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USA wins team bronze medal at 2011 World Championships
The U.S. men won their first World team medal in eight years when they finished third at the 2011 World Championships at the Tokyo (Japan) Metropolitan Gymnasium. The USA missed the silver medal by a mere 0.010. Tomorrow, Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, and Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts’ Twistars USA, are competing in the women’s all-around finals (Start List | Live Results | Watch Live).
China won the team title with a total of 275.161. It came down to the very last routine to determine whether or not the USA would have the silver or bronze. Japan’s Kohei Uchimura scored a 14.700 to clinch the silver and edge past the USA, which posted a team score of 273.083. The USA’s previous team medals came in 1979 (bronze), 2001 (silver) and 2003 (silver).
“It was an incredible competition,” said Kevin Mazeika, the men’s national team coordinator and head coach for the World Team. “The guys did an amazing job, and I couldn’t be prouder of them. We are back on the medal podium and that is what is important. (This is the result) of the hard work of the athletes, the coaches, and we are on a mission — the goal hasn’t changed, and we are closer to it now. We will just go back and work that much harder on the road to London. It was such a great competition and an amazing finals.”
The U.S. men’s team includes: Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma; Jonathan Horton of Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Academy); Steven Legendre of Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (University of Oklahoma); Danell Leyva of Homestead, Fla./Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics); Alexander Naddour of Gilbert, Ariz./University of Oklahoma; and John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., U.S. Olympic Training Center. Chris Brooks of Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Academy), is the alternate.
“Any time you win a medal at the World Championships, it’s something to be proud of,” Horton said. “We didn’t have a perfect day, but we proved to the world that we’re one of the top teams.”
The U.S. men started on floor, and Horton set the stage with a solid routine that included a double-double, two-and-a-half to punch front full and a layout Thomas, earning a 14.966. Legendre had a strong routine that included great height on his tumbling, including a tuck, two-and-a-half-twisting double back followed by an Arabian double pike full out and scored a 15.566. Dalton wrapped up the USA’s efforts with an Arabian double layout, layout Thomas and his triple full dismount. His 15.500 brought the USA’s floor total to 46.032.
On pommel horse, Leyva’s routine included a Tong Fei, triple Russian and a strong dismount for a 14.366. Orozco followed with a 14.433 for his set that included great scissor work into single pommel spindles and a handstand dismount. Naddour posted the USA’s top score for the event at 15.058 for his routine that featured a full Kehr, a single pommel Russian, Magyar to Sivado, Tong Fei and handstand dismount. The team total was 43.857 for third place in the team rankings.
Dalton took to the still rings first for the Americans. He tallied a 14.333 for a routine that included a back uprise Maltese, Azarian, kip Maltese, piked Yamawaki and a one-and-a-half twisting double back dismount. Orozco was up next, performing a back uprise Maltese, back uprise planche and an uprise straddle L. He received a 14.166. Horton anchored the rings and posted a 15.066 for his routine that included a Maltese, Azarian cross, back uprise to inverted cross and his double-double dismount. The team score was 43.565.
The team posted a total score of 47.765 for vault. Legendre, who was first, threw a handspring double-front, half-out, also known as a Dragulescu, for a 16.166. Dalton’s Kasumatsu double twist earned a 16.333. Horton also performed a Dragulescu, earning a 15.266 due to a short landing. The team pulled into fourth after vault, 1.568 points behind leader Japan.
Orozco took the first spot on parallel bars. His routine included a Morisue, giant Suarez, back toss and Stutz, ending with a stuck double-pike dismount and a 15.233. Horton’s 15.000 was earned for a routine that featured a giant double pike, Tippelt, Diamidov, Stutz and a stuck double-pike dismount. Leyva rounded out the apparatus with a 15.366 for his routine with a peach Diamidov, peach full, giant Diamidov-half, and a double-pike dismount. The team score was 45.599 and fourth place in the rankings, barely behind Russia.
