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10 Visa C hampionships The Visa Championships for men, women, rhytlunic and acrobatic gymnastics took place in San Jose, Calif" August 15-18, The national teams for each discipline were named and the World Championships teams were selected for men, women and rhytlunic. Check out all the great photos and a summary of the results, For complete results go to www,usa-gymnastics,org

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USA GYMNASTICS USA GYMNASTICS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR Ron Froehlich; PRESIDENT: SI"" Penny; VICE CHAIR WOMEN: Tom KoII; VICE OWR MEN: Ynichi Tomita; VICE CHAIR RHYTHMIC: Andrea Schmid, VICE CH~R TRAMPOUNE: Paul Panlla; via CHAIR ACRD-{iYMNA5TlCS; Tanya Case; SECRETARY: Gary Ande""n; TREASURER: Bob Wood; RG REPS: Bob C~amssi (Exe(lnive Comminee), Ron Froehlich (AudIT(J(), Tonya Case (AG Te<hniuJl Comminee) and John Roethlilbeiger (Athlete Rep.). AT LARGE MEMBffiS: 51"" Butcher, Il<Iid Holcomb; ATIllflE DlREGORS: ~m Znclal-Burdene, John Roelhlilbeiger, CaroIi", Hum. KaiI HeIjo; USOC Arnlffi DIPKlOO: I.!Iosa fontaine.

USA GYMNASTICS BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIR Roo Froehlich; PRESIDENT: Sir" Penny; PRESIDENT EMERITUS; Sandy Knapp, Mike Donahue; TREASURER: Bob Wood; SECRETARY: Gary Ande"",,; V1U CHAIR WOMEN: Tom KolI; VICE OWR MEN: Yoichi Tomita; VICE OWR RHYTHMIC: Andrea Schmid. VICE CHAIR TRAMPOUNE: Paul Panlla; VICE CHAIR ACRO-GYMNA5TlCS: Tonya Case; PtlBllC SEGOR ~II HybI, Bob Wood; ~TEUR ATIllfllC UNION; Roo Ferns; AMERI~ SOKOl ORGAAIZATION: JerIY Milan; AMERI~ TURNERS: Beny Heppner; COLlEGE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION-MEN: rands Allen; NATIONAL ASSOCIAnON Of COll£GlATE COACHES-WOMEN: Md~ Cook; NATIONAL ASSOCIAllON FOR GIR15 AND WOMEN IN SPORT: Manlyn Strawbndge; NATIONAL ASSOCIAllON Of WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS JUDGES: Carole ~e; NATIONAl COllEGIATE ATIllEllC ASSOCIATION-MEN: Y",hi Hayasaij; NATKlNAl FEDERATION Of STATE HIGH SCHOOl ASSOCIATIONS: Becky Oakes; NAnONAl GYMNASTICS JUDGES ASSOCIATION-MEN: Butch Zunich; NATIONAL HK;H SCHOOl GYMNASTICS COACHES ASSOCIAllON: Ma~' Canfield; U.S. ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT GYMNASTICS CWBS: Paul Ziert; U.S. EUTE COACHES ASSOCIAnON-MEN: Thorn GI.lmi; U5. EUTE COACHES ASSOCIAnDN-WOMEN; SIM Rybacli and Tony Gehman; U5. MEN'S GYMNA5TlCS COACHES ASSOCIATION; TIm Klempnauer; US. RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS COACHES ASSOCIATION: Suzie Drrull~; YOJNG MEN'S CHrusnAN ASSOCIAnON or TIlE USA: Caley Koenig; NATIONAL COlLEGIATE ATIllfllC ASSOCIATION-WOMEN; Meg ~ephen"'n; NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP DlREGORS MEN: Mike Bums. Ah. GnlIsfeld; RHYrnMIC: lvanka Kirov, Michelle LlilOll; WOMEN: Kelli Hill, Tom fooler; TRAMPOUNE: Sh.lun Kem~on, Dr. Geooje Drew; ACRO-GYMNASTICS; Unda Porter, Jay ~nder; ATIllffiS COUNCil Mohini Bhardwaj, ~m Znclal-Burden~ Llrissa fontaine, !<.In Heger, JessiuJ Howard, Caroline Hun, Jamie Mdol1., 51"" McG1in, IIi.lnnon Miller, Michael Rodngues, T.Jy ThomIOl1, USOC Athlete Re~; Llnssa fontaine, USOCAthiete Rep.; Llrissa fontaine, ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS, Lori !<.lIZ; SPECIAL OLYMPICS, !<.lie Faher-HKkie; U.S. COMPETmVE AEROBICS FEDERAllON, Howard Schw"tz CHANGE Of ADDRESS AAD SUBSCRIPTION INQUlruES: In Older 10 ensure uninterrupted delivery of magazine, notiCe of chang£'

