver with a 13.766 and completed her trio of medals with a vault bronze (13.766; 14.033 Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics) won floor silver with a 14.133 after a tie break with Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat who scored the same to place first Milad Karimi of Kazakhstan was third with a 13.966 Iwai also advanced to the horizontal bar final where he placed eighth with a 12.433 Ill./EVO Gymnastics) was active in final competition ranking eighth in still rings with a 12.100 Calif./Stanford University) competed in rings qualifying where he landed just shy of a final berth in 10th with a 13.366 women won 17 medals in junior and senior competition at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics) earned the most medals over the weekend winning five medals by the end of the event She secured junior all-around silver with an overall 52.050 just behind teammate and champion Lavi Crain (Blue Springs Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express) who scored a 52.150 Moreau also clinched junior team gold alongside Crain Va./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center) Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics) and Addalye VanGrinsven (Champlin Minn./Pacific Reign Gymnastics) with a 157.750 four points clear of host-country Italy’s A (153.450) and B (149.150) junior teams Moreau claimed beam (13.450) and floor (12.850) gold and vault bronze (12.950) during apparatus finals Crain secured vault gold with a 13.475 and beam bronze with a 12.050 Also winning apparatus medals were Fulcher followed by Bullock winning bars silver with a 12.600 and Smith who earned floor silver with a 12.800 Leading the seniors were Claire Pease (Sunnyvale Texas/WOGA Gymnastics) and Ashlee Sullivan (Richardson who each came away with three medals from Jesolo The duo were the silver (53.800) and bronze (53.600) all-around medalists and also won team silver with Dulcy Caylor (Spring Minn./Flips Gymnastics) and Simone Rose (Sammamish Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics) just behind Italy A (162.600) and ahead of Italy B (157.000) Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics) sustained a knee injury and did not compete Pease scored a 13.950 to win bars silver while Sullivan secured vault bronze with a 13.975 Rose claimed the bars title after notching a 14.250 on the event This was our preview of IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo 2025 – you can click here for details on how Panagiotis Bitados and Solveig Lovseth registered brilliant Pro race victories The fifth event of the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series takes place this weekend (Sunday May 4) in Italy as 70.3 Venice-Jesolo takes centre stage with vital points up for grabs Athletes will be competing to earn 2,500 points, with 2023 IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Rico Bogen the headline act on the men’s side, with current Pro Series contender Anne Reischmann, who won earlier this year at IRONMAN South Africa looking to add further points to her tally The race boasts strong fields in both the professional races Bogen will be challenged by a strong German roster with 2024 IRONMAN Barcelona champion Jan Stratmann 2024 IRONMAN 70.3 Switzerland and Hradec Kralove victor Leonard Arnold and two-time 70.3 podium finisher Jonas Hoffman Reischmann will be joined on the women’s start line by a strong Dutch stable with 2024 IRONMAN 70.3 Philippines champion Els Visser 2024 IRONMAN 70.3 Poznan victor Marlene De Boer and 2023 IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia winner Diede Diederiks set to do battle IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo takes place on Sunday May 4 with the Pro Men’s race beginning at 07:15am local time 01:15am Eastern Time in the US and 10:15pm (Saturday May 3) on the West Coast The Pro Women take to the water eight minutes later at 07:23am before the mass age group start at 07:30am. Coverage of the race will be available on proseries.ironman.com, the IRONMAN YouTube Channel L’Equipe Live and on Outside TV in the US and Canada The good news is we have embedded the live stream so you can watch it without leaving TRI247 the IRONMAN Tracker App will also cover the race IRONMAN 2025 South Africa champion Reischmann will be keen to put a marker down at the head of the Pro Series standings The German earned a mammoth 5,000 points in South Africa and a solid performance in Italy would move her to the top of the rankings She’ll be re-opposed by Maja Stage Nielsen of Denmark who earned a top-five finish at IRONMAN South Africa The 36-year-old is yet to win an IRONMAN or IRONMAN 70.3 race Other potential contenders include four-time IRONMAN 70.3 podium finisher Daniela Kleiser of Germany IRONMAN South Africa’s third-place competitor Katrine Christensen (DEN) and Norway’s Solveig Løvseth – who is the current IRONMAN 70.3 Warsaw champion De Boer and Diederiks represent the Netherlands Great Britain’s Kate Curran is a two-time podium finisher over the middle-distance and Sweden’s Anna Bergsten will also be a contender 2023 IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Bogen of Germany headlines the field The T100-contracted athlete has just two middle-distance wins to his name in his career but is certainly the class of this field and will take a 10th-place finish from T100 Singapore into the event Bogen will be challenged by compatriots Stratmann and there is strong British interest as well with 2023 IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire runner-up Joshua Lewis IRONMAN 70.3 Italy winner Samuel Dickinson and Cameron Main – who finished fourth in Geelong earlier this year – all on the start line 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 Jesolo winner Alessandro Fabian will be hoping home comforts bring success The Italian is not a regular on the IRONMAN circuit but has four top-10 finishes in five races including a third-place in Tallinn in 2023 German double Olympian Jonas Schomburg was third at 2025 IRONMAN South Africa earlier this year and will likely contend another two-time Olympian who finished fourth in Paris The 1.9km swim takes place in the waters of the Adriatic Sea via a single loop in front of Jesolo’s iconic lighthouse which marks the border between the Municipalities of Jesolo and Cavllino The 90km bike leg is also a single loop course The Venetian lagoon and its landscape surround the athletes before reaching Cavallino athletes will reach Cortellazzo and its unforgettable bridge of boats and up to the municipality of Eraclea which is characterised by the gorgeous picture-perfect canals Three 7km loops await the triathletes to conclude the race alongside the shore line. At the end of the third lap athletes will be directed onto a footpath that will bring them to finish line situated on the beach The 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series continues to motor along as we reach the fifth stop of the campaign