Konnor McClain opens season with Winter Cup win
Many 2024 Olympic hopefuls impress with early season form at Winter Cup.
Artistic Gymnastics
Konnor McClain opened her 2022 season a bang. The 17-year-old US gymnast won the Winter Cup in Frisco/Texas on Saturday evening (26 February) by claiming the all-around competition with a score of 54.300 points.
The 2024 Olympic hopeful was the only athlete to break the 54-point-mark.
Local hero Skye Blakely finished second with a 53.700 with 2021 world championship teammate eMjae Frazier coming in third with a 53.150.
There were no members of the six-woman US Tokyo Olympic team in the field.
McClain also had the top score on balance beam with a 14.600, while Frazier took the floor exercise title (13.500). Joscelyn Roberson's 13.125 was the best on vault, and Nola Matthews clinched the uneven bars title with a 13.950.
Vitaliy Guimaraes won the men's all-around.