The USA wrapped up on the horizontal bar. Orzco posted a 15.366 for his routine with a full-twisting layout Tkatchev called a Liukin, Rybalko, full Takamoto connected to a Yamawaki, finishing with a stuck full-twisting double-layout dismount. Horton also scored at 15.366; his routine featured a Zou Li Min, Cassina, layout Kovacs, Kolman and a full-twisting double layout dismount. Leyva was the last American on high bar, and he claimed a 15.533 for his routine with a full Takamoto to Yamawaki, layout Kovacs, Liukin, layout Tkatchev, Endo full spin and layout double-double dismount, which he stuck. The team score was 46.265, which put them in to third place.
“I can’t even describe to you how happy I am right now,” said Orozco. “I have had the time of my life in this competition.”
“We’re always wanting more and more, and I don’t think we’re going to be satisfied until we get that team gold,” Leyva said. “I think we have the potential to do it, and I’m ready for the Olympics.”
Scores from the preliminary round did not carry forward to the final round.
Fans can follow the action at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships via the web, cable TV and network television. Universal Sports will carry a live webcast of the finals, as well as same-day coverage on its cable network. In addition, usagym.org will have photos and updates from Tokyo, with expanded coverage of “USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team presented by AT&T.” NBC Sports will broadcast coverage of the World Championships on Oct. 15-16.
Live webcast. UniversalSports.com will have a live webcast of the team, all-around and individual event finals from Tokyo for $19.99. For U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings time, the live webcasts are scheduled for: Oct. 13 – women’s all-around final, 5 a.m.; Oct. 14 – men’s all-around final, 6 a.m.; Oct. 15 – individual event finals, 12:30 a.m.; and Oct. 16 – individual event finals, 1 a.m. (NOTE: Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York City; when it is midnight in Tokyo, it is 11 a.m. in New York.)
Cable TV. Universal Sports will show all of the finals on its cable network during prime time. At 8 p.m. ET each day, Universal Sports will show the men’s team final on Oct. 12; men’s all-around finals on Oct. 14; and individual event finals on Oct. 15-16. The women’s team final will air at 11 p.m. on Oct. 15, and the women’s all-around final, with men’s highlights, will air at 11 p.m. on Oct. 16.
NBC. NBC Sports’ coverage of the World Championships will broadcast the women’s team final at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, and the women’s all-around final at 2 p.m. on Oct. 16.
“Behind the Team.” “USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team presented by AT&T” will provide expanded coverage from the World Championships, including John Macready’s take on the championships and Tokyo, interviews, and more. To enjoy this added coverage, you can go to att.net/teamusa or access it from usagym.org.
Usagym.org will provide enhanced coverage from Tokyo that will include results and exclusive photos from the competition, as well as daily video interviews. USA Gymnastics will also post event updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Team Finals Results
1. China – 275.161
2. Japan – 273.093
3. USA – 273.083
4. Russia – 269.045
5. Ukraine – 264.102
6. Germany – 263.926
7. Korea – 260.393
8. Romania – 245.175
U.S. Individual Scores
Floor Exercise
Steven Legendre – 15.566
Jake Dalton – 15.500
Jonathan Horton – 14.966
Pommel Horse
Alex Naddour – 15.058
John Orozco – 14.433
Danell Leyva – 14.366
Still Rings
Jonathan Horton – 15.066
Jake Dalton – 14.333
John Orozco – 14.166
Vault
Jake Dalton – 16.333
Steven Legendre – 16.166
Jonathan Horton – 15.266
Parallel Bars
Danell Leyva – 15.366
John Orozco – 15.233
Jonathan Horton – 15.000
High Bar
Danell Leyva – 15.533
Jonathan Horton – 15.366
John Orozco – 15.366
U.S. men’s team, four gymnasts qualify for finals at 2011 World Championships
TOKYO, Oct. 10, 2011 – Based on scores in the qualification round, four members of the U.S. Men’s Team qualified for individual finals and the U.S. Team advanced to the team finals at the 2011 World Championships at the Tokyo (Japan) Metropolitan Gymnasium. The U.S. men’s performance in the qualification round also secured the United States a berth to London for the 2012 Olympic Games. The U.S. women will compete in the women’s team finals on Oct. 11.
Here are the gymnasts who will be competing in the individual event finals.