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24 Pan American Games The United States earned a total of 23 medals, including nine gold, 10 silver and four bronze, at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in men's, women's, rhythmic and trampoline competition, The competition took place July 13-29,

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30 Trampoline and Tumbling National Championships Memphis was the site of the 2007 Trampoline & Tumbling National Championships, June 20-28. The event combined U.S. Championships with the J,O. Championships, Kalon Ludvigson defended his U.S, titles in senior elite tumbling and double mini-trampoline, and Chris Estrada earned his third consecutive title in trampoline 34 Gymnaestrada The USA delegation of 386 members joined the approximately 22,000 other p articipants from 57 countries for the 2007 World Gymnaestrada in Dornbirn, Austria, 36 F=reedom Cup The 2007 Freedom Cup featured competition from six countries and was held in Palm Springs, Calif., July 20-22, The USA athletes finished the competition w ith a total of 41 medals, including 22 gold, 12 silver, and seven bronze,

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Jun;or Women Rebecca Bross from WOGA Gymnastics dominated the women's junior competition, winning the all-around title with a score of 119.400. Bross, who earned the all-around silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, also won the vault, bars and floor titles and tied for second on beam with Jordyn Wieber. Bross is known for her high level of difficulty, performing a double twisting Yurchenko on vault, a standing Arabian and double Arabian dismount on beam, and impressive tumbling on floor as well. Samantha Shapiro of All Olympia in Los Angeles, Calif., finished second all-around with a score of 117.500 and won the beam title. Shapiro scored a 15 .600 on beam the first day of competition, complete with a flip flop, layout series, front tuck and double pike dismount. Shapiro also earned second on bars and floor. Geddert's Wieber finished third all-around with a score of 116.200. Wieber earned second place on vault with her Yurchenko double full, tied for second on beam Witll Shapiro and was third on bars. Wieber showed a standing full on beam and a layout full twisting double back dismount on bars! Texas Dreams' Chelsea Davis placed fourth all-around with a score of 113.950. Davis' best event was beam during tlle first day of competition when she scored a 15.000. Davis showed nice, clean routines and a polished look at her first Visa Championships. Elite Gymnastics' Rheagan Courville, coming off a win at the U.S. Classic, finished fifth all-around with a score of 113.750. Courville's best event was beam during the first competition day when she scored a 15.200, featuring a standing Arabian and series into the double pike dismount. Mattie Larson from All Olympia showed impressive poise and grace to finish sixth in the all-around Witll a score of 113.700. Larson's best evenr was floor, where she scored a 14.650 and 14.600, respectively, and mounred with a high double Arabian mount. Rounding out the junior national team in rank order were: Olivia Courtney, Orlando Metro; Ashley Srott, SCEGA; Corrie Lothrop, Hill's; Cassandra Whitcomb, Cincinnati; Rebecca Clark, GAGE; and Sarah DeMeo, GAGE. ~

