In July and Aug. of 2025, the YMCA Super Skippers and other United States teams, such as the Comet Skippers, the Kangaroo Kids and the Bouncing Bulldogs, traveled to Kawasaki, Japan, to compete in the Jump Rope World Championship alongside 34 countries. The International Competition lasted eight days, with each day lasting seven to 10 hours. Athletes from all countries attended and competed in multiple events each day, depending on what they qualified into the event for. In the end, the United States took home loads of medals and even some new World Champion holders.
One athlete from the United States was Christina Wang, who was on the Bouncing Bulldogs jump rope team. “I competed in two events at worlds, which consisted of one Double Dutch Speed event and one freestyle event. I trained an average of five and a half hours on weekdays and also spent some of my time teaching and working with campers,” Wang shared, explaining how her hard work and consistent practice paid off, allowing her to have a once-in a- lifetime opportunity to compete in a World Championship.
Additionally, Coach Meredith Miles, a coach and director from the YMCA Super Skippers, also went to Kawasaki, Japan, and watched both the YMCA Super Skippers and other teams compete at the World Championship. “The YMCA Super Skippers began training for the World Jump Rope Championships in September 2024 by developing and choreographing routines. From Feb. until July, the team trained a minimum of four times a week, two to three hours per practice.” Coach Miles states about her team. “The U.S. The National Team excels in freestyle events. Specifically, wheel freestyle across all genders, and of course, the women’s single freestyle event in which Lauren Ellis, Super Skippers team member and coach, won and is the World Champion.” Coach Miles states proud of both the U.S. Team and Coach Ellis.
This year, Wang started her Freshman year at Green Hope High School, and she has shared her jump rope experience with multiple of her friends, including her participation in Japan’s World Championship. Her friends and others have started to look at Jump Rope differently, not as a hobby, but as a sport. The sport has started to grow because of the impact of people like Wang and other Jump Ropers who are trying to encourage and grow the sport, so it is becoming more well-known among people.
In the end, all teams represented the United States and their respective countries greatly. They also caused an impact, helping many people notice the sport after how well they represented the United States, and how many of the athletes of the United States became World Champions.