All-around
John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., U.S. Olympic Training Center
Danell Leyva of Homestead, Fla./Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics)
Floor exercise
Steven Legendre of Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton Honors (University of Oklahoma)
Still rings
Jonathan Horton of Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Academy)
Parallel bars
Danell Leyva of Homestead, Fla./Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics)
Horizontal bar
John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., U.S. Olympic Training Center
The members of the U.S. Men’s Team are: Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma; Horton; Legendre; Leyva; Alexander Naddour of Gilbert, Ariz./University of Oklahoma; and Orozco. Chris Brooks of Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Academy), is the alternate.
The top eight countries in the rankings advance to the team finals, with 24 gymnasts qualifying to the all-around finals. The eight highest-ranking gymnasts for each event will compete in the individual event finals. There is a limit of two gymnasts per country in the all-around and individual event finals. Qualification round scores do not carry forward to the finals.
In the all-around, Orozco and Levya finished second and third, respectively, in the preliminary rankings. Horton was fifth and Legendre was 24th, but they did not advance due to the two per country rule. For the individual event finals, Orozco advanced to the high bar finals, based on his fourth place ranking in the qualification round, and is the third reserve athlete for the still rings. Leyva also will compete in the parallel bars final after finishing sixth in the prelims. Legendre was sixth in the preliminary rankings, and Dalton is the first reserve athlete. Horton was fifth in the still rings rankings and is the first reserve athlete for the horizontal bar. Naddour is the first reserve athlete for the pommel horse.
The finals schedule is: Oct. 11, women’s team; Oct. 12, men’s team; Oct. 13, women’s all-around; Oct. 14, men’s all-around; and Oct. 15-16, individual events.
The women competing for the USA are: Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute; McKayla Maroney of Laguna Niguel, Calif./All Olympia AOGC; Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics; Sabrina Vega of Carmel, N.Y./Dynamic Gymnastics; and Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts’ Twistars USA. Team member Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, who tore her Achilles tendon during training, has returned to the States for medical treatment, and Anna Li of Aurora, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC, is the alternate.
In addition to awarding World medals, the 2011 World Championships is the first of two opportunities to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games. Countries finishing in the top eight in the team competition automatically qualify for the Olympic Games. Teams that finish 9-16 in the rankings have the opportunity to qualify for the Games by finishing in the top four at the 2012 Olympic Test Event in London.
Fans can follow the action at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships via the web, cable TV and network television. Universal Sports will carry a live webcast of the finals, as well as same-day coverage on its cable network. In addition, usagym.org will have photos and updates from Tokyo, with expanded coverage of “USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team presented by AT&T.” NBC Sports will broadcast coverage of the World Championships on Oct. 15-16.
Here’s a quick overview of the various ways to watch and follow the U.S. Team’s performances at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo.
Live webcast. UniversalSports.com will have a live webcast of the team, all-around and individual event finals from Tokyo for $19.99. For U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings time, the live webcasts are scheduled for: Oct. 11 – women’s team final, 6 a.m.; Oct. 12 – men’s team final, 5 a.m.; Oct. 13 – women’s all-around final, 5 a.m.; Oct. 14 – men’s all-around final, 6 a.m.; Oct. 15 – individual event finals, 12:30 a.m.; and Oct. 16 – individual event finals, 1 a.m. (NOTE: Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York City; when it is midnight in Tokyo, it is 11 a.m. in New York.)
Cable TV. Universal Sports will show all of the finals on its cable network during prime time. At 8 p.m. ET each day, Universal Sports will show the men’s team final on Oct. 12; men’s all-around finals on Oct. 14; and individual event finals on Oct. 15-16. The women’s team final will air at 11 p.m. on Oct. 15, and the women’s all-around final, with men’s highlights, will air at 11 p.m. on Oct. 16.
NBC. NBC Sports’ coverage of the World Championships will broadcast the women’s team final at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, and the women’s all-around final at 2 p.m. on Oct. 16.
“Behind the Team.” “USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team presented by AT&T” will provide expanded coverage from the World Championships, including John Macready’s take on the championships and Tokyo, interviews, and more. To enjoy this added coverage, you can go to att.net/teamusa or access it from usagym.org.
