American Cup competitors

The Men’s field looks stronger than the Women’s. I’m extremely happy David Sender is competing. (He missed out on the Beijing Olympics due to a fluke ankle injury.)

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Men
Benoit Caranobe, France
Fabian Hambuechen, Germany
Koji Uematsu, Japan
Luis Rivera, Puerto Rico
Flavius Koczi, Romania
Yury Ryazanov, Russia
Joseph Hagerty, USA
David Sender, USA
Jose Luis Fuentes, Venezuela
TBD: two U.S. and one international

USOC – 2009 Tyson American Cup features mix of world’s top gymnasts and rising stars

StickitMedia speculates that the final two American Men will be selected based on results of the 2009 Winter Cup.

Women
Brittany Rogers, Canada
Kim Bui, Germany
Rebecca Downie, Great Britain
Koko Tsurumi, Japan
Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russia
Bridget Sloan, USA
Jordyn Wieber, USA
Jessica Lopez, Venezuela
TBD: two U.S. and two international

Gymblog is surprised no Romanian woman was named. We expected Ana Maria Tămârjan.

Russian gymnastics photos posted on kellichka mikhailovna Live Journal account.

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Ksenia Afanasyeva – more photos

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