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(ATR) World Artistic Gymnastics Championships a "coming out party" for the sport's next star, Steve Penny says.

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Sae Miyakawa of Japan competes on the floor on the first day of qualifications at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championship in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 23, 2015. Gymnasts can secure qualification for the 2016 Rio Games at the championships which will be staged at the Hydro Arena. AFP PHOTO / ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images)
Sae Miyakawa of Japan competes on the floor on the first day of qualifications at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championship in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 23, 2015. Gymnasts can secure qualification for the 2016 Rio Games at the championships which will be staged at the Hydro Arena. AFP PHOTO / ANDY BUCHANAN (Photo credit should read Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images)

(ATR)Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics, tells Around the Rings that theWorld Artistic Gymnastics Championships will be a "coming out party" for the sport's next star.

Penny weighed in on the road to Rio 2016, the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and even Tokyo 2020's proposed additional events.The championships started on Oct. 23 in Glasgow.

The event marks the first of two opportunities for gymnasts to advance to Rio 2016. The top eight teams will qualify for the Olympics.

Additionally, any individual event medalists who are not on a qualifying team for the Olympics or Olympic test event will book a ticket to Rio.

The second opportunity for teams to qualify for the Rio Games is the Olympic test event, where four more teams will earn berths at the Olympics.

Competition at the 2015 worlds ends on Nov. 1.

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