Usagym.org will provide enhanced coverage from Tokyo that will include results and exclusive photos from the competition, as well as daily video interviews. USA Gymnastics will also post event updates on Facebook and Twitter.
U.S. men perform well in qualification round at 2011 World Championships
TOKYO, Oct. 9, 2011 – The U.S. Men’s Team earned a total of 361.583 points in the first session of two days of men’s qualification rounds at the 2011 World Championships at the Tokyo (Japan) Metropolitan Gymnasium. The men’s qualification round concludes on Oct. 10, which determines which countries and athletes advance to the final rounds. The U.S. women will compete in the women’s team finals on Oct. 11.
The U.S. Men’s Team includes Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma; Jonathan Horton of Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Academy); Steven Legendre of Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton Honors (University of Oklahoma); Danell Leyva of Homestead, Fla./Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics); Alexander Naddour of Gilbert, Ariz./University of Oklahoma; John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., U.S. Olympic Training Center; and alternate, Chris Brooks, Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Academy).
The U.S. men had the highest team totals in the first session for both the floor exercise (60.499) and vault (64.316). The team scores for the other events were: pommel horse, 58.299; still rings, 59.448; parallel bars, 59.923; and horizontal bar, 59.098. Japan was also in the USA’s subdivision, and the two finished in the top two spots in the team rankings for the event thus far, with Japan taking the lead.
“The guys did an absolutely outstanding job today, and I am so proud of them,” said Kevin Mazeika, the World Championships head coach and men’s national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics. “They went out there and competed with their hearts and did an incredible job. I was really pleased with the consistency rate. That’s what we look for in the three-up, three count format (in the finals) because it is going to be about consistency. We’ve got to clean up a few details here and there and sticking as many landings as we can. I’m looking forward to it (the finals).”
In the all-around, Orozco earned a 90.532 for the highest U.S. score in the qualification round and second in the subdivision’s rankings. His top score of the day came on vault, earning a 15.900 for his front handspring double twist. On the horizontal bar, his routine included a full-twisting laid-out Tkatchev, also known as a Liukin, and he stuck his full-twisting, double-layout dismount for a 15.266. His other event scores were: floor exercise, 14.300; pommel horse, 15.000; still rings, 15.033; and parallel bars, 15.033.
“We’re doing great as a team right now and we did really well,” said Orozco. “Pommel (horse) was the highlight of today. We hit all of the pommel horse routines.
“I don’t think I have ever said this, but I am proud of myself,” said Orozco. “Coming back after an injury, I wasn’t expecting these results at all. I tried to go out there and hit all of my routines for the team and do what I am used to doing. I tried to focus on my routines . . . not really about the scores and placements.”
Leyva netted the USA’s second best all-around score at 89.848, putting him in third for the subdivision. He tallied the USA’s best score on the parallel bars at 15.366 for his routine that featured a peach full, peach Diamidov and double-pike dismount. On vault, he earned a 16.100 for his Kasumatsu one-and-a-half. His other event scores were: floor exercise, 14.800; pommel horse, 14.633; still rings, 14.483; and horizontal bar, 15.086.
“I feel like the team really did their job and did what we were supposed to do, what we said we were going to do,” said Leyva. “It’s prelims so there are still kinks to work out and that’s what today was for. (On my performance) I think every single event I did was really good up until high bar. Not that I did a bad high bar routine, I just didn’t do what I feel like I do every day. Now I know where I need to pay more attention.”
For the all-around, Horton posted an 89.689. He posted the team’s highest still rings score at 15.366 for a routine that included an inverted cross and finished with a tucked double-double dismount. His high bar routine that includes a Cassina (a laidout Kolman), Kolman, layout Kovacs and full-twisting, double layout received a 15.086. His other event scores were: floor exercise, 14.900; pommel horse, 13.308; and vault, 16.083.
“I think the team did awesome,” said Horton. “I am extremely excited with how well everyone did. I think we only had one or two missed routines the entire day, and it is just phenomenal in team prelims. I know if you put us in a three-up, three-count format, we are an even better team so I can’t wait.
