05. Februar 2012  
Las Vegas / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

National US-prelude of men s artistic gymnastics: Orozco wins Winter Cup

John Orozco, the gymnast from the Bronx

<<  John OROZCO (USA, New York) hit the jackpot inside the Las Vegas Sports Center, performing cleanly on all six events to win the 2012 Winter Cup Challenge all-around, parallel bars and horizontal bar titles.
Orozco topped the all-around standings with a two-day total of 180.700, followed by Steven Legendre (USA; University of Oklahoma), 175.200, and Brandon Wynn (USA; Ohio State University), 175.000.

Last year John Orozco finished third at the 2011 US Nationals behind Danell Leyva and John Horton and than he was a member of US World's team in Tokyo, ranked on fifth place all-around and won the team bronze medal.
Next Orozco woill start at the American Cup in New York ...

“I’m glad I got to start off like this in a new year,” John Orozco said, “Hopefully, I can keep it up throughout the whole year up to the Olympic Trials.”
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Leading after the first day of competition, Orozco never looked back, leading from start to finish in the final round.

With a 16.550 score for his front handspring, double front half-out vault, Steven Legendre posted the highest score of the meet and won the event with a 32.450 total.
* * Youtube-video --:  Steven LEGENDRE



Starting on the pommel horse, Brandon Wynn secured the all-around bronze medal.
* * Youtube-video --: Brandon WYNN


* R E S U L T S:
  > All-around results (after day 2)      > App. Results