2010 Tyson American Cup
Worcester (USA), March 6, 2010

LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, March 3, 2010: The United States’ most prestigious All-around international invitational, the 2010 Tyson American Cup will be held March 6 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. The event will feature some of the world’s top gymnasts in an All-around format. The USA’s Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich., and Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen won the All-around titles at the 2009 Tyson American Cup. The list of former champions comprises some of the sport’s best-known names, including Bart Conner, Paul Hamm, Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, Shannon Miller, Carly Patterson, Mary Lou Retton and Peter Vidmar.

“The Tyson American Cup is known for showcasing current and rising stars in gymnastics,” said Steve Penny, President of USA Gymnastics. “This year is no exception, and this prestigious field is an indication of what will be another exciting showdown for both the men and women.”

The Tyson American Cup features a mix of the world’s top gymnasts and rising stars. Reigning Tyson American Cup champion and 2008 Olympic Horizontal Bar Bronze medallist Fabian Hambuechen (GER) highlights the international field at the Tyson American Cup that consists of seven 2008 Olympians and three 2009 World medallists, including 2009 World All-around Silver medallist Daniel Keatings of Great Britain, 2009 World Vault Silver medallists Ariella Kaeslin of Switzerland and Flavius Koczi of Romania, 2009 World All-around fifth-place finisher Maxim Devyatovsky of Russia, 2009 World Vault finallist Elsa Garcia of Mexico, and World Cup Floor exercise Bronze medallist Elisabeth Seitz of Germany. Two U.S. alternates have also been named: 2009 World Horizontal Bar fourth-place finisher Danell Leyva of Miami, and 2009 U.S. Floor Exercise Bronze medallist Kytra Hunter of San Antonio, Texas.

The entire field, representing 11 countries, is listed below.

Women
Canada, Dominique Pegg
Germany, Elisabeth Seitz
Japan, Yuko Shintake
Mexico, Elsa Garcia
Switzerland, Ariella Kaeslin
Venezuela, Jessica Lopez
United States, Rebecca Bross
United States, Alexandra Raisman
Alt. United States, Kytra Hunter

Men
Colombia, Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez
Germany, Fabian Hambuechen
Great Britain, Daniel Keatings
Japan, Koji Yamamuro
Romania, Flavius Koczi
Russia, Maxim Devyatovsky
United States, Chris Brooks
United States, Jonathan Horton
Alt. United States, Danell Leyva

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(source: USA Gymnastics / adapt. FIG)