Jordyn Wieber to make her Senior Debut at the 2011 American Cup

Jordyn Wieber to make her Senior Debut at the 2011 American Cup

Mar 1, 2011 by Anne Phillips
Jordyn Wieber to make her Senior Debut at the 2011 American Cup
 
There's been a last-minute change to the 2011 American Cup field - 2009 American Cup Champion and former USA Junior National Champion Jordyn Wieber has been added in. She replaces Great Britain's Nicole Hibbert, who was injured while competing this past weekend at the British Championships. 

Wieber, who is now competing at the senior elite level, won the 2009 American Cup when she was a junior and the event's format allowed junior and senior competitors. In 2010, she won the junior all-around title at both the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships and the Covergirl Classic. It will be very exciting to see how she matches up with reigning World all-around champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia. Below is the complete list of 2011 American Cup competitors. 

Men

USA: Jonathan Horton, Houston
France: Cyril Tommasone
Germany: Philipp Boy
Great Britain: Samuel Hunter
Great Britain: Daniel Purvis
Japan: Koji Uematsu
Russia: Sergey Khorokhordin
Ukraine: Mykola Kuksenkov

Women
USA: Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass.
USA: Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich.
Australia: Lauren Mitchell
China: Huang Quishuang
Great Britain: Hannah Whelan
Russia: Aliya Mustafina
Switzerland: Ariella Kaeslin
Venezuela: Jessica Lopez

Along with the 2011 American Cup, the 2nd annual Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup will take place this weekend. Click here to view the full list of qualifiers.  

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