in Italy at IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo The winner of each race will be awarded 2,500 points with remaining professional finishers earning points on their finish time compared to the victor – a one second deficit translates to one point lost With four races down of 18 scheduled, Australia’s Chloe Lane leads the women’s standings with 5,913 points ahead of Germany’s Reischmann (5,000), Great Britain’s Kat Matthews (5,000) Canada’s Tamara Jewett (4,991) and US star Alice Alberts (4,923) American standout Rudy von Berg tops the men’s standings with 6,193 points ahead of Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt (6,812) France’s Leon Chevalier (6,218) and Big Blu’s compatriot Casper Stornes (5,829) The male and female pro with the most points at the end of the Pro Series will be crowned IRONMAN Pro Series Champions A competitor’s best five events will determine their points total A cool $200,000 is on offer for the series winner on both the men’s and women’s side with second earning €130,000 and third receiving $85,000 The cumulative payout for the 2025 season is €2,450,000 Sumanasekera and Caylor will don the red, white and blue at the City of Jesolo Trophy. They'll be joined on a team of senior athletes by Katelyn Jong, Eveylynn Lowe and Hezly Rivera. The U.S. will also field a junior squad at Jesolo with Lavi Crain, Addy Fulcher, Jaysha McLendon, Claire Pease and Tyler Turner set to compete. At the Pacific Rim Championships, Team USA will be represented by Kieryn Finnell, Jayla Hang, Madray Johsnon, Simone Rose and Trinity Thomas. The Pacific Rim Championships are set for 21-28 April in Cali, Colombia, while the City of Jesolo (Italy) Trophy will run from 20-21 April. Earlier in the day Caylor and Sumanasekera went 1-2 in the selection event senior all-around standings, while Pease was the junior winner. Pacific Rim Championships","tag":"[\"discipline-artistic-gymnastics\",\"noc-us\",\"simone-biles\",\"jordan-chiles\",\"shilese-jones\",\"paris-2024\",\"newsclip\",\"gender-female\"]","module_type":"InStoryCampaign","module_title":"USA Gymnastics names women's teams for Jesolo Trophy 🥇","event":null,"destination_url":"","entry_point_tag":"base","entry_point_type":"instory_campaign"}" data-tracking="click" href="https://www.olympics.com/en/sign-in?entry_point_type=instory_campaign&entry_point_tag=base&template=base&origin=https%3A%2F%2Folympics.com%2Fen%2Folympic-channel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Olympic Membership - Free Live Stream Sports & Original Series - join now Men’s and women’s artistic athletes gear up for competition in Europe this weekend Junnosuke Iwai and Riley Loos in Croatia for the 2025 Osijek World Cup April 10-13 Competition will begin with two days of qualifications Thursday and Friday starting at 9 a.m The World Cup concludes Sunday with men’s vault and women’s floor and balance beam finals starting at 8:10 a.m Live scoring is expected to be here and finals competition will stream live paid on figtv.sport Twelve junior and senior women’s athletes will compete for the U.S at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy April 12-13 in Italy Comprising the senior team roster are Dulcy Caylor Kylie Smith and Addalye VanGrinsven round out the junior team Team and all-around competition will be held Saturday Sunday will see apparatus finals starting at 9 a.m Event information is expected to become available on the Italian Gymnastics Federation website Competing athletes are listed below by event The IRONMAN Pro Series continues in Italy on May 4 with IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo marking the first European stop in the 2025 series Set for the seaside town of Jesolo near Venice the early May race will be the fifth event in the IRONMAN Pro Series calendar Over 100 professional athletes are expected to compete with US$50,000 in prize money on offer and a maximum of 2,500 series points available In addition to prize and points incentives the race also offers three qualification slots per gender for the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship will be streamed free-to-view across several platforms including proseries.ironman.com www.ironman.com Following the women’s artistic April National Team and Selection Camp in Crossville 14 athletes were selected to represent the U.S 2025 Winter Cup all-around, vault and floor exercise silver medalist Jayla Hang a will join a trio of U.S. men at the 2025 Osijek World Cup April 10-13 in Croatia Hang is currently set to contest all apparatus and looks to return to the medal stand after winning vault gold at the Antalya World Cup in March Six seniors and six juniors compose a roster of 12 athletes who will compete for the U.S. at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy April 12-13 in Italy Dulcy Caylor will be joined by 2025 Antalya World Cup balance beam champion Claire Pease, 2025 DTB Mixed Cup champions Ashlee Sullivan and Simone Rose, 2025 Winter Cup vault champion Zoey Molomo and 2025 Winter Cup balance beam co-champion Tatum Drusch Representing the junior team are 2024 City of Jesolo junior team champions Lavi Crain and Addy Fulcher Caroline Moreau and 2025 International Gymnix team silver medalists Charleigh Bullock Athletes will compete in team and apparatus competition in Jesolo Notable: See our Inside Gymnastics spotlight feature on Metroplex here 2025 DTB Mixed Cup team champion Nola Matthews will head to Bulgaria for the 2025 Varna World Challenge Cup May 8-11 where gymnasts will compete for apparatus titles While she wasn’t vying for an international assignment, 2024 Olympic gold medalist Hezly Rivera gave everyone a glimpse of her new floor routine! See our exclusive with Hezly here! first look at @hezrivera’s new floor routine!*she is not vying for an international assignment and will not receive a score pic.twitter.com/1IEhXHEDKq While the gymnastics world has been hyper focused on the NCAA gymnastics season elite gymnastics is just starting to heat up in 2025 Here’s a recap of the major international assignments that have taken place so far this year Team USA has two pommel horse stars that have been upping their game this year Illinois’ Brandon Dang and Air Force’s Patty Hoopes both competed at the Baku and Antalya World Cup they both finished just off the podium in the final these two are one of three athletes to break the 15-point barrier They are certainly building momentum and will be big names in the conversation for the World Championships in the fall The international assignments do not stop there for these pommel workers both Dang and Hoopes will be back in action at the Cairo World Cup April 25-28 in Egypt “My number one goal is to get to Los Angeles,” she says from one competition to the next because there are other activities besides gymnastics.” If there is one thing Chinese gymnastics brings Fanyuwei made headlines by performing a brand new skill a Jaeger with a full twist in a lay out position Since she was the