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< David Durante of Team Chevron in Colorado Springs, Colo. , earned :J: his first-career U.S. all-around title at the 2007 Visa Championships. U Guillermo Alvarez of Team Chevron in Minneapolis, Minn., finished just < VI .20 points behind Durante, wh ile Sho Nakamori of Stanford University, rounded our the top three. "It was like a flood of emotion I've never had before," said Durante, a former Stanford University gymnast and graduate. "I have been waiting for this for a long time. To have it happen in tile Bay Area, with my friends and family here, is indescribable." Durante finished with a total score of 179.300, with his best events being rings, vault and parallel bars, although he was extremely consistent on all six evenrs. Alvarez and Nakamori posted scores of 179.100 and 178.400, respectively. Alvarez's best evenrs were floor (Arabian double piked mount) and vaulr (Yurchenko double full twist) while Nakamori's best event was vaulr (Kazamatsu full twist). Defending all-around champion Alexander Artemev of Team Chevron in Morrison, Colo., finished fourth after arrempting a Yurchenko triple full twist vault that has never been completed before in international competition. ''I'm happy, bur it was so close," said Alvarez, who competed for Team Chevron. "Second is not bad, bur I came in and I wanted to win." "By far, this is my greatest achievemenr," said Nakamori. "I came inro the competition with no expectations. I came our for the show and had fun." Durante's 15 .500 on parallel bars not only earned him an individual evenr crown, bur also secured the U.S. all-around tide. Heading inro the final rotation, Durante was in second place behind Alvarez by .450 points. Parallel bars was Durante's final event, and he ended that rourine with a pike, double-back dismount to move into the lead. Alvarez, who led throughout the competition, needed a 15.050 to win the all-around, but posted a 14.900 on still rings during the final rotation . In his first competition since wi nning the all-around at the 2004 Olympic Games, Paul Hamm of Team Chevron in Columbus, Ohio, competed in two events, pommel horse and floor exercise. His floor exercise routine, which included big flairs and a double layour dismount, earned him the gold medal with a total score of 31 .300. Sean Golden of Houston Gymnastics Academy added a second U.S. vault tide to the one he claimed in 2005 by earning a two-day score of 31.850. He posted a 16.100 on his Yurchenko two-and-a-half twist vault. Artemev, the 2006 world pommel horse bronze medalist, won his second straight U.S. pommel horse tide with a total score of 30.500. On still rings, Kevin Tan of Team Chevron in State College, Pa., defended his tide with a total score of 32.850 after posting the highest score of the second competition day with a 16.450 for a rourine that included big strength skills and a double layout with full twist dismount. Winning horizontal bar was Justin Spring of Team Chevron in Champaign, Ill., who stuck a triple back dismount after a rourine that included multiple release moves. Eight of the 14 members of the 2007-08 men's senior national team were announced at the end of the session and the remaining six were announced later. The national team includes: Alvarez, Artemev, Durante, Golden, Joseph Hagerty, Paul Hamm, Jonathan Horton, Sho Nakamori, David Sender, Spring, Clay Strother, Tan, Yewki Tomita, and Sean Townsend.

Jun;or Men Alexy Bilozerrchev of Ohio State Boy's Gymnastics in Columbus and John Orozco of World Cup Gymnastics in Chappaqua, N.Y., won the junior men's 16-18 year-old and 14-15 year-old all-around titles, respectively, at the 2007 Visa Championships. In addition, Bilozertchev won pommel horse, while Orozco claimed three individual event tides including rings, parallel bars and high bar. Bilozerrchev, who is coached by his father Dmitri, a former world and Olympic champion, held the lead after three rotations with a score of 43.200, bur fell to second with one rotation left. His 14.300 on pommel horse earned him the all-around tide with a total score of 84.850, ~ 14

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followed by Glen Ishino of SCATS Huntington Beach., in second at 84.600 and Kyle Bunthuwong of Golden Bear Gymnastics in Berkeley, Calif., in third at 84.350. Josh Dixon of Champion Academy in San Jose, Calif., who was the 2006 U.S. junior floor and vault champion in the 14-15 yearold division, won floor and vault in the 16-18 year-old division. H is floor routine, which included an Arabian double front and a solid two-and-a-half punch Barani, scored a 15.100, while his Kasamatsu oneand-a-half vault earned a score of 15.300. Bilozertchev posted a 14.300 on pommel horse to earn the gold medal, while Bunthuwong nailed a double pike dismount on parallel bars to win this event with a 14.900. Ishino's rings routine, which included a Jonasson immediate straddle planche, earned a score of 14.200 and the gold medal. Tyler Miwguchi of Houston Gymnastics Academy stuck a double layout dismount to win the horiwntal bar with a 13.450. In the 14-15 year-old division, Orozco won the all-around title with a final score of 83.900. Sam Mikulak of SCATS Huntington Beach, led through four events and finished in second with a final score of 82.150. Joshua Wokurka of Bartlett Gymnastics in Lombard, Ill., was third with a score of 81.900. Orozco took over the all-around lead after the fifth rotation with a 13.700 on high bar. His individual event titles came on parallel bars (14.750) ; still rings (14.050); and high bar, which included a stuck full twisting double layout dismount. In addition to Orozco, the other gymnasts who claimed event titles in the 14-15 year-old division were: Jake Dalton of Gym Nevada in Sparks, Nev., floor exercise (14.650); Mikulak, vault (15.450); and Donothan Bailey of Azarian in Lake Forest, Calif., pommel horse (13.900) . JO Program Coordinator, Jeff Robinson, said, 'This competition is very complex in that we use it to select our junior and senior national team members. Some of our junior athletes qualified to and elected to participate in the senior session at this event. As a result, they weren't eligible for junior awards but they had the possibiliry of making the senior national Team. In this case, they did not make the senior team, but their scores still carryover for Junior National team. From this perspective, one of the highlights was the tremendous performance of two of Out junior athletes who finished as our top two junior all-around gymnasts in the senior session of preliminary competition. Danell Leyva, 15, from Universal Gymnastics in Miami, Florida, turned in a score of 86.500 to earn the highest all-around single session score of the weekend by a junior athlete. Philip Onorato, 17, from WOGA in Plano, Texas, scored an 85 .100 to earn the top junior spot in the 16-18 year division. As a result, these young men have been selected to the U.S. in ~

