World Gymnastics Championships Tokyo 2011

USA Gymnastics Names 2011 USA Women's World Championships Team

Sep 21, 2011 by Anne Phillips

USA Gymnastics has named the women's team for the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo! Martha Karolyi and the selection committee picked the teams for Worlds and the 2011 Pan American Games following two separate selection camps held at the Karolyi Ranch in Texas.

The team who will travel to Tokyo for the 2011 World Championships is:

Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute

Anna Li, Aurora, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC

McKayla Maroney, Laguna Niguel, Calif./All Olympia AOGC

Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics

Alicia Sacramone, Winchester, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics

Sabrina Vega, Carmel, N.Y./Dynamic Gymnastics

Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts’ Twistars USA

Only 6 girls will compete. The delegations have until the day prior to competition to officially name their alternate.

Non- traveling alternate: Shawn Johnson, West Des Moines, Iowa/Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute

Head coach: John Geddert of Geddert’s Twistars USA

Asst. coach: Jiani Wu of Legacy Elite

The Team who will travel to Guadalajara, Mexico for the 2011 Pan American Games: (Oct. 24-29)

Bridgette Caquatto, Naperville, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC

Jessie DeZiel, Rogers, Minn./Twin City Twisters

Brandie Jay, Ft Collins, Colo./GK Gymnastics

Shawn Johnson, West Des Moines, Iowa/Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute

Chellsie Memmel, West Allis, Wis./M and M Gymnastics

Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind./Sharp's Gymnastics Academy

Replacement athletes:

Grace McLaughlin, Allen, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics

Hallie Mossett, Los Angeles, Calif./West Coast Elite Gymnastics

McKenzie Wofford, McKinney, Texas/Zenith Elite Gymnastics Academy

Head coach: Marvin Sharp of Sharp’s Gymnastics

Asst. coach: Jiani Wu

Missing from the teams is 2010 World team member Mackenzie Caquatto who suffered a bi-lateral ankle sprain by landing low on a double pike beam dismount during the selection camp on Monday. More info here.

World Championships podium training begins on October 3rd and the US women, competing in subdivision 7, will have podium training on October 4th. Their qualification competition will take place Saturday, October 8th at 1:15pm Tokyo time and have drawn to start on beam. The top 8 teams will qualify to Team Finals and to the 2012 London Olympics.

I will be in Tokyo providing on-site coverage of the World Championships! My coverage from Tokyo will begin October 2nd. Before then, check out our Tokyo 2011 Page.

Last year the US team took the silver medal behind Russia and ahead of China. The United States women's team has won the World Championships team gold medal in the past 2 pre-Olympic years and will expect to do the same this year.

How do you predict this team will finish in Tokyo? And if you were head coach, what would your dream lineups be for this team?