The 2024 U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials will be held at Target Center, a source said. An official announcement is expected from Minnesota Sports and Events at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
The news has been hinted at for weeks, starting with an featuring local gold medalist Suni Lee on May 3. The last gymnastics trials, put off a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, was held June 24-27, 2021, in St. Louis.
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The event will be of particular interest to Minnesotans if Lee, a St. Paul native who in July 2021, can compete. That, however, is in question since Lee announced in April that a kidney issue had .
Former University of Minnesota gymnast Shane Whiskus also competed at the Tokyo Games and is a member of the five-man U.S. team competing this month at the Pan American Games from Oct. 20-Nov. 5 in Santiago, Chile, and is expected to be a contender for .
Other national sporting events coming to the Twin Cities include the 2024 Big Ten men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 basketball tournaments, the 2024 men鈥檚 Frozen Four and the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games.
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