first athlete to successfully perform the skill in international competition it’s now named “The Fanyuwei.” Many fans may remember Olympic Champion Sunisa Lee training the same skill in 2024 Lee never successfully completed the skill in international competition Fanyuwei can reach a difficulty score of 6.8 She has made herself an early contender for uneven bar champion at the World Championships this fall Claire Pease and Jayla Hang were both in action at the Antalya World Cup executing a powerful double-twisting Yurchenko While vault was the only event she won a medal on and will be looking to build for later in the season She also finished second bars with a 14.233 and a 6.2 D score Pease originally missed out on qualifying to the beam final but after a late withdrawal she was added and won gold She finished her week winning silver on floor We cannot wait to see all of these amazing athletes at the Xfinity U.S ➡️ Round 3➡️ Ashlee Sullivan, FX➡️ 13.750 pic.twitter.com/73r1DuxL5z Photos by Lloyd Smith and Ricardo Bufolin for Inside Gymnastics magazine In the Moment: Jordan Bowers WCGA Regular Season All-Americans Announced The Road to Fort Worth Real March Madness at SECs Behind the Mic with Olivia Karas and Cory Tomlinson 2025 AAI Award Finalists Announced Mackenzie Estep People First, Gymnastics Second Zoned In Zoey Molomo Ashlee Sullivan: Seizing Every Opportunity Skylar Killlough-Wilhelm Victory Lap Ly Bui Taking Florida By Storm Fueled By Faith Artistry In Motion, Aurelie Tran How Katelyn Jong Fits Right In Betty Okino Developmental Lead for U.S women’s artistic program Wendy Hilliard’s 10 Tips for 2025 Helen Hu’s Journey to a 10 Brooklyn Moors Shines Early In Her Senior Season In His Own Words: Nikolai Kolesnikov eMjae Frazier: Ready For More Sam Phillips: His Own Take Breaking Down the Men’s Code of Points Men’s NCAA Coaches Address Changes For our Men’s NCAA Preview Part 1, Click Here For our Men’s NCAA Preview Part 2, Click Here! 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Stratmann’s 2024 campaign saw him take the win at the IRONMAN Calella-Barcelona race and clock two second places at the IRONMAN 70.3 Valencia and Zafiro IRONMAN 70.3 Alcúdia-Mallorca triathlons and Dylan Magnien (FRA) are also among those to watch in the men’s professional field Anne Reischmann (DEU) will continue her season in Venice Marta Sanchez (ESP) on the bike and ran strongly for an incredible victory in Port Elizabeth less than a month ago With maximum IRONMAN Pro Series points earned the German currently sits atop of the IRONMAN Pro Series standings Also hot off the ISUZU IRONMAN South Africa African Championship podium is Katrine Græsbøll Christensen (DNK) With a successful 2024 season which saw her clock four top 10 finishes last year including 2nd place at both the IRONMAN 70.3 Gdynia and IRONMAN Kalmar Sweden triathlons the young Dane should not be counted out of anyone’s top picks Fourth place finisher in last year’s IRONMAN Pro Series Maja Stage Nielsen (DNK) will also continue her season in Venice after coming fifth in South Africa Stage Nielsen will be hoping to maintain a strong and consistent season once again to keep her at the top end of the IRONMAN Pro Series and in contention for a big bonus payout who unfortunately did not have as much luck in South Africa after pulling herself out of the race halfway through the run will no doubt be out for redemption as she toes the line in Jesolo fifth at the IRONMAN European Championship in Hamburg Eyes will also be on the up-and-coming Norwegian talent whose 2024 season saw her claim a victory at the IRONMAN 70.3 Warsaw race and a third place finish at the IRONMAN 70.3 European Championship Tallinn triathlon Local interest comes in the guise of Luisa Iogna Prat (ITA) who moved from short to middle distance triathlon racing just last year Other women also likely to be in the mix include IRONMAN Kalmar Sweden champion Below are the pro start lists (subject to change): Venice expects to welcome nearly 3,000 registered age-group athletes The IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo triathlon is a fan favourite amongst age-groupers wanting to test their early season fitness PB hunters and first-timers alike thanks to its flat and fast course Athletes will start their journey in the Adriatic Sea where they will complete a 1.2-mile (1.9-kilometre) ROKA swim with a single counterclockwise loop with the iconic lighthouse which marks the border between the Municipalities of Jesolo and Cavallino They will then embark on the 56-mile (90-kilometre) Zoot bike course Corallezzo and its unforgettable bridge of boats and the municipality of Eraclea which is characterized by the picture-perfect canals The 13.1-mile (21.1kilometre) HOKA run course consists of three 7km loops where athletes can enjoy sea views before finishing right on the beach to the roar of spectators For more information on the IRONMAN Pro Series visit Here For more information on the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo triathlon, visit  www.ironman.com/races/im703-venice-jesolo. To learn more about the IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 brands and series of events, please visit www.ironman.com Media inquiries may be directed to press@ironman.com View all Releases by Submit Press Release Address: 4010 Sorrento Valley Blvd #400, San Diego, CA 92121   Phone: (858) 876-4705 (c) 2025 Address: 4010 Sorrento Valley Blvd #400, San Diego, CA 92121   Phone: (858) 876-4705 Jesolo will once again host a major exhibition dedicated to one of the greatest artists of the 20th century: Pablo Picasso will explore the most personal and emotional side of the Spanish artist highlighting his long career and his innovative approach to art Theme of the Exhibition“Loving Picasso” will focus on the concept of love in Picasso’s life and works analyzing how his sentimental and relational experiences influenced his work with works that reflect the influence these women had on his creative process The artist’s most intimate side will also be explored themes that are reflected in numerous iconic works The Works on DisplayThe exhibition will feature a selection of paintings lithographs and ceramics that demonstrate Picasso’s extraordinary versatility There will also be works from his most famous periods Among the most emblematic works that could be exhibited are “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” “The Bathers” and “La Vie” works that tell the emotional complexity and stylistic evolution of the artist the exhibition will also focus on Picasso as a sculptor and ceramist aspects that are sometimes overlooked compared to his pictorial production which often feature stylised and abstract forms will show another dimension of his artistic work Jesolo will also offer an exhibition enriched by a multimedia approach that will allow visitors to come into contact not only with Picasso’s works but also with his personal and artistic history projections and interactive installations