05. März 2006  
Philadelphia / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

Liukin (USA and Horton (USA) won American Cup

The US-American host and favorites Nastasia Liukin (60,05) and Jonathan Horton (92,50) won this years Tyson American Cup 2006, held in Philadelphia (USA).
It was also one of the first major international event to use the new scoring system for gymnastics that allows gymnasts to earn scores above the traditional 10.0 at each apparate.

This year's edition of this traditional international top event is an all-around competition again and no more component of the current world cup circuit like last year's.

After preliminaries on Friday the all-around finals took place on Saturday....

>> .. read more about 2006 Tyson American Cup (Preview)

Nastasia Liukin (USA)

2006 Tyson American Cup
- March 4, Philadelphia

>> Women's All-Around Final
1. Nastia Liukin USA (Diff: 24.100 / Exc.: 35.950) 60.050
2. Shayla Worley USA (Diff: 23.300 / Exc.: 36.475) 59.775
3. Aisha Gerber CAN (Diff: 23.600 / Exc: 34.050) 57.650

4. Lais Souza BRA (Diff: 23.800 / Exc.: 33.725) 57.525
5. Elsa Garcia MEX (Diff: 22.800 / Exc.: 34.350) 57.050
6. Zhou Zhuoru CHN (Diff: 22.400 / Exc.: 33.925) 56.325
7. Daria Bijak GER (Diff: 22.000 / Exc.: 34.000) 56.000
8. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS (Diff: 21.700 / Exc.: 32.975) 54.575
Diff.: = difficulty; Exc.: = execution)

Jonathan Horton (USA)

>> Men's All-Around Final
1. Jonathan Horton USA (Diff.: 35.300 / Exc.: 57.200) 92.500
2. Hisashi Mizutori JPN (Diff.: 36.300 / Exc.: 55.950) 92.250
3. David Durante USA (Diff.: 34.600 / Exc.: 56.750) 91.350

4. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS (Diff.: 35.400 / Exc.: 53.900) 89.200
5. Fabian Hambuechen GER (Diff.: 36.400 / Exc.: 52.800) 89.100
6. Nathan Gafuik CAN (Diff.: 34.200 / Exc.: 54.650) 88.550
7. Li Junhao CHN (Diff.: 33.700 / Exc.: 53.150) 86.850
8. Florent Maree FRA (Diff.: 34.100 / Exc.: 50.300) 84.300
Diff.: = difficulty; Exc.: = execution)

Lais Souza, best foreign gymnast...

PRELIMINARIES
- March 3, Philadelphia -
Japanese top star Hisashi Mizutori and world champion Nastasia Liukin (USA) lead after the preliminaries round of the this years Tyson American Cup 2006, held Friday in Philadelphia (USA).
Preliminaries; WOMEN:
1. Nastia Liukin USA 61.100
2. Shayla Worley USA 60.000
3. Bianca Flohr USA 57.550
4. Jacquelyn Johnson USA 57.550
5. Lais Souza BRA 57.300
6. Elsa Garcia MEX 56.300
7. Aisha Gerber CAN 55.950
8. Daria Bijak GER 55.750
9. Yelena Zamolodchikova RUS 55.250
10. Zhuoru Zhu CHN 54.750
11. Marina Kostyuchenko UKR 51.150
12. Kyoko Oshima JPN 50.400

Hisashi Mizutori, two tenth in front...
but at first day only!

Preliminaries; MEN:
1. Hisashi Mizutori JPN 91.600
2. Jonathan Horton USA 91.400
3. David Durante USA 90.950
4. Sergei Khorokhordin RUS 90.450
5. David Sender USA 89.050
6. Fabian Hambüchen GER 88.900
6. Brett McClure USA 88.900
8. Li Junhao CHN 87.950
9. Nathan Gafuik CAN 87.600
10. Ryuta Nakazato JPN 87.400
11. Florent Marée FRA 87.100
12. Razvan Selariu ROM 85.750
13. Danilo Nogueira BRA 84.850