GYMNASTICS: Biles and McCusker lead U.S. World Champs team

USA Gymnastics announced that its women’s team for the 2018 World Championships in Doha (WAT) will include Olympic and World Champion Simone Biles and reigning World Champion Morgan Hurd after a one-day Team Selection competition in Sarasota, Florida.

The six athletes named to the team are Biles, Kara Eaker, Hurd, Grace McCallum, Riley McCusker and Ragan Smith, for the competition which will be held from 25 October-4 November. One will be designated as an alternate at a later date.

In the selection event, Biles won the All-Around by 2.35 points over McCusker and won the Vault and Floor events. McCusker was best on the Uneven Bars and Eaker won the Balance Beam.

Summaries:

USA Gymnastics Women’s Team Selection Camp
Sarasota, Florida (USA) ~ 11 October 2018
(Full results here)

All-Around: 1. Simone Biles, 59.700; 2. Riley McCusker, 57.350; 3. Grace McCallum, 55.400; 4. Morgan Hurd, 55.250; 5. Ragan Smith, 55.050; 6. Kara Eaker, 55.000; 7. Jordan Chiles, 54.700; 8. Shilese Jones, 54.000; 9. Alyona Shchennikova, 53.350.

Vault: 1. Biles, 16.000; 2. Jones, 14.750; 3. Chiles, 14.700; 4. Smith, 14.600; 5. tie, Hurd and McCallum, 14.500; 7. McCusker, 14.450; 8. Eaker, 13.950; 9. Shchennikova, 13.900.

Uneven Bars: 1. McCusker, 14.950; 2. Biles, 14.750; 3. Shchennikova, 14.600; 4. Hurd, 14.300; 5. Jones, 13.800; 6. Chiles, 13.600; 7. McCallum, 12.950; 8. Smith, 12.850; 9. Eaker, 12.350.

Balance Beam: 1. Eaker, 15.150; 2. McCusker, 14.100; 3. Smith, 13.950; 4. Biles, 13.850; 5. McCallum, 13.650; 6. Hurd, 13.550; 7. Chiles, 13.200; 8. Shchennikova, 12.900; 9. Jones, 12.650.

Floor: 1. Biles, 15.100; 2 McCallum, 14.300; 3. McCusker, 13.850; 4. Smith, 13.650; 5. Eaker, 13.550; 6. Chiles, 13.200; 7. Hurd, 12.900; 8. Jones, 12.800; 9. Shchennikova, 11.950.