will accompany visitors on an emotional journey The use of immersive technologies will help create a more engaging experience highlighting the emotional connection between the artist and his works The use of augmented reality or viewers for visual experiences is also planned allowing visitors to literally “enter” Picasso’s paintings as a further immersion in his creative world Ceramics workshop with Sara Dall’Antonia An afternoon of Marcadoc – The hills of Venice deals with tourist cultural and food and wine information of the Marca Trevigiana and the Veneto Norwegian triathlon is not just about Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden we may have another swim/bike/run phenom on our hands after Solveig Lovseth romped to a stunning victory at IRONMAN 70.3 Venice-Jesolo in Italy on Sunday The 25-year-old Olympian from Trondheim simply was brilliant as she claimed an impressive Pro Series victory and the third 70.3 success of her career following on from Indian Wells La Quinta in 2023 and Warsaw in 2024 The win was set up by a blistering bike leg from the Scandinavian star with her 2:06:59 split faster than 14 of the pro men racing on Sunday Germany’s Lena Meissner claimed second spot with France’s Emilie Morier completing the podium Meissner led for most of the bike course through the Italian countryside after coming out of the water in front – with more than two minutes in hand on the eventual winner who had been chipping away to close in on the German eventually made a pass in the final third of the bike leg She then kept her cool as she got on to the run course staying strong and consistent to increase her lead to a winning margin of more than six minutes Her time of 3:53:22 is one of the fastest recorded in IRONMAN 70.3 history managed to run herself onto the podium in one of the best races of her career in the process punching her ticket to the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in Marbella.  Afterwards Lovseth said: “My swim was alright I guess I knew that Lena was in front and tried to chase her for the first 60km and then tried to just stay even all the way to transition so you’re always afraid that someone is coming from behind so I just tried to keep my pace high on the run… my main goal was to not blow off or I will destroy everything so I tried to be a little more conservative and just enjoy as well,  and it was I quite easy to enjoy it with so many spectators around Completing the itinerary are portraits taken by Robert Capa in 1948, capturing a mature but energetic Picasso on the French Riviera, offering a glimpse of the constant and inspiring presence of female figures in his life and art. Produced by the City of Jesolo and organized by Piuma in collaboration with Arthemisia, the exhibition aims to bring to light the deep and complex dynamics between the artist and the female world that accompanied and inspired him throughout his career. © 2025 BVM Sports. Best Version Media, LLC. showcasing exceptional performances in gymnastics Notable results included Manila Esposito from Italy securing first place in the Senior All-Around with a score of 55.750 while Claire Pease and Ashlee Sullivan from the United States followed in second and third The event featured various apparatus finals highlighting impressive skills from both junior and senior athletes The competition sets the stage for upcoming international events as athletes aim to refine their skills ahead of major championships scheduled later this year Performances at this event will be critical in shaping team selections and strategies moving forward The City of Jesolo Trophy showcased emerging talent and established stars emphasizing the competitive landscape of gymnastics Athletes' performances here are pivotal for their future endeavors and national representation The summary of the linked article was generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence technology from OpenAI We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it OK Privacy policy American juniors had an impressive run in Italy at the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo over the weekend the junior team of Lavi Crain (Blue Springs Texas/WOGA Gymnastics) and Tyler Turner (San Jose Calif./Airborne Gymnastics Training Center) claimed team gold with an overall score of 158.534 They landed atop the podium ahead of host-country Italy in second (156.100) and Canada in third (149.666) Fulcher and Pease also secured silver (52.467) and bronze (52.133) medals in the all-around behind first place Giullia Perottti of Italy (52.800) Turner was fourth (51.733) all-around followed by Crain in 10th (49.733) Pease picked up uneven bars gold with a 13.800 and balance beam silver with a 13.350 while Fulcher earned bars silver with a 13.050 Crain also added to her team gold medal in Italy on Day 2 N.J./WOGA Gymnastics) and Tiana Sumanasekera (Pleasanton Calif./World Champions Centre) won team bronze with a 163.934 behind Italy (166.800) and Brazil (164.465) Complete results can be found here The United States is sending a young team to Italy including 2024 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup champion Dulcy Caylor and 2023 Pan Am Games team gold medallist Tiana Sumanasekera Eveylynn Lowe rounds out the U.S.’s senior squad Read on for the complete schedule and how to watch the senior competition live from Jesolo. schedule and how to watch live","tag":"[\"discipline-artistic-gymnastics\",\"noc-br\",\"rebeca-andrade\",\"flavia-saraiva\",\"noc-it\",\"noc-us\",\"paris-2024\",\"newsclip\",\"gender-female\",\"schedule\",\"preview\"]","module_type":"InStoryCampaign","module_title":"City of Jesolo Trophy 2024 - Preview The 11-time World and Olympic medallist has overcome three ACL tears to become one of the sport’s brightest stars who lifted her squad to a historic women's team all-around silver medal earlier this month at the World Championships and will aim to defend her Olympic vault gold at the Paris 2024 games She told us how she approaches competitions and comparing levels of tiredness with Simone Biles Competition at the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy runs 20-21 April The complete schedule is below with all times local to the event (Central European Summer Time) women’s and trampoline and tumbling programs have announced the athletes selected to represent the country at this year’s Pacific Rim Championships and the 2024 T&T Pan American Championships and Club Pan American Cup women’s and trampoline and tumbling programs have announced the athletes selected to represent the country at this year’s Pacific Rim Championships April 21-28 in Cali the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy April 20-21 in Jesolo and the 2024 T&T Pan American Championships and Club Pan American Cup May 17-19 in Lima Following the selection event this week in Katy women’s program selected five athletes to participate at the Pacific Rim Championships which are being held for the first time since 2018 Making