INDIANAPOLIS, April 6, 2012 – 2011 World team bronze-medalists Steven Legendre of Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (University of Oklahoma), Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics) and Alex Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz./Team Hilton HHonors (USA Youth Fitness Center) will compete in the China World Cup, April 7-8, in Zibo City, China.
The apparatus the men will compete on are: Legendre – floor exercise, vault and parallel bars; Leyva – pommel horse, parallel bars and horizontal bar; and Naddour – floor exercise, pommel horse and still rings.
The USA’s Brandon Wynn of Voorhees, N.J./Team Hilton HHonors (Ohio State University), withdrew due to a shoulder injury.
Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport. Its disciplines include men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics, and group gymnastics (known internationally as Gymnastics for All). For more information, log on to www.usagym.org.