It's 1 year you can defer and then the clock starts counting.
They made an exception for 2020 Olympics because of the pandemic postponement.
If you defer for 2 years, one of those years eats a year of eligibility.
For an individual Worlds she didn't quite fit. She also didn't have the best Trials, she finished 4th AA, though she did finish 1st on bars on day 1, Skye beating her on that event on day 2 sealed the deal for Sullivan to be the alternate.
For a team worlds, I think she would be a fabulous lead...
The rationale made complete sense, to give experience to other gymnasts at a major international level as team Italy builds toward Los Angeles.
Clearly it was needed, Perotti struggled at Worlds and failed to make AA finals.
https://thegymter.net/2025/10/29/the-wag-record-breakers-in-jakarta/
https://thegymter.net/2025/11/02/the-mag-record-breakers-in-jakarta/
Lots of records broken.
The WAG/MAG US couples were mainly from meeting at college being on their respective gymnastics teams. They spend a lot of time together.
Brooks and Wieber started dating during the Rio Post Olympics tour, but had known each for years because of USAG. They both competed at the 2011 Worlds...