SARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 12, 2018 – 2016 Olympic and 2018 U.S. all-around champion Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre, headlines the 2018 U.S. Women’s World Championships Team. The team was determined by the Athlete Selection Committee at the conclusion of the World Team Selection Camp at EVO Athletics in Sarasota, Fla.



The members of the 2018 U.S. Women’s World Championships Team are listed below. The alternate will be determined prior to competition at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Simone Biles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre

Kara Eaker, Grain Valley, Missouri/ Great American Gymnastics Express

Morgan Hurd, Middletown, Del./First State Gymnastics

Grace McCallum, Isanti, Minn./Twin City Twisters

Riley McCusker, Brielle, N.J./MG Elite

Ragan Smith, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics

Tom Forster, the women’s high-performance team coordinator, oversaw the selection camp. The members of the Athlete Selection Committee are: Forster; Terin Humphrey, athlete representative; and Tatiana Perskaia, International Elite Committee representative.



The World Championships are Oct. 25-Nov. 4 and provide the first opportunity for countries to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games. The three countries that medal in the team competition advance to the Games.



At Worlds, the U.S. men compete in the qualification round in Subdivision 6 on Oct. 26 at 9 a.m. and begin on vault. The women’s qualifying round is Subdivision 5 on Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. The finals schedule is: Oct. 29, men’s team, 4 p.m.; Oct. 30, women’s team final, 4 p.m.; Oct. 31, men’s all-around, 4 p.m.; Nov. 1, women’s all-around; Nov. 2, event finals (men – floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings; women – vault, uneven bars), 4 p.m.; and Nov. 3, event finals (men – vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar; women – balance beam, floor exercise), 4 p.m.



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