An Olympic medalist, a World medalist, and an NCAA champion are among the four men chasing the title in Phoenix, each capable of a 6.0-plus difficulty score.
Thackston confirmed to Auric Gymnastics that two specific skill changes will push him to the exact difficulty mark USA Gymnastics requires event specialists to hit to make the national team.
Frederick Richard and Shane Wiskus come into Championships each having posted an identical 83.65, the highest score by any American man so far this year.
USA Gymnastics · Scoring Reference Domestic Bonus System Bonus values added to Difficulty Score by apparatus, used only in U.S. domestic competition. Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Still Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar D-ScoreBonus D-ScoreBonus D-ScoreBonus D-ScoreBonus D-ScoreBonus D-ScoreBonus 5.50.2025.40.2025.
At the 2025 West Point Open, Kameron Nelson of Ohio State made history as the first known athlete to perform two triple back variations in a single floor routine. Nelson opened with a triple back pike (Nagornyy, "J" value) and followed it with a triple back tuck (Liukin,
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