her first international appearance since that same year 2024 Winter Cup uneven bars silver medalist and veteran Trinity Thomas will be joined by Madray Johnson and first-year seniors Kieryn Finnell Jayla Hang and Simone Rose at the competition in Colombia men’s program selected 2023 Pan American Games team champion Cameron Bock 2024 Winter Cup all-around bronze medalist Riley Loos 2024 Winter Cup all-around champion Yul Moldauer 2024 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup champion Kai Uemura 2023 Winter Cup junior parallel bars champion Caden Clinton and 2024 Winter Cup junior horizontal bar champion Danila Leykin as their team roster for men’s competition at Pac Rims Athletes were chosen based on results from Winter Cup in February After performances at the 2024 Winter Classic Invitational in March eight junior and senior athletes were selected to compete for the U.S 2024 Winter Classic trampoline and synchronized trampoline silver medalist Ava DeHanes and synchro partner Leah Edelman will compete In their first international event as seniors Reigning Winter Classic junior trampoline champion Alexandra Mytnik and bronze medalist Grace Danley will contend junior medals 2024 Winter Classic double mini silver medalist Ryan Maccagnan and trampoline gold medalist Elijah Vogel will headline senior competition while 2024 Winter Classic junior synchro silver medalists Nate Erkert and Alexander Rozenshteyn will compete as juniors Further information about the Pac Rim Championships is expected to be available on the Colombian Gymnastics Federation’s website closer to the event. Click here to view the rhythmic athletes previously announced for Pac Rims Both juniors and seniors will be in action at the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy with 10 women’s artistic athletes set to perform Highlighting the senior roster are 2024 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup team champion Dulcy Caylor 2024 Baku World Cup uneven bars bronze medalist Katelyn Jong 2023 American Classic vault bronze medalist Eveylynn Lowe 2024 Winter Cup balance beam champion Hezly Rivera and 2023 Pan American Games team champion Tiana Sumanasekera The five juniors selected to compete include 2024 Winter Cup junior all-around silver medalist Lavi Crain 2024 Winter Cup junior bars silver medalist Addy Fulcher 2023 Hopes Championships 11-12 all-around champion Jaysha McClendon 2024 Winter Cup junior all-around champion Claire Pease and 2024 Winter Cup junior floor exercise silver medalist Tyler Turner Information about the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy is expected to be available at federginnastica.it later this month for the 2024 Pan American Championships and Club Pan American Cup from May 17-19 Comprising the senior championship lineup are Paul Bretscher Selected to compete in the Pan Am Cup event are DeHanes The 2024 Club Pan American Cup (17-21) is the qualifier for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games More information about the 2024 Pan American Championships will become available in the coming weeks All participating athletes are listed alphabetically below by event and discipline Two exciting international competitions are starting this weekend: the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships and the 2024 Jesolo Trophy the Pacific Rim Championships has been celebrated as a competition where future stars begin to shine who have gone on to achieve amazing results have included Simone Biles (Fun fact: the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne was one of Aly Raisman’s very first senior competitions.) Pacific Rim is scheduled for April 21st–28th in Cali Not only will there be artistic gymnastics but there will also be rhythmic gymnastics men’s and women’s artistic teams will include: USA Gymnastics has provided the following schedule of events and we will update with livestreaming information if it becomes available: Individual senior trampoline qualifications – 11 a.m Rhythmic hoop and ball qualifications – 3:30 p.m Individual junior trampoline qualifications – 11 a.m Rhythmic clubs and ribbon qualifications – 3:30 p.m Individual junior trampoline final – 10 a.m Rhythmic clubs and ribbon finals – 5:50 p.m Men’s and women’s apparatus finals – 4:30 p.m The second exciting competition is the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy another meet that has been a stepping-stone for future success for many U.S women (Shawn Johnson won the all-around at Jesolo in 2008 and it was also an early indicator of success for Aly Raisman and Simone Biles both of whom won the all-around in their first years as senior competitors.) the Jesolo Trophy is scheduled for April 20th-21st in Jesolo Notable international competitors will include Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade in addition to her 2023 World silver medal-winning teammates Flavia Saraiva and Jade Barbosa Italy’s star-studded team will feature Giorgia Villa and Alice and Asia D’Amato The juniors will compete in the team and all-around on April 20th at 3 am ET, while the seniors will compete at 7:30 am ET the same day. On the 21st, the apparatus finals will be held at 8 am ET. The senior competition will be streamed live on SportFace TV Follow Inside Gymnastics on Instagram and Twitter @InsideGym for the latest updates Subscribe now at www.shopinsidenation.com for our Inside Gymnastics magazine Commemorative Worlds Issue Just search “Inside Gymnastics” in the Apple App Store Athletes in nearly all disciplines will be in action throughout the week for European and South American competition rhythmic and trampoline competition at the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships April 21-28 Representing the artistic discipline are women Kieryn Finnell The men’s roster is composed of Cameron Bock team results are determined by the best four scores of the team Junior and senior all-around rankings will be determined by team results; only two athletes per country are eligible for awards The rhythmic delegation for the championships includes seniors Jaelyn Chin and Yana Golovan and juniors Isabella Chong Rhythmic team scores are based on the top two junior and senior scores on each event The top eight athletes in the junior and senior divisions per apparatus will advance to event finals seniors Ava DeHanes and Leah Edelman and juniors Grace Danley and Alexandra Mytnik will represent the women while seniors Ryan Maccagnan and Elijah Vogel and juniors Nate Erkert and Alexander Rozenshteyn will compete for the men The team score in trampoline and tumbling is determined by the top three scores in each qualifying round Below is the full competition schedule for the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships Complete information about the event will soon be available on the Colombian Gymnastics Federation’s website women’s program will send 10 junior and senior athletes to this year’s City of Jesolo Trophy April 20-21 in Jesolo Claire Pease