This Saturday, Team USA will face Germany and Romania in a friendly competition in Chemnitz, Germany. 

 

Team USA is headlined by Simone Biles of Bannon's Gymnastix, Bailie Key of Texas Dreams, and Kyla Ross of Gym-Max who each earned gold medals in last weekend's Jesolo Trophy Meet in Italy. The U.S. Seniors easily defeated Italy and Japan in the team competition while Biles and Key won the senior and junior all around titles. 

 

The rest of the stellar U.S. squad includes Lexie Priessman and Amelia Hundley of Cincinnati Gymnastics, Brenna Dowell of GAGE, Peyton Ernst of Texas Dreams, and Maggie Nichols of Twin City Twisters. The U.S. team is currently training in Frankfurt alongside the German National team in preparation for the competition.  

 

The German team will be decided at the conclusion of this week's training camp. The remaining German athletes will compete along with a few members of Team USA in a "mixed group". 

 

Unfortunately, the German team will have to do without it's top ranked gymnast, European silver medalist Elisabeth Seitz who is busy finishing high school. School commitments will also keep Seitz out of April's European Championships. 

 

Romania is reported to be sending Andreea Iridon, Andreea Munteanu, Diana Teodoru, and Paula Tudorache.

This will be the final stop of Team USA's European Tour. Ernst, however, will travel on to Japan where she will compete in the upcoming Tokoyo World Cup. 

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