© John Cheng

ANTWERP, Belgium, Sept. 28, 2013 – Podium training for the women's competition at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, started today and wraps up on Sunday, Sept. 29. This year's World Championships is an individual competition and does not have the team competition. The women's line-up has 2012 Olympic team gold-medalist Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max, Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/Bannon's Gymnastix, Inc., and 2012 Olympic team gold-medalist McKayla Maroney of Long Beach, Calif./All Olympia Gymnastics Center, competing in the all-around. Ross is training in the women's Subdivision 1 at 2 p.m. today, with Biles taking the floor on Sunday in Subdivision 3 at 1:30 p.m., followed by Maroney in Subdivision 4 at 4 p.m. Competition begins on Monday, Sept. 30, with the men's first day of qualification rounds.

Dowell of Odessa, Mo./GAGE, is the alternate. Men's podium training concluded earlier today, and qualification rounds begin on Monday, Sept. 30. The members of the U.S. Men's Team for the World Championships are: Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./Team Hilton HHonors (University of Oklahoma); Steven Legendre of Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (Oklahoma); 2013 U.S. all-around champion Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./University of Michigan; Alexander Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./Team Hilton HHonors (USA Youth Fitness Center); John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center); and Brandon Wynn of Voorhees, N.J./Team Hilton HHonors (Ohio State University). The alternates are: Eddie Penev of Penfield, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (Stanford University); and Paul Ruggeri of Manlius, N.Y./Team Hilton Honors (U.S. Gymnastics Developmental Center II).

The compete competition schedule for the World Championships is: Sept. 30 – men's qualification, 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Oct. 1 – men's and women's qualification, 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.; Oct. 2 – women's qualification, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Oct. 3 – men's all-around finals, 8 p.m.; Oct. 4 – women's all-around finals, 8 p.m.; Oct. 5 – event finals, men's floor exercise, pommel horse and still rings and women's vault and uneven bars, 2:30 p.m.; and Oct. 6 – event finals, men's vault, parallel bars and horizontal bars, and women's balance beam and floor exercise, 2:30 p.m. Based on the draw, the women are competing in the qualification round in: Subdivision 1, vault; Subdivision 3, uneven bars; Subdivision 4, floor exercise. The men's draw is: Subdivision 1, starts on parallel bars; Subdivision 3, parallel bars; Subdivision 4, floor exercise. The times listed above are for Antwerp, Belgium.

Here's a quick overview of the various ways to watch and follow the U.S. Team's performances at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. For more information on the World Championships, please go to usagymworlds.com.