and Tyler Turner will represent the country Juniors will take the floor on Saturday, April 20 at 3 a.m. ET for team and individual competition, followed by seniors at 7:30 a.m. ET. All apparatus finals are set for Sunday at 8 a.m. ET. More information about the event is expected to be available on event website soon The athletes previously announced to compete in Doha have opted to withdraw from the Doha World Cup women continued their international dominance with a relatively new group of seniors at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy while Sunisa Lee won the all-around in her senior elite debut China won the team silver while Italy won bronze and the top seven all-around gymnasts were all from USA USA began on vault with just a Yurchenko full from Gabby Perea but it was strong and well-executed to earn 13.567 Emma Malabuyo was next with a great DTY and scored a 14.533 Last was Shilese Jones with a huge DTY Liu Tingting was up first and opened with a triple twist Tingting was short on her double tuck to finish but was able to land it Qi Qi's floor routine was full of strong twisting and also ended with a double tuck but was not short Zhang Jin had a packed routine that began with a great turn and a whip triple full to split jump Liu Jingxing finished floor for China and had good difficulty in her routine front layout through to double full and a double pike But Italy had a great first rotation that put them in medal contention with USA and China right away Alice D'Amato got Italy started on a good note with a nice uneven bars routine that included great combos like a Maloney to Tkachev and a Ricna to Pak salto D'Amato dismounted with a front double tuck and scored a 13.967 Desiree Carofiglio was second and hit her routine including a Tkachev to Pak and a stalder full to Maloney to shootover for a 13.933 a Church and an eagle-grip full to a double front dismount Finishing up the first rotation for Italy was Elisa Iorio who had a routine with nice eagle grip work and pirouettes but was close on her double front dismount followed by Italy with a 42.067 and China with a 39.600 Japan was in fourth with a 37.300 after beam The second rotation is where the top teams made some major mistakes USA started well with a hit routine from Malabuyo whose routine began with nice stalder work followed by two releases and a double twisting layout for a 13.633 but Jones and Perea both fell during their routines Lee had a great bar routine and hit all of her connections and combos including a stalder blind to piked Jaeger and the Nabieva to Pak to Maloney to Gienger Italy was on beam and had some breaks as the rotation went on Alice was first and nailed her front tuck mount and hit the rest of her routine including a back handspring back tuck series and a triple twist dismount Asia unfortunately did not nail her mount and fell but recovered well Iorio hit her tricky roundoff layout stepout mount but bent at her hips for a big break during her front aerial Jin began the rotation with a Tsukahara double USA maintained its lead despite its mistakes with a 84.666 China moved into second with a 81.767 and Italy was third with a 79.200 The third rotation saw more mistakes from USA as it competed on beam Perea led off but grabbed the beam after her double wolf turn and fell after her standing full and scored a 12.367 Jones fought to stay on and had a few balance checks on her acro series and straddle 1/2 Lee also fell victim to wolf turns and fell She missed a few connections but was solid on her side aerial layout stepout layout stepout and earned a 13.233 Malabuyo hit her routine without major problems but did only a back handspring layout stepout instead of the triple series for a 13.500 China showcased its skills on uneven bars but had a few mistakes Qi was up first and had good form throughout but had to muscle up to a handstand Jin was crooked on a pirouette near the end of her routine and had to do three giants into her full-twisting double tuck dismount Xijing hit her routine with a double layout dismount for a 14.200 Tingting anchored bars with a fantastic set that included a Maloney to Gienger and beautiful pirouette work for a 14.500 USA was able to remain on top with a 124.432 and Japan maintained its fourth place position with a 114.166 The fourth rotation was a strong finish for USA but not for China She scored a 14.333 to clinch the all-around title tucked full-in with her chest low and a double pike to score a 14.233 Last up was Jones who opened with a big tucked double double Qi started the rotation and had two big wobbles on top of a fall on her triple series Tingting proved why she's the reigning World Champion on beam with her beautiful set USA won the senior team title with a 166.798 China won team silver with a 165.201 and Italy won bronze with a 161.333 Lee won her first senior all-around title with a 56.466 Tingting won silver with a 55.901 while Malabuyo joined her U.S teammate on the podium with a 55.899 for bronze Jin sixth with a 54.534 and Asia seventh with a 53.500 Related:Jesolo: Interviews with Team USAArchived Videos: Jesolo Team & AA Competition Get the most important Gymnastics stories delivered straight to your inbox Jesolo’s tourism offerings reachbeyond its geographical boundaries.Discover Venice the lagoon and allother locations easilyreached without stress Stay up-to-date on all the events and news in our city!Sign up for the newsletter It’s Superstar Season in World Para Athletics and Jesolo seems like the perfect location for the next chapter of what will be a phenomenal 2024 With the latest Grand Prix upcoming in Italy (22-24 March) and the story is ready to be continued with a star-studded cast We’ve had some household names compete already this season Marcel Hug and Tatyana McFadden all appeared in Dubai Paralympic champions including Abdeslam Hili made statements let’s begin with some of those home favourites who are already confirmed prepare for some perfect poses as the Charlie’s Angels of the sporting world do battle once again on home soil Martina Caironi and Monica Contrafatto are all confirmed to be taking part with Caironi looking to build not only on her Tokyo silver but also her long jump gold medal at the World Championships last year in Paris Maxcel Amo Manu is another who all eyes will be on he’ll renew what is a thrilling rivalry with Costa Rica’s Sherman Guity in the T64 across both 100m and 200m The reigning gold and silver World medallists are going to put on a real show The United States are bringing the firepower to Jesolo Spearheaded by reigning World and Paralympic T47 high jump champion Roderick Townsend their small but mighty team of four individuals all arrive with hopes of continuing their Kobe preparations Also starring will be Tokyo medallist and one of the faces of the Paralympic Movement each will be aiming to leave Jesolo by setting their stalls out ahead of a mammoth next six months both Brazil’s Ricardo Gomes (T37 100m and 200m world champion) and