Five U.S. Gymnasts Selected to Compete at 2009 Japan Cup
Posted on 21 June 2009 by admin
The 2009 Japan Cup will take place July 18-20 in Chiba City. The event will feature individual and international team competition with teams from the U.S., Australia, China, Japan, Germany, Russia and Korea. It will be the first team competition under the new 5-3-3 system. According to the event’s website, the following U.S. National Team members will be participating:
- Jonathan Horton
- Steve Legendre
- Tim McNeill
- Sho Nakamori
- Danell Leyva
This will be an excellent tune-up for our guys, who will be competing at VISAs a month later in Dallas. The competition will be fierce with plenty of Olympians like Japan’s Kohei Uchimura and Germany’s Fabian Hambuchen in the mix.
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:54 pm
awesome! This is going to be very interesting. What do you predict will be the three up on each event?
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 am
Just a guess…
FX - Legendre, Sho, Horton
PH - McNeill, Sho, Leyva
SR - Horton, Sho, Leyva
V - Legendre, Horton, Sho
PB - McNeill, Sho, Horton
HB - Horton, Leyva, Sho
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:28 pm
My guess is…. FX: Legendre, Horton, and leyva. PH: McNeill, Sho, and leyva. SR: Horton, Sho, and Legendre VT: Legendre, Horton, Leyva. PB: Leyva, McNeill, and Horton. HB: Horton, Leyva, and Sho. …. Just a guess.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
ya i would say:
FX:legendre horton sho
PH:mcneil sho leyva
SR:Horton Sho Mcneil
VT:legendre horton leyva
PB:leyva mcneil sho
HB:horton leyva legendre
June 24th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
@admin…
no way will sho be competing on vault. last time i checked he competes a tsuk full. not high enough difficulty.
rings might also be a problem but i would assume that horton mcneill and nakamori will compete
July 18th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
here are the results
http://www.jpn-gym.or.jp/english/events/2009/japancup/pdf/09jc_mt_e.pdf
rather disappointing