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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Leyva, Price compete this weekend in Stuttgart's World Cup

© John Cheng / Brian Freed

2012 Olympic all-around bronze-medalist Danell Leyva of Miami/Universal Gymnastics, and 2012 Olympic team alternate Elizabeth Price of Coopersburg, Pa./Parkettes National Gymnastics Center, are representing the United States at the World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany, Dec. 1-2. One week later, the two will compete in the World Cup event in Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 8.

In Stuttgart's Porsche-Arena, the DTB Cup has the women's all-around scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 1, followed by the men's competition on Sunday, Dec. 2. The event's official website is www.dtbpokal.de, and live commentary on the competition will be available at www.dtb-liveticker.de in German.
The field in Stuttgart includes eight men and eight women.
    Men
    David Belyavskiy, Russia
    Claudio Capelli, Switzerland
    Gonzalez Fabian, Spain
    Danell Leyva, USA
    Marcel Nguyen, Germany
    Daniel Purvis, Great Britain
    Kazuhito Tanaka, Japan
    Kristian Thomas, Great Britain
    Women
    Kim Bui, Germany
    Vanessa Ferrari, Italy
    Kristina Goryunova, Russia
    Elizabeth Price, USA
    Niamh Rippin, Great Britain
    Elisabeth Seitz, Germany
    Giulia Steingruber, Switzerland
    Rebecca Tunney, Great Britain
In Glasgow, both men's and women's all-around are scheduled for Dec. 8 at the National Indoor Sports Arena. Both of these events are part of the International Gymnastics Federation's all-around World Cup series, which also includes the AT&T American Cup.

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