2024 Winter Cup


The 2024 Winter Cup, known officially as the Kentucky Winter Classic, was an artistic gymnastics competition held at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 23–25, 2024. As in recent years, the competition included men's and women's gymnastics.

Background

The event was held in Louisville, which had hosted the previous Winter Cup.
Three-time Olympic champion Gabby Douglas, who had last competed eight years earlier at the 2016 Olympic Games, announced she would make her competitive comeback at the 2024 Winter Cup; she later withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19.

Competition schedule

The competition had senior and junior competitions for both women's and men's disciplines. The competition schedule was.
Friday, February 23:
  • Winter Cup – Senior Men – Day 1, 1:30 p.m.
  • Winter Cup – Junior Women, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 24:
  • Winter Cup – Senior Women, 1:00 p.m.
  • Elite Team Cup; Junior Men Competition Day 1, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 25:

National team and international assignments

Due to winning a team medal at the 2023 World Championships, all six members were automatically named to the men's national team: Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Yul Moldauer, Fred Richard, Colt Walker, and Khoi Young. Following the conclusion of the competition, the following individuals were also named to the national team: Fuzzy Benas, Jeremy Bischoff, Cameron Bock, Taylor Burkhart, Patrick Hoopes, Josh Karnes, Riley Loos, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik, Curran Phillips, Donnell Whittenburg, and Shane Wiskus. Additionally Landon Blixt retained his spot on the senior development team and Kai Uemura was added as well.
Additionally USA Gymnastics also announced upcoming international assignments. Hoopes, Nedoroscik, Katelyn Jong, and Reese Esponda were selected to compete at the Baku World Cup; Lavi Crain, Addy Fulcher, Claire Pease, and Tyler Turner were selected to compete at International Gymnix; Bock, Loos, Moldauer, Phillips, and Wiskus were selected to compete at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge; Uemura, Benas, Nola Matthews, Addison Fatta, and Dulcy Caylor were selected to compete at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup; and Nedoroscik and Phillips were selected to compete at the Doha World Cup.

Participants

Men

The 15th annual Nastia Liukin Cup was held in conjunction with the 2024 Winter Cup.

Medal winners