PATHWAY TO PARIS: Doha 2024

Who’s Competing?

Male Solo: Kenny Gaudet

The 19 year-old Kenneth Gaudet will be returning to the stage after serving as the first ever male solo performance last year in Japan. Although Gaudet is ineligible to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic games in the Solo category, he hopes to return home with hardware similar to last years' experience at World Championships. 

Team: Anita Alvarez, Megumi Field, Ruby Remati, Jaime Czarkowski, Dani Ramierz, Calista Liu, Jacklyn Luu, Bill May, Audrey Kwon, Natalia Vega, Keana Hunter and Nikki Dzurko. 

With competition within the squad being extremely tight, coaching staff came to a conclusion to utilize their full roster to maximize the execution of each routine. It is yet to be decided which eight out of the 12 individuals will represent the stars and stripes, but every athlete has been dialed in with their focus on Olympic Qualification. 

What’s on the Line? 

The last opportunity for continental qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games 

The final team qualification allotments for Paris 2024 will be awarded to the five highest ranking teams after aggregating free team, technical team and acrobatic team scores at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. The other five teams competing in Paris have been decided through continental competitions. Doha will be Team USA’s last chance at team qualification for the 2024 Olympics. 

What is the Schedule? 

Friday, February 2^ndat 1 A.M. (PST) // Men Solo Technical Preliminary 

Saturday, February 3^rd at 9 A.M. (PST) // Team Acrobatic Preliminary 

Sunday, February 4^th at 3 A.M. (PST) // Team Acrobatic FINAL

at 10:30 P.M (PST) // Team Technical Preliminary  

Monday, February 5^that 9 A.M. (PST) // Men’s Solo Technical FINAL

at 10:30 P.M. (PST) // Men’s Solo Free Preliminary  

Tuesday, February 6^that 3 A.M. (PST) // Team Technical FINAL 

Wednesday, February 7^th at 9 A.M. (PST) // Men’s Solo Free FINAL 

at 10:30 P.M. (PST) // Team Free Preliminary 

Thursday, February 8^th: NO EVENTS 

Friday, February 9^th at 3 A.M. (PST) // Team Free FINAL

How can Fans Watch? 

All preliminary events will be streamed on World Aquatics Channel on Recast. All final events will be broadcasted on Peacock or NBC Sports Network in the United States. For more information on how you can access livestream specific to your location, please visit the World Aquatics Championship Website.

What is the History? 

Team 

At the most recent Pan American Games the stars and stripes took home silver falling .6638 points short of Olympic Qualification behind Mexico. 

Since the new scoring system has been put into effect, Team USA’s strategy is to ‘go big or go home’ by implementing choreography with high declared difficulty. At the Pan American games, all three team routines were entered with the highest declared difficulty with a margin of as much as three points. With the scoring system working in their favor, USA earned 1^st place in two out of the three team categories including a base mark-free acrobatic routine. 

USA left their mark at the 20^th World Aquatics Championships in July of 2023 finishing third place behind China and Japan ahead of Israel and Italy securing their best finish since 2007 in the team category. The history breaking team headed home with two bronze medals and two silver medals across seven categories and eight days of competition. 

Solo: Kenny Gaudet 

Kenny Gaudet competed in the first ever male solo competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships and returned to the US as a double World medalist. He took risks in both categories, increasing his already high difficulty and rising to the occasion.