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WOMEN The U.S. women won a total of five gold, five silver and one bronze medal. In a packed arena that buzzed with energy, the U.S. women won the team title, making this their second straight Pan Am team title and 11th overall. The USA grabbed the lead after the first event and never relinquished it en route to scoring a 243.225 total to finish ahead of Games host Brazil, which tallied 236.725. Mexico was third at 223.625. However, the Mexican women's gymnastics team was later stripped of its bronze medal after it was discovered that one of the athletes in the team had been accredited as an official. PASO (Pan American Sports Organization) executive committee voted unanimously to disqualify Mexico and upgrade Canada from fourth to the bronze medal position. The six women on the team were: Rebecca Bross, WOGA; Ivana Hong, Great American Gymnastics Express; Shawn Johnson, Chow's Gymnastics; Nastia Liukin, WOGA; Samantha Peszek, DeVeau's School of Gymnastics; and Amber Trani, Parkettes. "I am very pleased with our young team's performance, and the toughness demonstrated through this challenging competition," said Martha Karolyi, the women's national team coordinator. Justin Going into the final rotation for the team competition, Spring Brazilian fans hoped the home team could catch the U.S. women, who held a 179.825 to 177.225 lead. However, the U.S. contingent's impressive performances on the beam turned it into a 6.5-point lead by the end of the rotation. In the all-around competition, the USA swept the field with Johnson winning the title with a score of 61.725, Bross in second with a 61.050 and Hong third with a 59.375. During event finals, Johnson added two gold medals on bars and beam, scoring 15.475 and 16.150, respectively, and a silver medal on floor with a score of 15.225. Bross won the floor title, scoring 15.250. Liukin earned silver medals on bars and Joey Hagerty

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TRAMPOLINE In the men's trampoline competition, the USA won both the gold and bronze medals. Chris Estrada scored 38.80, to finish 0.2 points ahead of silver-medalist Jason Burnett of Canada, who posted a 38.60. Ryan Weston's 37.30 put him in third place. "The Pan Am Games have been a great experience and it's been really fun to compete here," said Estrada, who trains at the u.s. Olympic Training Center with Weston. "After my final routine, I just waited and watched for the scores to come. When I realized I won, I was happy because I went in to finals to impress the judges and was able to do it. This is a totally different atmosphere with the international competition and it was good to feel the pressure. This is really going to help me be prepared going in to World Championships." 2004 Olympic silver-medalist Karen Cockburn of Canada won the women's trampoline title with a score of 37.50, one point ahead of teammate Rosannagh MacLennan, who earned 36.50 points. Brazil's Giovanna Matheus rounded out the medalists, claiming bronze at 34.30. Alaina Williams just missed the medals podium and finished fourth with a 33.70. Brittany Dircks was seventh with a score of 21.70. The women both train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. 13 Full results can be found at www.usa-gymnastics.org PHOTO CREDITS: MARK REBElIAS, US PRESSWIRE. (DELEGATION) CAROLINE HUNT

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~ ERIC JOPSON Medford , Oregon Eric, 12, of Americas Best Kids Gymnastics, won the LevelS Regional all-around title with ascore of 55.775 and also won vault and pommel horse. Eric isthe Level SState Champion, scoring a55.40. Eric is coached by Anjel Craner and travelsthree hours round trip to attend practice three days aweek.

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.. KAVLEE MURPHV West All is, Wisconsin Kaylee, 9, of Swiss Tumers won Level 6State Meet in December 2006 with ascore of36.125 and Level 7in March of 2007 with ascore of 37.225. She won barsat the Level 7 State Meet withascore of 9.525 and took second on beam with ascore of 9.425. She'scoached by Ellen Hendrickson and Tatiana Belanovski.

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