2025 Worlds Draw and Named Rosters

[RichardL]

Zhang Yihan is going to be a contender for a floor medal at Worlds for sure. Needs to clean up the landings since Nationals though.

 

[youwannacranson]

Allegedly FRG only wants to send two WAGs to Worlds. This would not be unusual for them, as the last (and only) time Romania used all 4 spots at a post-Olympic Worlds (since the format changed in 2005) was 2009.

Barbosu/Cosman (NCAA) & Ghigoarta (torn ACL & Meniscus) being out is likely the reasoning, if true.

 

[Ms Motts]

Australia has been sending some of its emerging talent to world cups, university games etc this year (Lucy Stewart, Annabelle Burrows etc), but as per the above post, there's simply nothing for a fourth Australian WAG to do at worlds except compete a couple of non world-class vaults.

And while the emerging talent that we're leaving behind might turn out to be slow burn (like Breanna Scott) rather than bursting onto the scene and making their mark as a 16 year old like Ruby Pass did, things aren't looking as bright for depth for Australian WAG now as they were a few years ago. We're more waiting for injured veterans to return (Georgia, Emily Whitehead) than for promising juniors to hit 16.

I do feel like all three of our gymnasts going worlds have yet to have their careers peak though. They're a solid core for Australia.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Allegedly FRG only wants to send two WAGs to Worlds. This would not be unusual for them, as the last (and only) time Romania used all 4 spots at a post-Olympic Worlds (since the format changed in 2005) was 2009.

Barbosu/Cosman (NCAA) & Ghigoarta (torn ACL & Meniscus) being out is likely the reasoning, if true.

Are the Romanian NCAAers likely to be out then? I had thought they might be able to combine the two, with worlds being well before the college season starts, and the fed would of course want Barbosu in particular, but you know more about the Romanians than I do.

 

[RichardL]

Yeah, why would Barbosu want to miss out on this Worlds? That's surprising and unfortunate if true!

 

[youwannacranson]

Are the Romanian NCAAers likely to be out then? I had thought they might be able to combine the two, with worlds being well before the college season starts, and the fed would of course want Barbosu in particular, but you know more about the Romanians than I do.

Yeah, why would Barbosu want to miss out on this Worlds? That's surprising and unfortunate if true!

Lilia is already in the US per MSU's training videos, and I imagine Ana probably just wants to focus on getting settled in to university, a new country & NCAA training without upheaval.

I believe I saw something about Ana saying she only intends to return to elite in 2027.

 

[irichluck21]

Cosman is in the US because she is an American citizen and lives in Michigan.

 

[cftmoonlight79]

Lilia was born and raised in MI, near Lansing. She only lived in Romania a few years to train with National Team for the Olys.