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Jonathan Horton interview—Competing at the 2010 Tyson American Cup

“At this year’s meet, 136 gymnasts will be on hand to display their power, strength and sheer will. Three of those 136 will be 2008 Olympians Alexander Artemev, Jonathan Horton and Kevin Tan. And of those 136, only 14 will be considered good enough to make the elite squad. It all comes down to two days of competition — just 12 routines, little more than 12 minutes per gymnast.”

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“The Winter Cup Challenge, which begins today in Las Vegas, Nev. is the Groundhog Day of gymnastics meets. It’s a a time when members of the U.S. men’s team and those who would like to be members of the U.S. men’s team emerge from their gyms after a couple months hibernation from competition to see if they can still stay on the apparatus in a meet.”

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Olympic silver medalist Jonathan Horton and world silver medalist Rebecca Bross will headline the field for next year’s American Cup.

Tim McNeill, who was seventh at his first world championships, also will compete at the international gymnastics meet, which will be held March 6 in Worcester, Mass. The rest of the field, including gymnasts from Britain, Germany, Japan, Romania and Russia, will be announced later.

Horton was part of the U.S. team that won the bronze medal in Beijing, and later added a silver on high bar. He is the reigning U.S. champion. Bross was second to teammate Bridget Sloan in the all-around at the world championships.

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7 U.S. Olympic medalists featured in gymnastics-figure skating show on NBC

01/05/2010

RAPID CITY, S.D., Jan. 4, 2010 – 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin, 2008 Olympic balance beam gold-medalist Shawn Johnson, 2008 Olympic horizontal bar silver-medalist Jonathan Horton, 2008 Olympic team bronze-medalist Raj Bhavsar, 2004 Olympic all-around champion Paul Hamm, and 2004 Olympic team silver-medalists Morgan Hamm and Courtney Kupets are featured as part of the Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular that will air on NBC Sports Sunday, Jan. 10, at 4 p.m. ET. The cast also includes 2004 world acro mixed pair champions Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis, 1994 and 1997 world all-around champion Ivan Ivankov of Belarus, , and Cuba’s Charlie Tamayo, 2001 world vault bronze medalist.

Headlining the figure skaters are 1996 world champion Todd Eldredge, world bronze-medalist Michael Weiss, Olympic silver-medalist Elvis Stojko and Olympian Emily Hughes, as well as several other skaters. Pop star and actress Ashley Tisdale performs as the live musical guest.

The show was taped at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, S.D. Check your local listings to confirm television times for your area.

Ukraine’s Nikolai (Mykola) Kuksenkov, ninth all-around at the 2009 World Championships, won the Valeri Liukin Invitational last weekend in Frisco, Texas.

Kuksenkov posted the highest scores of the meet on floor (14.8) and high bar (15.4) to finish ahead of runner-up Jonathan Horton of Houston and Takuto Tatikani of Japan. Horton had the highest score of the entire meet on rings (16.1) and tabbed second place finishes on floor (14.7) and parallel bars (15.45) but was as usual outdone on pommel horse (13.0). He finished with an 89.45 all-around total to Kuksenkov’s 90.1.

Russia’s Dmitriy Stolyrov, fifth all-around, posted the best pommel score (15.0), while Josh Jefferis of Australia won parallel bars (15.55) and Japan’s Shota Hisanaga won vault (16.0).

Oklahoma’s Chris Brooks, in the top five on four events, had a disastrous 12.45 on pommel horse and finished sixth-tenths out of the medals. The other top-10 U.S. finisher was Danell Leyva (tied for eighth), another victim of pommel horse (12.35).

The meet, held at WOGA Gymnastics’s Frisco branch, honors 1988 Olympic team and high bar gold medalist Valeri Liukin, coach and father of current women’s Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin.

Related: Results from the 2009 Valeri Liukin Invitational

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Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS—Olympic silver medalist Jonathan Horton and world silver medalist Rebecca Bross will headline the field for next year’s American Cup.

Tim McNeill, who was seventh at his first world championships, will also compete at the international gymnastics meet, which will be held March 6 in Worcester, Mass. The rest of the field, including gymnasts from Britain, Germany, Japan, Romania and Russia, will be announced later.

Horton was part of the U.S. team that won the bronze medal in Beijing and later added a silver on high bar. He is the reigning U.S. champion. Bross was second to teammate Bridget Sloan in the all-around at the world championships.

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