{"id":4448,"date":"2026-09-12T07:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vsaworld.com\/blog\/?p=4448"},"modified":"2026-09-12T07:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T04:29:06","slug":"hezly-rivera-a-champion-who-knows-how-to-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vsaworld.com\/blog\/hezly-rivera-a-champion-who-knows-how-to-fight-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezly Rivera: A Champion Who Knows How to Fight Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pin.it\/2ighjn2uv\">Hezly Rivera \u00a9 Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winning a national title is difficult. Winning it twice in a row is even harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doing it after a fall? That tells a very different story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the&nbsp;<strong>2026 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Phoenix<\/strong>, Olympic gold medalist&nbsp;<strong>Hezly Rivera<\/strong>&nbsp;proved that a champion is not defined by a perfect routine \u2014 but by what happens after something goes wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rivera won her&nbsp;<strong>second straight U.S. all-around title<\/strong>, finishing with&nbsp;<strong>111.950 points<\/strong>&nbsp;and beating her WOGA teammate Claire Pease, who scored 110.800. Charleigh Bullock took third with 110.550.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the final result doesn&#8217;t tell the whole story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A fall \u2014 and a comeback<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the first day of competition, Rivera had a major mistake on bars. During her routine, she fell on a stalder piked Tkatchev \u2014 an upgrade she was attempting \u2014 and finished the exercise with&nbsp;<strong>12.500 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For an athlete fighting for a national title, a fall can completely change the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rivera didn&#8217;t let it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, she came back on the second day with the kind of performances that explain why she is already an Olympic champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On floor, she delivered an impressive routine that included a full-twisting double layout and double layout, earning&nbsp;<strong>14.300 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then came beam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rivera performed a strong routine featuring a double wolf turn, side aerial combinations, a front aerial and ring jump, a switch leap and a double pike dismount. She scored&nbsp;<strong>14.400<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And on vault, she hit a clean double-twisting Yurchenko for another&nbsp;<strong>14.400<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suddenly, the fall from day one looked less like a disaster and more like the beginning of a comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hezly Rivera | Floor Exercise | 2026 Xfinity U.S. Championships | Senior Women Day 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6QyTOL22IA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 YouTube \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@usagymnastics\">USA Gymnastics<\/a><br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The pressure of being the champion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rivera&#8217;s victory is particularly interesting because she was not simply chasing her first major title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was defending one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After winning the U.S. all-around championship in 2025, she entered Phoenix with expectations already attached to her name. The pressure of defending a national title can be very different from winning one for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet she finished more than&nbsp;<strong>one point ahead of Pease<\/strong>, her teammate and closest challenger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her consistency on the second day was crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Rivera recovered from her first-day mistake, other contenders struggled as well. Skye Blakely, who had been tied for the lead with Pease after day one, suffered&nbsp;<strong>three falls on day two<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 one on floor and two on beam \u2014 and ultimately finished seventh in the all-around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gymnastics can change in seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One landing can move an athlete from the top of the standings to the middle of the field. One mistake can erase months of preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why Rivera&#8217;s ability to reset became one of the defining stories of the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More than one title<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory also puts Rivera in an important position heading into the next stage of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. women&#8217;s world team was&nbsp;<strong>not selected at the championships<\/strong>. Instead, the team will be decided at a selection camp at the end of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So Rivera left Phoenix with another national title \u2014 but not necessarily the biggest goal of her season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now she has to do something perhaps even harder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>prove that she can repeat this level of performance when the stakes rise again.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her 2026 championship showed several qualities that matter at the highest level: difficulty, power, recovery, and the ability to stay composed after a mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And perhaps that is what makes her story so compelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A perfect gymnast is an impressive idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a gymnast who falls, gets back up, and still wins?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>That&#8217;s a champion worth watching.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gymnastics-now.com\/2026-xfinity-u-s-gymnastics-championships-womens-live-updates\/\">Source: article on gymnastics-now.com By Patricia Duffy published September 9, 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Achieve More With VSA: Boost your skills with world-class coaches for just $29\/hour. Personalized programs 24\/7, 365 days a year, anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Vitalina Andrushchenko, Staff Writer&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hezly Rivera \u00a9 Pinterest Winning a national title is difficult. Winning it twice in a row is even harder. Doing it after a fall? That tells a very different story. 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