Live Blog: 2024 Nastia Liukin Cup
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – Winter Cup continues with the 2024 Nastia Liukin Cup, and we’ll have live, on-site coverage here.
The meet is streaming live and for free on USA Gymnastics’ YouTube channel. Follow live results here. Latest start list here. You can read our meet preview here.
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Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:56 p.m.
Ella Kate Parker wins the junior title with a 38.075, and Elle Mueller goes 39.175 to win the senior title!
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:51 p.m.
Jahzara Swaby-Ranger (American Twisters) FX: Front layout to double front – SO much power she over-rotates and falls hands down out of bounds. Controlled catch but a fall nonetheless. Front layout through to double back. 8.950.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:48 p.m.
Keria Cameron (JamJev) FX: Dora the Explorer music! Front double full, so much power. Switch ring to switch 1/1. Front lay to front full, large lunge out. Beautiful double turn. Double back, controlled lunge. 9.275.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:33 p.m.
Avery Neff (Olympus/Utah) VT 1: Stunning Yurchenko 1.5 through the air. Step forward. VT 2: Yurchenko 1.5. Same through the air but low in the knees on the landing as she went for the stick.
Nina Ballou (American Twisters/LSU) FX: 9.700.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:26 p.m.
Ella Murphy (WOGA/OU) VT: Flaired out Yurchenko full. Excellent form. Just a single step back. 9.550.
Kelsey Slade (AZ Dynamics/OU) VT: STUCK Yurchenko full. 9.650.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:26 p.m.
Elle Mueller (Twin City Twisters/OU) UB: Chow to Pak, excellent. Double layout, solid. 9.800.
Ella Kate Parker (Cincinnati) VT: Stuck Yurchenko half on the second vault and she gives a little fist bump as the crowd celebrates. 9.500.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:18 p.m.
Heading into the final rotation, it’s Elle Mueller, Ella Murphy, Avery Neff, and Mackenzie Estep at the top for the seniors. Ella Kate Parker still leads the juniors.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:10 p.m.
Keria Cameron (JamJev) BB: Full turn. Front aerial, little check. BHS LOSO and she’s off. Was very slow. Good the rest of the routine. 8.650.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:08 p.m.
Kylie Smith (Cincinnati) FX: Half-in, half-out, so solid. 1.5 to front full. This has to be the tiniest athlete in the field, and she is bringing some of the best tumbling! Double turn. Double back, nearly stuck but a little stutter back. 9.550.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 2:02 p.m.
Avery Neff (Olympus/Utah) FX: Front full to front double, controlled lunge out. 2.5 to arabesque – twists so slow but got it around nonetheless. Double turn. Rudi to back layout stepout. 9.900.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:51 p.m.
Avery King went 9.675 on bars.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:49 p.m.
Ella Murphy (WOGA/OU) FX: Stuck cold double back. Punch front through to 2.5, excellent. Beautiful leaps. Double turn. 1.5 to front pike, excellent. Really stunning routine from Ella. 9.800.
Nina Ballou (American Twisters/LSU) BB: Off on her opening leap series. Off again on her flight series, no height whatsoever. If she hadn’t come off that could’ve been extremely dangerous. 8.275.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:46 p.m.
Elle Mueller (Twin City Twisters/OU) VT: Yurchenko 1.5, step forward. 9.875.
Mackenzie Estep (Ascend/OU) UB: Straddled Tkatchev. Bail handstand. 1/1 to full-twisting double back, looked stuck. 9.625.
Ella Kate Parker (Cincinnati) FX: Triple twist, looked a bit under-rotated. Leaps a bit low. 1.5 to front pike, bit uncontrolled out but arabesque helped. Double pike, step back. 9.550.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:39 p.m.
Kamila Pawlak (Metroplex/OU) UB: Maloney to bail handstand. Clear hip to immediate full-twisting double back, stuck. 9.625.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:38 p.m.
Jahzara Swaby-Ranger (American Twisters) BB: Wolf turn. Front pike toss. BHS LOSO LOSO, solid. Switch leap to switch leap. BIG double back, small hop. So much air and excellent form. 9.850.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:28 p.m.
At the halfway mark, Keria Cameron leads the juniors, followed by Ella Kate Parker. For the seniors, it’s three OU commits at the top: Mackenzie Estep, Elle Mueller, and Ella Murphy.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:25 p.m.
