USA Gymnastics names 10-athlete parkour roster for 2026 World Cups

Audrey Johnson and Shea Rudolph headlined USA Gymnastics’ 10-athlete parkour assignments for the 2026 season, a roster built around the two Americans who have already turned international starts into medals. Johnson, now a two-time world medalist, and Rudolph, who took bronze in men’s freestyle at The World Games in 2025, were both named for the Montpellier and Istanbul World Cups.

The rest of the list shows where the U.S. program is strongest right now and where it is still being tested. Brittney Durant, Jemini Powell, Roland Hannigan, Jacob Jeweler, Luke Mizel, Ryan Abiang, Allison Lind and Matthew Hadley filled out the assignments, while Johnny Brown was designated as a non-traveling replacement. Abiang and Lind stood out as international debutants at this level, a clear sign that USA Gymnastics is not just riding its medal winners, but trying to widen the base around them. Durant and Powell added continuity after teaming up at the 2024 World Championships, while Hannigan, Jeweler and Mizel keep the roster anchored by athletes who have already been through the U.S. selection cycle.

The schedule makes the stakes easy to read. FIG lists the 2026 Montpellier Parkour World Cup for May 14-17 at Rive du Lez in Montpellier, France, and the Istanbul Parkour World Cup for June 4-7 at Galataport Clock Tower Square in Istanbul, Türkiye. Under FIG’s 2024-2028 World Cup rules, there are four series each year, with a maximum of four events between April and November, so every start carries weight. In a sport with so few international stops, one clean run or one missed final can tilt rankings, confidence and future assignments.

USA Gymnastics’ recent history explains why Johnson and Rudolph sit at the top of the pile. At the 2024 Parkour World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, Johnson won silver in women’s speed to give the United States its first medal at a Parkour Worlds, then added bronze after weather wiped out the final rounds and podiums were set from qualification and semifinal results. She had already made history earlier that year with the first World Cup parkour gold by an American at Coimbra, Portugal. Rudolph then became the first U.S. parkour athlete to medal at The World Games since the discipline joined the program in 2022, taking bronze in Chengdu, China.

That is the standard this roster now carries. Johnson and Rudolph are the medal base, but Abiang, Lind and the rest are being asked to turn a small breakthrough into something deeper, one World Cup at a time.