Ecuador’s Kiara Rodriguez (T47 100m and long jump world champion) will make the journey to Europe intent on leaving with more medals to their absolutely stacked collection the iconic and beloved Sandeep Chaudhary will be putting in his final preparations right now for another T64 javelin success The Paralympic Movement has taken quite the journey in the past 25 years and there will be one man in Jesolo who has seen every second of it Sydney 2000 was the first Games for Thomas Geierspichler An eight-time Paralympic and three-time World medallist Geierspichler has won everything there is to win across the T52 world He’ll have ambitions of adding to the portfolio in Jesolo And one nation who isn’t spoken about quite so much at the major events is that of Mauritius The island nation doesn’t have the history of Paralympic or World medals in our sport but Noemi Alphonse is a woman who is changing all of that perception Having picked up a simply stunning silver in the T54 100m and a brilliant bronze for the 400m at the Paris World Championships last year what could follow in the coming months may just make the world take even more notice and a nation will be anticipating the next stepping stone in their rise to become a Games force As with all our Grand Prix competitions, you will be able to follow the action along from home. We will have live streams of every second in Jesolo across our Facebook page as well as bringing some of the biggest moments on our channels during competition You will be able to follow live results too Keep an eye on all World Para Athletics social media channels for more of the build-up ahead of the opening day Olivia Dunne says she picked her new music to match her budding maturity as she prepares for her first senior competition She tells us all about her excitement for the atmosphere in Jesolo and competing alongside the other U.S We love her grace and the confident flair she's exuding with this unique music and choreography We can't wait to see it in competition.  Already a subscriber? Log In Watch the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy LIVE on FloGymnastics April 14-15! Check out some of her training routines below Smith is ready with some big tumbling passes and amplitude for days Already a subscriber? Log In She debuted this fan-favorite floor music in 2017 but she's ready to make a run for the podium at this year's Jesolo Trophy where her experience and calm confidence truly shine.  Smith has upped the ante on bars in these last couple of years adding upgrades and cleaning up combinations and we can't wait to see this routine during competition Following the success of the 20th anniversary tour Riccardo Cocciante’s famous musical will stop in Jesolo at the Pala Turismo from April 3-6 var(--popover-size));border-radius:var(--chakra-radii-l3);--popover-z-index:var(--chakra-z-index-popover);z-index:calc(var(--popover-z-index) + var(--layer-index 0));outline:0;transform-origin:var(--transform-origin);max-height:var(--available-height);--popover-padding:var(--chakra-spacing-5);}.css-1v5f30s:is([open] [data-state=open]){transform-origin:var(--transform-origin);-webkit-animation-name:scale-in,fade-in;animation-name:scale-in,fade-in;-webkit-animation-duration:var(--chakra-durations-fast);animation-duration:var(--chakra-durations-fast);}.css-1v5f30s:is([closed] @layer recipes{.css-3n6tnx{padding-top:var(--chakra-spacing-4);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-top-color:var(--components-article-header-hero-divider-border-color 0.15));}@media screen and (min-width: 80rem){.css-3n6tnx{padding-top:var(--chakra-spacing-6);}}}@layer recipes{.css-10yri1v{color:var(--semantics-text-paragraph-primary-color 10:20 AM (ET)@layer recipes{.css-107anqq{font-family:var(--chakra-fonts-body);color:var(--components-article-header-hero-author-text-color);font-size:var(--chakra-font-sizes-xs);line-height:1;width:-webkit-fit-content;width:-moz-fit-content;width:fit-content;}html.teamusa-theme .css-107anqq{text-transform:uppercase;}@media screen and (min-width: 80rem){.css-107anqq{font-size:var(--chakra-font-sizes-md);line-height:md;}}}by Chrös McDougall Konnor McClain competes on the balance beam during women's qualification at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Oct Konnor McClain’s long-established training plans were upended in August 2020 when gymnastics bumped its minimum age requirement back one year for the postponed Olympic Games in Tokyo suddenly making the hotshot West Virginian eligible for the Games three years sooner than expected McClain stepped back to refocus on her original plan of 2024 the 17-year-old appears to be right on track Her latest success came at the City of Jesolo Trophy an early season meet in Italy where a who’s who of top American women have shined before making the leap to the Olympic stage Competing in the seaside town in northeast Italy women’s team to victory while also claiming first place in the all-around Teammate Zoe Miller also won the uneven bars to give the Americans five of the six possible medals in Jesolo Shilese Jones took silver on bars and bronze on beam and eMjae Frazier won silver on floor to complete an overall strong performance from the U.S gymnasts who won the Jesolo all-around title includes Olympic medalists Shawn Johnson McClain has a ways to go to join that group After making her world championships debut last fall she’s already won the all-around at the Winter Cup in Texas and led the U.S team to victory at the DTB Pokal Cup in Germany so far this year scoring 54.999 to hold off Italy’s Asia D’Amato (54.967) and Martina Maggio (54.200) McClain also won the Jesolo junior title in 2019 The gymnast who now trains in the Dallas area scored 13.900 on floor and 13.850 on beam en route to two more gold medals won the bars with the help of a massive 6.5 difficulty score to total 14.450 points The next best D-score across all events in Jesolo was McClain’s 6.1 in the beam finals Miller’s bars score was .150 more than silver medalist Jones Jones also scored 13.550 to claim the bronze medal on beam who also made her world championships debut last year is coming off a team silver medal and five individual medals at last summer’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 As is often the case in the year after the Games Olympians are competing at the elite level so far this season though four of the six are active at the NCAA level and Jade Carey the 2020 floor exercise gold medalist now competing for Oregon State has said she plans to return to the elite level reCAPTCHA helps prevent automated form spam. 