Two U.S. Olympians join field for American Cup

Posted January 13, 2009 10:00 pm

Daily Herald News Services

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Two of USA's 2008 Olympic medalists, Bridget Sloan of Pittsboro, Ind., and Joseph Hagerty of Rio Rancho, N.M., will join 2008 U.S. all-around champion David Sender of Arlington Heights and 2008 U.S. junior all-around champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich. at the 2009 Tyson American Cup on Feb. 21, at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates.

Other confirmed 2008 Olympic medalists include all-around bronze-medalist Benoit Caranobe of France and horizontal bar bronze-medalist Fabian Hambuechen of Germany.

A final field of six international and two U.S. athletes for both men and women will compete at the Tyson American Cup.

"The Tyson American Cup will be a great showcase of gymnastics, featuring athletes from the 2008 Olympic Games and some of the new names to watch as we look forward to London in 2012," said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. "We are proud to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games by bringing this marquee event to the Sears Centre Arena."

For tickets and more information, visit searscentre.com. Here is the tentative field for the 2009 Tyson American 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

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

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