03. März 2011  
Jacksonville, USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

FIG World Cup Circuit starts with the American Cup 2011

The USA Gymnastics Federation announced the addition of Jordyn Wieber (USA) to the line-up for the first 2011 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup scheduled for March 5 in Jacksonville, Florida (USA) and to the first time as an official FIG World Cup event following a new WC system.

Philipp BOY, from Cottbus, Germany after winning silver at the Worlds in Rotterdam

Jordyn Wieber replaces Great Britain's Nicole Hibbert, (placed 22th at Rotterdam Worlds) who was injured while competing at the English Championships past weekend.
Wieber, a first-year senior, won the junior All-around title at the 2010 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships and was the winner of the 2009 Tyson American Cup in Chikago.
On top of the women's field are the 2010 World All-around Champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia, but on women's side only seven of the 24 Worlds all-around finalists are able to compete in an international top event to such an early time in the season.

Top-class men's roster will lead by 2010 Rotterdam World All-around Silver medallist and winner of the Longines Prize for Elegance Philipp Boy of Germany and 2010 World All-around Bronze medallist Jonathan Horton of the United States - in absence of the Japanese World Champion Kohei Uchimura.
All-around World Cup 2011
" Tyson American Cup", Invitational
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* Paricipants, Men (* in brackets: rank in Worlds AA-final)
  • GER: Philipp Boy                  (2)
  • USA: Jonathan Horton         (3)
  • UKR: Mykola Kuksenkov      (4)
  • GBR: Daniel Purvis               (5)
  • RUS: Sergey Khorokhordin (7)
  • JPN: Koji Uematsu                (8)
  • GRB: Samuel Hunter             (9)
  • FRA: Cyril Tommasone        (13)

* Participants Women  (* in brackets: rank in Worlds AA-final)

  • RUS: Aliya Mustafina          (1)
  • CHN: Huang Quishuang     (4)
  • AUS: Lauren Mitchell          (6)
  • SUI: Ariella Kaeslin             (8)
  • VEN: Jessica Lopez           (10)
  • USA: Alexandra Raisman  (13)
  • GBR: Hannah Whelan        (16)
  • USA: Jordyn Wieber            (--)