A total of 12 champions were crowned across acrobatic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline and tumbling at the 2018 USA Gymnastics Championships at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Complex.

The day Alyssa Oh and Elizabeth Kapitonova have been waiting for, training for, anticipating and dreading finally came. July 7 was the day circled on their calendars as the day they would finally find out if they go to the Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2018 U.S. junior rhythmic all-around champion Elizabeth Kapitonova and Alyssa Oh will represent the United States in the Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 in rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline, respectively

Alex Renkert was nine years old when he developed a rather serious problem in his elbow. The injury interrupted his gymnastics activities. As it turned out, however, it was a blessing for Renkert, the 2017 U.S. double-mini trampoline champion and the 2017 World double-mini silver medalist.

2016 Olympian Laura Zeng of Libertyville, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, won the senior clubs and ribbon titles at the 2018 USA Gymnastics Championships at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Complex. Elizabeth Kapitonova of Staten Island, N.Y./Isadora Rhythmic Gymnastics, successfully defended her junior all-around title at the national championships, which conclude tomorrow for acrobatic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline.

2016 Olympian Laura Zeng and Evita Griskenas won the senior U.S. hoop and ball titles, respectively, at the 2018 USA Gymnastics Championships at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Complex.

Elizabeth Kapitonova, fresh off gold-medal performances at the Junior Pan American Championships and the Pacific Rim Championships, is in Greensboro defending her national championship from last year. She earned the U.S. junior ball and hoop titles Thursday afternoon.

The last time we saw her compete in the USA was five years ago at the U.S. Trampoline and Tumbling Championships in San Jose, Calif. That was when she was Savannah Vinsant and a U.S. Olympian for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Olivia Simpson and Lexi Vigil; and Paul Bretscher and Cody Gesuelli won the women’s and men’s synchronized trampoline titles, respectively, at the 2018 USA Gymnastics Championships in Greensboro, N.C.

16-year-old Aisley Boynton is competing in acrobatic gymnastics at the USA Gymnastics Championship for the fifth year in a row. But there is something drastically different this time.