2026 Winter Cup

2026 Winter Cup
VenueKentucky International Convention Center
LocationLouisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DatesFebruary 21–22, 2026

The 2026 Winter Cup is an upcoming artistic gymnastics competition to be held at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 21–22, 2026.[1] As in recent years, the competition will include men's and women's gymnastics.[2]

Background

The event will be held in Louisville, which hosted the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Winter Cup.[1][3] Previously the Nastia Liukin Cup had been held in conjunction with the Winter Cup but this year it was held alongside the American Cup.[4]

Competition schedule

The competition will have senior and junior competitions for both women's and men's disciplines. The competition schedule was (all times in eastern).[2]

Saturday, February 21:

  • Elite Team Cup – 1:30 p.m.
  • Winter Cup – Senior Men – 7 p.m.

Sunday, February 22:

  • Winter Cup – Junior Women – 12 p.m.
  • Winter Cup – Senior Women – 5:30 p.m.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Senior Women
Individual all-around
Vault
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor
Junior Women
Individual all-around
Vault
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor
Senior Men
Individual all-around
Floor
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar

National team and international assignments

The United States delegation for the 2026 American Cup will be decided at the conclusion of this competition.[5]

Participants

[6]

Men

  • Drake Andrews
  • Fuzzy Benas
  • Sasha Bogonosiuk
  • Crew Bold
  • Arun Chhetri
  • Taylor Christopulos
  • Tate Costa
  • Lincoln Dubin
  • Carson Eshleman
  • Kristian Grahovski
  • Zach Green
  • Jackson Harrison
  • Christopher Hiser
  • Jun Iwai
  • Maksim Kan
  • Joshua Karnes
  • Cooper Kim
  • Charlie Larson
  • Danila Leykin
  • Riley Loos
  • Kiran Mandava
  • Aaronson Mansberger
  • Yul Moldauer
  • Preston Ngai
  • Alex Nitache
  • Max Odden
  • Jesse-Lee Pakele
  • Kaleb Palacio
  • David Ramirez
  • Ori Reilly
  • Fred Richard
  • Nathan Roman
  • Anthony Ruscheinsky
  • Garrett Schooley
  • David Shamah
  • Hunter Simpson
  • Landon Simpson
  • Brian Solomon
  • Parker Thackston
  • Kai Uemura
  • Shane Wiskus

Women

Senior

Junior

  • Arjun Raghoenath
  • Espy Chang
  • Auyla Daniels
  • Sofie Davtyan
  • Chrysette Diggs
  • Eva Doherty
  • Sadie Drake
  • Madelyn Eagle
  • Carlos Fronc
  • Avery Haines
  • Brooklyn Klauser
  • Anslee McCauley
  • Jaysha McClendon
  • Amariah Moore
  • Amia Pugh-Banks
  • Alexis Reiner
  • Jazzy Saravia
  • Kylie Smith
  • Ansley Stevens
  • Sage Stiggers
  • Cassandra Tan
  • Addalye VanGrinsven
  • Audrey VanGrinsven
  • Sydney Williams

References

  1. ^ a b "Winter Cup, Elite Team Cup return to Louisville in 2026". USA Gymnastics. October 7, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Tickets for 2026 Winter Cup now on sale". USA Gymnastics. January 2, 2026.
  3. ^ "USA Gymnastics Winter Cup 2026". Downtown Louisville Partnership. July 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "American Cup returns in 2026 with mixed team competition". USA Gymnastics. November 17, 2025.
  5. ^ "Olympians and World champions set to take stage at 2026 American Cup". USA Gymnastics. January 30, 2026.
  6. ^ @USAGym (February 3, 2026). "❄️ See you in Louisville! ❄️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.