Avery Neff (Olympus/Utah) BB: Full turn from knees on the beam. Side aerial BHS. Switch leap to straddle side 1/4. 1/2 twist pike. Straddle 1/2. Stuck 1.5 twist. 9.675.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:17 p.m.
Nina Ballou (American Twisters) LSU: Piked Jaeger, bit low. Toe-on to bail handstand. Stunning double layout, sticks it and is waving her hands all in the air in celebration. 9.650.
Autumn Reingold (World Champions/UGA) FX: 9.725.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:16 p.m.
Ella Murphy (WOGA/OU) BB: BHS LOSO LOSO, how she stayed on for the second layout and hit it is beyond me. She stumbled landing the first LOSO. Front aerial. Switch leap to split jump. Full turn. Stuck double full dismount, absolutely stunning. 9.700.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:08 p.m.
Elle Mueller SR (Twin City Twisters/OU) FX: Full-twisting double back, large lunge out. Double turn, super fast. Front layout to Rudi. 9.825.
Ella Kate Parker JR (Cincinnati) BB: Side aerial LOSO. Switch ring, low, bit of a bobble. Full turn. Front aerial. Switch leap to split jump. BHS 1.5 dismount. 9.775.
Mackenzie Estep SR (Ascend/OU) VT: 9.700.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 1:01 p.m.
Kamila Pawlak SR (Metroplex/OU) VT: Beautiful Yurchenko 1.5 through the air. Step on landing. 9.650.
Zoe Johnson SR off on bars. 7.700.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:58 p.m.
Jahzara Swaby-Ranger SR (American Twisters) UB: Toe-on straddled Tkatchev. Toe-on to bail handstand. 1/1 to double back, hop back. 9.425.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:54 p.m.
Keria Cameron JR (JamJev) UB: Toe-on. Maloney to Pak. Full-twisting double back, small step. 9.400.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:46 p.m.
Rotation 2 coming up soon. Warmups are long because of the amount of athletes, so bear with us!
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:44 p.m.
After 1 rotation, Jahzara Swaby-Ranger leads the seniors and Keria Cameron leads the juniors.
Ella Murphy SR (WOGA/OU commit) also put up a 9.700 on bars in the first rotation.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:39 p.m.
Avery King SR (Metroplex/Arkansas commit) FX: Double back, big rebound and step back, think she stayed in bounds. Switch ring, switch half. Double pike, large step back. Double wolf turn. 1.5 to front lay. 9.400.
Meanwhile, fellow Arkansas commit Allison Cucci SR went 9.550 on beam.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:36 p.m.
Nina Ballou SR (American Twisters/LSU commit) VT: Yurchenko 1.5. Legs were a bit all over the place with some separation. Hop forward. 9.325.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:35 p.m.
Mackenzie Estep SR (Ascend/OU commit) FX = 9.825.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:34 p.m.
Elle Mueller SR (Twin City Twisters) BB: Punch front, big break, bent at the hips. BHS LOSO, solid. Full turn. Side aerial. Straddle 1/2. Switch half to beat jump. Stuck double full dismount. 9.675.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:32 p.m.
Ella Kate Parker JR (Cincinnati) BB: Stalder straddle Tkatchev. Pak. Double layout, small step back. 9.250.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:30 p.m.
Zoe Johnson SR (Sonshine/committed to Utah) VT: Yurchenko 1.5. Small step. Bit of leg separation through the air. 9.700.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:21 p.m.
Kamila Pawlak SR (Metroplex/OU) FX: Piked full-in, EXCELLENT! Beautiful switch leap wolf jump combo. 1.5 to front full, controlled lunge out. Double L-turn, perfection. Double pike, controlled lunge out, excellent form in the air, very little leg separation in her tuck. 9.600.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:17 p.m.
Jahzara Swaby-Ranger SR (American Twisters) VT: Big block on her Yurchenko 1.5. Large step forward. 9.675.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:16 p.m.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:05 p.m.
Avery Neff (Olympus) UB: Toe-on. Clear hip. Gienger to immediate bail. Looked like a stuck double layout from where we’re sitting. 9.575.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 12:05 p.m.
Sun. Feb. 25 @ 11:48 a.m.
Welcome to our live blog of the 2024 Nastia Liukin Cup during Winter Cup weekend! We are live inside Kentucky International Convention Center, where competition will begin at 12 p.m. ET. See the top of the page for how to watch, a link to live scores, start list, and our meet preview.
