Just like the opening day of FIG Women’s World Gymnastics Championships competition, the final day of qualification included a Gator.
Freshman Anya Pilgrim made her World Championships debut Monday at the Antwerp Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. She competed all-around and represented Barbados.
Anya Pilgrim’s World Championships Scores
Oct. 2, 2023
Event
Anya Pilgrim
Vault*
13.100
Bars
10.700
Beam
11.300
Floor
11.400
All-Around
46.500
World Championships’ women’s qualification concluded Monday. The United State leads all nations heading into Wednesday’s team final. Two with Gator ties competed for the U.S. in Sunday’s team qualification action.
Junior Leanne Wong competed all-around Sunday. She finished 11th among the all-arounders at 54.398. The U.S.’s Simone Biles (58.865) and Shilese Jones (56.932) lead the all-around standings through three subdivisions. The overall top eight advance to the all-around and apparatus finals. Each final can contain no more than two from a nation.
Florida signee Skye Blakely performed on uneven bars (14.133) and balance beam (11.866). Blakely stood eighth among uneven performers but will not advance to event final as the U.S.’s Shilese Jones is the second qualifier with Simone Biles qualifying fifth.
World Championships’ schedule (broadcast)
Oct. 4 Women’s Team Final – 1:30 p.m. ET (Peacock)
Oct. 6 Women’s All-Around Final – 1:30 p.m. ET (Peacock)
Oct. 7 Women’s Vault & Uneven Bars Final – 8 a.m. ET (Peacock)
Oct. 8 Women’s Balance Beam & Floor Exercise Final – 8 a.m. ET (Peacock)
2023 World Championships Women’s Team Qualification scores<https://live.gymnastics.sport/live/16194/womensqual.php?app=aa>
Of the Gators currently enrolled at UF, Wong and Pilgrim join two others to compete at a World Championships. Morgan Hurd (2017 & 2018) and Riley McCusker (2018) also represented the U.S. in World Championships action. McCusker and Hurd won team gold in 2018. Hurd won the 2017 World Championships’ all-around title. Kayla DiCello, who announced following her 2023 freshman season that she would take a gap year to pursue a spot on the 2024 Olympic team<https://floridagators.com/news/2023/4/27/gymnastics-gators-freshman-dicello-announces-plan-to-train-for-us-olympic-team-042723.aspx>, joined Wong at the 2021 World Championships and won all-around bronze.
Blakely signed a national letter intent with Florida in November of 2022<https://x.com/skyeblakely_/status/1590477293239283713?s=20> and announced she’ll defer enrollment at UF until fall 2024 to pursue a berth on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team<https://www.instagram.com/p/CvQriUJJ3dl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==>. She joined Wong on the U.S. 2022 gold medal team at the World Championships.
