Aleah Finnegan among WAG Olympic qualifiers at 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

ANTWERP, Belgium – Aleah Finnegan was one of the biggest stories during women’s qualifying at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when she earned an individual berth to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The former U.S. elite and current LSU star switched nationalities to the Philippines in 2022 and was just seeing where the experience would take her. Fast forward to Monday, and Finnegan hit four-for-four, including a clutch beam set to close, to easily qualify to Paris among the top 14 eligible athletes in the all-around.

The other 13 athletes are Kaylia Nemour (ALG), Alexa Moreno (MEX), Filipa Martins (POR), Pauline Schaefer-Betz (GER), Bettina Lili Czifra (HUN), Aleah Finnegan (PHI), Alba Petisco (ESP), Anna Lashchevska (UKR), Lena Bickel (SUI), Hillary Heron (PAN), Lihie Raz (ISR), Caitlin Rooskrantz (RSA), Lucija Hribar (SLO), and Sona Artamonova (CZE).

While the U.S. women, Canada, and Great Britain already qualified teams to Paris at last year’s world championships, nine additional teams qualified at the conclusion of qualifying in Antwerp, with China, Brazil, Italy, The Netherlands, France, Japan, Australia, Romania, and South Korea rounding out the 12 teams that will compete at the Games next summer. Germany, Mexico, and Hungary will get one individual quota spot each for finishing 13th to 15th in the team standings.

Since France qualified a team, their individual quota spot as the host country will be reallocated to Rifda Irfanaluthfi (INA).

As for those moving on to the finals, Simone Biles has once again qualified to all five individual finals. She qualified first in the all-around (58.865) and on vault (14.949), beam (14.566), and floor (14.633). She qualified fifth to the bars final (14.400).

Shilese Jones qualified second to the all-around final (56.932), and she’ll join Biles in the bars final – where she qualified second (14.833) – beam final (6th – 14.033), and floor final (5th – 13.800).

See the full list of women’s qualifiers below.

Women’s qualifiers at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Team

1. United States – 171.395
2. Great Britain – 166.130
3. China – 165.663
4. Brazil – 164.297
5. Italy – 162.230
6. The Netherlands – 161.197
7. France – 160.903
8. Japan – 158.497

All-Around

1. Simone Biles (USA) – 58.865
2. Shilese Jones (USA) – 56.932
3. Jessica Gadirova (GBR) – 56.766
4. Rebeca Andrade (BRA) – 56.599
5. Ellie Black (CAN) – 55.065
6. Flavia Saraiva (BRA) – 54.699
7. Manila Esposito (ITA) – 54.698
8. Qiu Qiyuan (CHN) – 54.666
9. Ou Yushan (CHN) – 54.632
10. Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (FRA) – 54.465
11. Naomi Visser (NED) – 54.332
12. Kaylia Nemour (ALG) – 53.699**
13. Ondine Achampong (GBR) – 53.332
14. Georgia Godwin (AUS) – 53.198
15. Alice D’Amato (ITA) – 52.966
16. Ana Barbosu (ROU) – 52.932
17. Pauline Schaefer-Betz (GER) – 52.731**
18. Lee Yunseo (KOR) – 52.699
19. Alexa Moreno (MEX) – 52.331**
20. Sarah Voss (GER) – 52.232
21. Eythor Thorsdottir (NED) – 52.199
22. Kishi Rina (JPN) – 52.199
23. Hatakeda Chiaki (JPN) – 52.199
24. Filipa Martins (POR) – 51.965**

• R1 – Morgane Osyssek-Reimer (FRA) – 51.832
• R2 – Aleah Finnegan (PHI) – 51.366**
• R3 – Lili Bettina Czifra (HUN) – 51.365**
• R4 – Zoja Szekely (HUN) – 51.265

**Signifies individual Olympic qualifier.

Vault

1. Simone Biles (USA) – 14.949 average
2. Rebeca Andrade (BRA) – 14.633
3. Yeo Seojeong (KOR) – 14.516
4. Jessica Gadirova (GBR) – 14.416
5. Alexa Moreno (MEX) – 14.149
6. Joscelyn Roberson (USA) – 14.049
7. Miyata Shoko (JPN) – 13.900
8. Coline Devillard (FRA) – 13.783

• R1 – Ellie Black (CAN) – 13.766
• R2 – Csenge Maria Bacskay (HUN) – 13.500
• R3 – Ahtziri Sandoval (MEX) – 13.299

Uneven Bars

1. Qiu Qiyuan (CHN) – 14.900
2. Shilese Jones (USA) – 14.833
3. Kaylia Nemour (ALG) – 14.733
4. Huang Zhuofan (CHN) – 14.533
5. Simone Biles (USA) – 14.400
6. Sanna Veerman (NED) – 14.200
7. Naomi Visser (NED) – 14.166
8. Ellie Black (CAN) – 14.133
9. Lorette Charpy (FRA) – 14.133

• R1 – Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (FRA) – 14.066
• R2 – Georgie-Mae Fenton (GBR) – 14.033
• R3 – Kate McDonald (AUS) – 13.900

Balance Beam

1. Simone Biles (USA) – 14.566
2. Zhou Yaqin (CHN) – 14.500
3. Zhang Qingying (CHN) – 14.100
4. Pauline Schaefer-Betz (GER) – 14.066
5. Shilese Jones (USA) – 14.033
6. Jessica Gadirova (GBR) – 14.000
7. Ashikawa Urara (JPN) – 14.000
8. Rebeca Andrade (BRA) – 13.800

• R1 – Sanne Wevers (NED) – 13.733
• R2 – Manila Esposito (ITA) – 13.666
• R3 – Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROU) – 13.666

Floor Exercise

1. Simone Biles (USA) – 14.633
2. Jessica Gadirova (GBR) – 14.400
3. Rebeca Andrade (BRA) – 14.033
4. Flavia Saraiva (BRA) – 13.833
5. Shilese Jones (USA) – 13.800
6. Zhou Yaqin (CHN) – 13.766
7. Naomi Visser (NED) – 13.733
8. Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROU) – 13.666

• R1 – Alice Kinsella (GBR) – 13.633
• R2 – Manila Esposito (ITA) – 13.600
• R3 – Morgane Osyssek-Reimer – 13.433

Full women’s qualifying results from the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

• Women’s Team Qualifying
• Women’s All-Around Qualifying
• Women’s Vault Qualifying
• Women’s Uneven Bars Qualifying
• Women’s Balance Beam Qualifying
• Women’s Floor Exercise Qualifying