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The push for the 2025 World Championships in Jakarta is fully underway. Held just outside Chicago, the 2025 U.S. Classic will serve as a key qualifying event and stepping stone for August’s U.S. Championships in New Orleans.
In a social media post released on June 30, USA Gymnastics confirmed its initial entrants for the 2025 U.S. Classic, set for July 18-19 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The list included 35 senior and 37 junior women’s athletes. USA Gymnastics vows to provide updated registrant lists “every Monday” leading up to the event.
Past winners of the U.S. Classic include Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, and Shawn Johnson. In 2024, Simone Biles claimed the title over six-time World medalist Shilese Jones and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles.
Olympic Names In Illinois
Among those registered were 2024 Olympic team champion Hezly Rivera and 2024 Olympic alternates and World team champions Leanne Wong and Joscelyn Roberson. Tiana Sumanasekera, also a 2024 Olympic alternate, will continue her push for Jakarta at the U.S. Classic.
Rivera made her return to the elite stage already in 2025, helping Team USA to gold at the 2025 Pan American Championships. Though Rivera showed inconsistencies while on the mat in Panama, she claimed two bronze medals to go with her team gold.
Wong and Roberson both return to the elite ranks after completing collegiate seasons. 21-year-old Wong wrapped her final season with the Florida Gators, finishing a decorated career with seven NCAA top-three finishes and nine perfect scores.
Known for her longevity in the sport, Wong’s appearance kickstarts an impressive seventh year as a senior elite on the U.S. National Team. While with Team USA, Wong has collected four World medals, including two team titles and individual medals in the all-around and on floor exercise.
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While Wong completed her collegiate career in 2025, Roberson’s has just begun. The Arkansas Razorback delivered a record-breaking season for her program that ended with an individual berth at NCAA Nationals – the program’s first for a freshman athlete in nearly a decade.
The All-American gymnast set numerous Arkansas scoring records in her first season, tallying personal highs of 9.9 or better on all four events. Her performances earned Roberson all-SEC honors on every event but uneven bars.
Highly regarded for her power and high difficulty, Roberson was a breakout star during the 2023 and 2024 elite seasons. In 2023, her performances powered her to the World Championships, where she ultimately withdrew from competition due to an untimely ankle injury. In 2025, she looks for more individual success.
Sumanasekera was also part of the gold medal-winning team at the 2025 Pan American Championships, but the Olympic alternate could not contribute fully due to an injury incurred onsite. Known for her stellar beam work and artistry on floor exercise, fans hope to see the UCLA commit appear on more events in Illinois.
Noteworthy Newcomers
One of the biggest challengers for the title is not one of the four Olympians. In early June, 17-year-old Jayla Hang put the gymnastics world on notice with a dominant performance at the Pan American Championships.
Hang claimed gold in the all-around in Panama and managed to clinch medals on all four events. Along with the team gold, Hang’s hardware haul measured at six, the most of any female gymnast.
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Perhaps more impressively, Hang’s all-around score marked the highest total at a continental championships in 2025. With her performances in Panama, the Florida gymnastics commit added her name to the list of top American contenders for the 2025 World Championships.
Another rising star is Claire Pease, the 2024 Junior U.S. National Champion and club teammate of Hezly Rivera. In 2024, Pease completed an undefeated domestic season, winning all-around gold at the junior editions of Winter Cup, U.S. Classic, and the U.S. National Championship.
Pease has already collected medals in 2025, winning gold on balance beam at the Winter Cup and again at the Antalya World Cup. At the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy, Pease finished second in the all-around behind two-time Olympic medalist Manila Esposito (ITA). In her first season as a senior elite gymnast, Pease looks to fight her way onto national and international podiums.
UCLA Gymnastics commit Ashlee Sullivan also made headlines in 2025. Sullivan impressed fans and judges at the Winter Cup, where she claimed gold in the all-around, silver on floor, and bronze on balance beam.
With steady gymnastics reminiscent of Aly Raisman’s, Sullivan has already delivered internationally. In April, she competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Team USA to silver and claimed bronze in the all-around, vault, and beam.
Fan favorite and Olympic trials competitor Simone Rose will also appear at U.S. Classic. Rose competed alongside Sullivan and Pease in Italy, where she claimed gold on the uneven bars.
Surprise star Gabrielle Hardie also makes her return after a stellar senior international debut at the Pan American Championships. The dark horse claimed gold on uneven bars and bronze on floor exercise in Panama.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolineprice/2025/06/30/four-members-of-2024-us-olympic-gymnastics-team-to-compete-at-us-classic/