Photos by John Cheng.
JOHN OROZCO
CHANGING HIS LUCK JOHN OROZCO
changed his luck this year at the 2012 Winter Cup Challenge in Las Vegas, by winning the all-around title with a score of 180.700. “I’ve had the worst luck at this meet in the last few years,’’ Orozco said. “I’ve either been hurt or sick during this competition. So, this year, I just tried to get over all that and change my luck. I’m glad I got to start off the new year like this.”
Team Hilton HHonors, led after the first day of competition and never looked back. In addition to the all-around title, he won the title on parallel bars, tied for first with Danell Leyva of Homestead, Fla./Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics), on the horizontal bar, finished second on pommel horse and fourth on floor.
A native of the Bronx, N.Y., Orozco trains at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Orozco, of
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