Photography by John Cheng / USA Gymnastics
2019 USA Gymnastics Championships all-around awards podium
In 1904, St. Louis hosted both the World’s Fair and the Olympics. Next summer, we’re getting back to our roots, hosting the USA Gymnastics Championships (June 22–27, 2021) at America’s Center and the U.S. Olympic Team Trials–Gymnastics (June 24–27, 2021) at Enterprise Center. The events were originally scheduled for this summer but have been postponed to next year. At the championships, see more than 1,600 athletes—men and women, including Junior Olympic and elite levels—compete in acrobatic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline and tumbling. The trials mark the first time that St. Louis has hosted the event for both men’s and women’s gymnastics, and, at the end of the championships, the Olympic men’s and women’s teams will be named. The ones to watch are the women: In October 2019, the U.S. team, helmed by Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, won its fifth consecutive world title. When they compete in the summer games in Tokyo this year, they’ll be the defending champions of both 2016 and 2012.
