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Gophers Ready for World Championships
10/1/2019 3:39:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics
Two Gophers are set to represent the maroon and gold and their countries in the next two weeks as the World Gymnastics Championships take place in Stuttgart, Germany Oct. 4-13.
Minnesota junior captain Shane Wiskus will compete for Team USA at his first-ever Worlds. Wiskus is the only current collegiate gymnast on the United States' five-man squad and is also the youngest at 21 years old. A native of Spring Park, Minn., Shane is one of three gymnasts to represent the Land of 10,000 Lakes in Germany, with Sunisa Lee and Grace McCallum on the women's side also hailing from Minnesota.
Alum Justin Karstadt is a member of his native Canada's world team and made a stop in Portugal for one week before heading to Germany for the competition. He had an exciting summer with Team Canada, which included a trip to the Pan-American Games, where he helped his country earn its first team medal at the event, a bronze, in 20 years. Team Canada has not yet named its finalized five-man team and alternate.
Both Wiskus and Karstadt were selected as First Team All-Big Ten members last season and raked in All-American honors: Karstadt on pommel horse and Wiskus all-around, on parallel bars and vault. The two will reunite and compete in the same Subdivision 5 throughout the World Championships.
It will be the last chance for both to help their countries qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with nine remaining team bids up for grabs. It would be Canada's first team appearance at the Olympics since 2008.
Subdivision 5 is set to kick off action in Stuttgart with podium training on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. local time. Stuttgart is seven hours ahead of CST, and the converted event schedule is as follows:
Podium Training (Subdivisions 5-8): Thursday, Oct. 3 - 3 a.m.
Team Qualification (Subdivisions 5-8): Monday, Oct. 7 - 3 a.m.
MAG Team Final: Wednesday, Oct. 9 - 6:45 a.m.
MAG All-Around Final: Friday, Oct. 11 - 9 a.m.
MAG Event Finals (Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings): Saturday, Oct. 12 - 9 a.m.
MAG Event Finals (Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar): Sunday, Oct. 13 - 6 a.m.
Information on streaming and TV coverage for Team USA can be found through their Worlds microsite. Podium training and team qualification will be live streamed via NBCSports.com or the Olympic Channel and will not require cable authentication. The team final will be streamed through NBC and requires a cable login, and will also be televised live on the Olympic Channel, with a replay on NBC Sports Network at 2 p.m. CST. The men's all-around final and first day of event finals will be streamed and televised live on the Olympic Channel, with replays on NBC and NBCSN. Day two of events finals will only be streamed live, with replays on the Olympic Channel and NBCSN.
Team Canada will provide streaming and broadcast via CBC, with more details to come. Live statistics can be found via FIG.
Updates will also be provided via Gopher Men's Gymnastics on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for coverage.
Minnesota junior captain Shane Wiskus will compete for Team USA at his first-ever Worlds. Wiskus is the only current collegiate gymnast on the United States' five-man squad and is also the youngest at 21 years old. A native of Spring Park, Minn., Shane is one of three gymnasts to represent the Land of 10,000 Lakes in Germany, with Sunisa Lee and Grace McCallum on the women's side also hailing from Minnesota.
Alum Justin Karstadt is a member of his native Canada's world team and made a stop in Portugal for one week before heading to Germany for the competition. He had an exciting summer with Team Canada, which included a trip to the Pan-American Games, where he helped his country earn its first team medal at the event, a bronze, in 20 years. Team Canada has not yet named its finalized five-man team and alternate.
Both Wiskus and Karstadt were selected as First Team All-Big Ten members last season and raked in All-American honors: Karstadt on pommel horse and Wiskus all-around, on parallel bars and vault. The two will reunite and compete in the same Subdivision 5 throughout the World Championships.
It will be the last chance for both to help their countries qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with nine remaining team bids up for grabs. It would be Canada's first team appearance at the Olympics since 2008.
Subdivision 5 is set to kick off action in Stuttgart with podium training on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. local time. Stuttgart is seven hours ahead of CST, and the converted event schedule is as follows:
Podium Training (Subdivisions 5-8): Thursday, Oct. 3 - 3 a.m.
Team Qualification (Subdivisions 5-8): Monday, Oct. 7 - 3 a.m.
MAG Team Final: Wednesday, Oct. 9 - 6:45 a.m.
MAG All-Around Final: Friday, Oct. 11 - 9 a.m.
MAG Event Finals (Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings): Saturday, Oct. 12 - 9 a.m.
MAG Event Finals (Vault, Parallel Bars, High Bar): Sunday, Oct. 13 - 6 a.m.
Information on streaming and TV coverage for Team USA can be found through their Worlds microsite. Podium training and team qualification will be live streamed via NBCSports.com or the Olympic Channel and will not require cable authentication. The team final will be streamed through NBC and requires a cable login, and will also be televised live on the Olympic Channel, with a replay on NBC Sports Network at 2 p.m. CST. The men's all-around final and first day of event finals will be streamed and televised live on the Olympic Channel, with replays on NBC and NBCSN. Day two of events finals will only be streamed live, with replays on the Olympic Channel and NBCSN.
Team Canada will provide streaming and broadcast via CBC, with more details to come. Live statistics can be found via FIG.
Updates will also be provided via Gopher Men's Gymnastics on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for coverage.
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