(originally published by USA Gymnastics)
Moldauer, Naddour, Whittenburg advance to men’s finals at 2017 World Championships
Yul Moldauer of Arvada, Colo./University of Oklahoma, will compete in the men’s all-around final after placing seventh in the qualification rankings at the 2017 World Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Que., Canada. Alex Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./USA Youth Fitness Center, and Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore, Md./U.S. Olympic Training Center, also will compete in event finals. The U.S. women compete in Subdivision 5, the last women’s qualification round, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. USA Gymnastics is providing live webcasts of the U.S. competitive sessions and all finals at usagymwords.com.
The U.S. men competing in the event finals are listed below. Ranking in the qualification standings is included in parentheses, but scores do not carry forward to the finals. The top eight, with a maximum of two per country, advanced to the individual event finals, with the top 24 qualifying for the all-around final.
- Moldauer, all-around (7), floor exercise (3)
- Naddour, pommel horse (3)
- Whittenburg, floor exercise (2)
Naddour and Whittenburg are the first and second reserve athletes for still rings. Eddie Penev of Rochester, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, is the second reserve athlete for vault. Whittenburg is also the second reserve athlete for the parallel bars. Marvin Kimble of Milwaukee, Wis./Salto Gymnastics Center, is the second reserve athlete for the horizontal bar. Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./U.S. Olympic Training Center, also competed for the U.S. Team.
The 2017 U.S. Women’s Team, who will compete on Oct. 4 in the qualification round, features Jade Carey, Phoenix, Ariz./Oasis Gymnastics; Morgan Hurd, Middletown, Del./First State Gymnastics; Ashton Locklear, Hamlet, N.C./Everest Gymnastics; and Ragan Smith, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics. Jordan Chiles of Vancouver, Wash./Naydenov Gymnastics, is the non-traveling replacement athlete.
Athletes advance to the event finals at this year’s World Championships, an individual World Championships, based on performances during the qualification rounds, with a max of two per country. Women qualification rounds wrap up on Oct. 4. Athletes are vying for World titles for the men’s and women’s all-around and individual events.
Event schedule
The remaining World Championships’ competition schedule is as follows. The qualification rounds with U.S. athletes are in boldface.
Qualification rounds
Oct. 4 – Women: 1:30 p.m. ET, Subdivision 3; 4 p.m. ET, Subdivision 4; 7 p.m. ET, Subdivision 5*.
All-Around finals
Oct. 5 – 7 p.m. ET, men’s all-around final
Oct. 6 –7 p.m. ET, women’s all-around final
Individual event finals
Oct. 7 – men’s floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings; women’s vault, uneven bars, 1 p.m. ET.
Oct. 8 – men’s vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar; women’s balance beam, floor exercise; closing ceremony, 1 p.m. ET.
Ways to follow the action
Here’s a quick overview of the various ways to watch and follow the U.S. Team’s performances at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal. For more information on the World Championships, please go to USAGymWorlds.com.
- Live webcasts. USAGymWorlds.comwill have live webcasts (U.S. viewers only) of all rounds of competition that feature U.S. athletes and all finals. The coverage will also be archived for on-demand viewing. The schedule is below.
Oct. 4 1:30 p.m. ET – Women’s Qualification Round, Sub. 3 (NED, ROU)
7 p.m. ET – Women’s Qualification Round, Sub. 5 (USA, CHN, JPN)
Oct. 5 7 p.m. ET – Men’s All-Around Finals
Oct. 6 7 p.m. ET – Women’s All-Around Finals
Oct. 7 1 p.m. ET – Event Finals, Day 1
Oct. 8 1 p.m. ET – Event Finals, Day 2
- Cable TV. The Olympic Channel will air the men’s and women’s all-around finals of the 2017 World Championships live on Oct. 5-6 at 7 p.m. ET. In addition, NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) will provide live coverage of the second day of event finals on Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. ET.
- NBC. NBC will broadcast coverage of the Worlds on Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. ET, hosted by NBC Sports Group’s gymnastics team of Al Trautwig; Tim Daggett, 1984 Olympic team gold medalist; and Nastia Liukin, 2008 Olympic all-around champion.
- USAGymWorlds.com and social networks. USA Gymnastics will provide enhanced coverage from Montreal, including results, photos, interviews and the webcast. Fans can also follow the action on Facebook, facebook.com/USAGymnastics, and Twitter, @usagym, or by using #MTL2017GYM.
- Live scoring. The International Gymnastics Federation provides live scoring from its World Championships. For more information and access, go to fig-gymnastics.com.
