Belarus’ Andrey Likhovitskiy and Puerto Rico’s Alexis Torres Serrano will compete at the 2015 AT&T American Cup, scheduled for March 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. They replace Brazil’s Arthur Oyakawa Mariano and Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen, who have withdrawn due to injury and illness, respectively. Featuring the world’s best gymnasts in a one-day all-around competition, the AT&T American Cup is the USA’s most prestigious international invitational and part of the International Gymnastics Federation’s all-around World Cup Series. Likhovitskiy, who was sixth at last year’s AT&T American Cup, was 14th in the all-around at the 2014 World Championships and eighth at the 2013 Worlds. At the 2012 Olympic Test Event, he was seventh in the all-around and third on pommel horse. Torres was a member of the Puerto Rican team that finished seventh at the Olympic Test Event and competed at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China.
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The complete field for the AT&T American Cup is listed below.
♦ M E N
BLR: Andrey Likhovitskiy - new !
PUR: Alexis Torres Serrano - new !
COL: Jossimar Calvo
GBR: Daniel Purvis
JPN: Ryohei Kato
JPN: Yusuke Tanaka
UKR: Oleg Verniaiev
USA: Sam Mikulak, Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton HHonors (University of Michigan)
USA: Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md./Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center)
BRA: Arthur Oyakawa Mariano - cancelled !
GER: Fabian Hambüchen - cancelled !
♦ WO M E N
AUS: Emily Little
CAN: Elsabeth Black
GBR: Claudia Fragapane
ITA: Erika Fasana
ITA: Vanessa Ferrari
JPN: Natsumi Sasada
USA: Simone Biles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
USA: MyKayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz./Desert Lights Gymnastics
VEN: Jessica Lopez
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The 2015 AT&T American Cup is the third and final stop in the FIG’s 2014-15 all-around World Cup Series and takes place in the gigantic AT&T Arena of Arlington, Texas.
The World Cup Series champion for men and women will be determined at the conclusion of the AT&T American Cup.
* Source: us-gymnastics