“Already I’ve had people asking me how does it feel not making the all-around final,” said Horton. “There is that little bit of disappointment, but I will say it again – all I care about is this team. I’ve accomplished a lot of things as an individual already. I want to stand at the top of the awards podium at a World Championships or Olympic Games with that gold medal around my neck with my team.”
Legendre also competed on all six events, tallying an 86.598 total for seventh in the subdivision. He scored the USA’s best on floor, earning a 15.433 for his performance that included a two-and-a-half twisting double-back and Arabian double-pike full-out. His other event scores were: pommel horse, 13.433; still rings, 14.066; vault, 15.233; parallel bars, 14.133; and horizontal bar, 14.300.
Dalton competed in five events for the team. He posted the USA’s best vault score at 16.233 for his Kasumatsu double full. To be considered for the vault finals, he also did a second vault, a handspring front double full, and received a 15.800. His floor exercise that earned a 15.366 included an Arabian double layout and he stuck his triple full dismount. His other event scores were: 14.566, still rings; 14.558, parallel bars; and 13.466, horizontal bar.
Naddour was the star of the USA’s pommel horse effort, earning a 15.233 for his routine that included a full Kehr on one pommel, intricate pommel work and a swing to handstand pirouette dismount.
The U.S. men competed in the first of eight subdivisions in the qualification round, along with gymnasts from Puerto Rico, Japan, Portugal and mixed groups of Vietnam, Peru, Kuwait, and South Africa.
The finals schedule for the World Championships is: Oct. 11, women’s team; Oct. 12, men’s team; Oct. 13, women’s all-around; Oct. 14, men’s all-around; and Oct. 15-16, individual events.
The women competing for the USA are: Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute; McKayla Maroney of Laguna Niguel, Calif./All Olympia AOGC; Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics; Sabrina Vega of Carmel, N.Y./Dynamic Gymnastics; and Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts’ Twistars USA. Team member Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, who tore her Achilles tendon during training, has returned to the States for medical treatment, and Anna Li of Aurora, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC, is the alternate.
Fans can follow the action at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships via the web, cable TV and network television. Universal Sports will carry a live webcast of the finals, as well as same-day coverage on its cable network. In addition, usagym.org will have photos and updates from Tokyo, with expanded coverage of “USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team presented by AT&T.” NBC Sports will broadcast coverage of the World Championships on Oct. 15-16.
Here’s a quick overview of the various ways to watch and follow the U.S. Team’s performances at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo.
Live webcast. UniversalSports.com will have a live webcast of the team, all-around and individual event finals from Tokyo for $19.99. For U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings time, the live webcasts are scheduled for: Oct. 11 – women’s team final, 6 a.m.; Oct. 12 – men’s team final, 5 a.m.; Oct. 13 – women’s all-around final, 5 a.m.; Oct. 14 – men’s all-around final, 6 a.m.; Oct. 15 – individual event finals, 12:30 a.m.; and Oct. 16 – individual event finals, 1 a.m. (NOTE: Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York City; when it is midnight in Tokyo, it is 11 a.m. in New York.)
Cable TV. Universal Sports will show all of the finals on its cable network during prime time. At 8 p.m. ET each day, Universal Sports will show the men’s team final on Oct. 12; men’s all-around finals on Oct. 14; and individual event finals on Oct. 15-16. The women’s team final will air at 11 p.m. on Oct. 15, and the women’s all-around final, with men’s highlights, will air at 11 p.m. on Oct. 16.
NBC. NBC Sports’ coverage of the World Championships will broadcast the women’s team final at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, and the women’s all-around final at 2 p.m. on Oct. 16.
“Behind the Team.” “USA Gymnastics: Behind the Team presented by AT&T” will provide expanded coverage from the World Championships, including John Macready’s take on the championships and Tokyo, interviews, and more. To enjoy this added coverage, you can go to att.net/teamusa or access it from usagym.org.
Usagym.org will provide enhanced coverage from Tokyo that will include results and exclusive photos from the competition, as well as daily video interviews. USA Gymnastics will also post event updates on Facebook and Twitter.