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Olly is currently engaged in the Lo rifarò with which he brings live in the clubs – along with the most beloved songs of his repertoire – his second album “Tutta Vita,“ already certified gold and which debuted directly at #1 in the FIMI/Gfk chart of the best-selling albums in Italy staying there for two weeks and stabilizing in the Top5 won one of the semifinalist spots on Sanremo Giovani by bringing “L’anima Balla” to the stage his music brings together melancholy and rhythm thus managing to embrace different tastes and attract the attention of companies such as Metatron and Sony He has been studying music and singing since childhood and as soon as he was a teenager he enrolled in the conservatory dreaming of being able to take the stage in front of a large audience Dream come true in his beloved Genoa in the summer of 2019 during the Goa Boa Festival where he will return in 2022 to open Blanco’s concert After the release of a first Ep entitled “Io sono” released in 2020 Olly collaborates with various artists from rap and pop il mondo gira,” his first real studio album in 2024 comes the successful “Tutta Vita” also certified gold album which launches young Olly into the Olympus of Italian pop Info and tickets: click here but Andrade's superior execution score - 8.500 to D'Amato's 8.300 - saw her take top spot on the podium And Saraiva claimed a second title on the day, sharing floor honours with team-mate Julia Soares. Performing a new French can-can instead of her crowdpleasing Britney Spears' '...Baby One More Time' routine, Saraiva scored 13.600. That was the same as Soares and identical execution scores saw them tied for first place. Manila Esposito of Italy also posted 13.600 but her execution mark of 7.900 meant she finished third. Led by all-around victories from Riley McCusker and Gabby Perea women won the senior and junior team titles today at the Jesolo (Italy) Trophy Team USA swept the junior all-around podium 2017 – Led by all-around victories from Riley McCusker of Brielle tallied 167.950 ahead of Brazil (164.650) and Russia (164.600) McCusker posted a 56.600 in the all-around to take the title Brazil’s Rebecca Andrade was second (56.000) Iowa/Chow’s Gymnastics was seventh in the all-around with a 54.550 and Morgan Hurd of Middletown 2016 Olympic team alternate Ashton Locklear of Hamlet Shchennikova’s 54.500 was eighth place in the all-around while Thomas recorded a 15th place finish with her 53.100 Nguyen posted the top mark on the beam for the U.S performing a back handspring to two layouts series and an aerial cartwheel to back tuck She dismounted with a two-and-a-half twist posted a 42.450 with McCusker adding a 14.200 and Locklear a 14.000 Hurd earned 13.200 after opening with a tucked double-double scored 38.800 counting scores of 12.850 and 12.750 from Nguyen and McCusker women vaulted clean Yurchenko double twists The team scored 43.500 behind a 14.700 from Hurd a 14.600 for McCusker and Nguyen’s 14.200 closed strong on the bars behind a 15.050 from McCusker Her routine included a stalder to piked Tkatchev and a stalder Tkatchev to Pak salto Locklear added a 14.750 and Hurd’s 13.400 gave the USA a 43.200 total on the event Team USA easily won the junior team title ahead of Italy (157.900) and Russia (156.500) juniors swept the top four spots in the all-around with Perea (57.550) Maile O’Keefe of Las Vegas/Salcianu (57.300) team started on the balance beam with four solid routines including Perea’s 14.650 where she connected a standing full into a split leap and dismounted with a two-and-a-half twist O’Keefe added a 14.500 and Kenlin a 14.150 posting a 13.950 with a routine that included a full-in mount vaulters performed double-twisting Yurchenkos with Malabuyo earning the top mark for the team at 14.650 O’Keefe and Perea rounded out the team score with matching 14.550 scores performing a toe-on Shaposhnikova to stalder Tkatchev Pak salto sequence to open and a clean double layout to close O’Keefe earned a 14.650 while Kenlin added a 14.250 to the U.S.’s 43.950 score USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport Its disciplines include men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics acrobatic gymnastics and Gymnastics for All (formerly known as group gymnastics) Gabby Hardie and Audrey Snyder turned in dominant performances over the weekend at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy Jaelyn Chin and Alexandria Kautzman each finished in the top 25 all-around at the 2023 Sofia Rhythmic World Cup in Sofia S.D./Twin City Twisters) and Audrey Snyder (Annapolis Md./First State Gymnastics) turned in dominant performances over the weekend at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy Hardie clinched junior all-around gold with a cumulative 52.134 13.500 on uneven bars and a combined 13.034 (13.367 Japan’s Ichika Morii rounded out the all-around podium with a 51.333 Fla./Bessonova’s school) and Alexandria Kautzman (Simi Valley Calif./California Rhythms) each finished in the top 25 all-around at the 2023 Sofia World Cup in Sofia respectively with scores of 112.00 and 109.150 in all-around competition Stiliana Nikolova of host country Bulgaria topped the all-around podium with a cumulative 131.300 followed by Italy’s Sofia Raffaeli in second with a 128.750 and Uzbekistan’s Takhmina Ikromova in third with a 124.550 Chin was among the top 25 gymnasts in hoop (28.350) 29.400 in clubs and 26.150 in ribbon during the qualifying rounds Tickets on sale from 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, on the Ticketone circuit. Info and authorized points on www.azalea.it Annalisa is the most certified woman of 2024 the first woman to achieve two 5-times Platinum singles over 200 thousand tickets sold in live performances in 2024 the first female artist to enter the US Billboard Top 100 chart and at the top of the annual chart the Global Force Billboard Women in Music in Los Angeles RTL 102.5’s Power Hits Estate with Tananai for the song “Storie Brevi,” the RTL 102.5 SIAE Award for “Sincerely” as the most played song in all music events in italy between June and August 2024 in 2023 it was for “Mon Amour.” At the Tim Music Awards held on September 14 the multiplatinum award for the album “E Poi Siamo Finiti Nel Vortice,” the multiplatinum award for the single “Sinceramente,” the Live Platino award for selling more than 200 thousand concert tickets the Arena di Verona – Diva award for the double concert event at the arena the Tim Summer Hits award for “Storie Brevi,” and the EarOne award for being the most played artist on the radio Her music has also reached beyond our country the event held in Barcelona that honors the most important artists in Spain and beyond Annalisa received the Special Award as “European Phenomenon of the Year” and her “Sinceramente (cuando cuando)” was No In November he also received the Best Italian Act award at the MTV Awards in Manchester Info and tickets: click here tallied a 166.800 for the top spot ahead of Brazil's 164.465 Team USA rounded out the podium in third with a 163.934 final score and Alice D'Amato tied for the top score with matching 55.733 totals Asia D'Amato was the third place finisher American Tiana Sumanasekera was the highest scorer Saturday on the floor exercise with a 13.900. The apparatus titles will be award as competition wraps up Sunday (21 April).