Johnson and Horton won Tyson American Cup 2007

Shawn Johnson, Jonathan Horton

Young gymnasts on top...
On Saturday evening Shawn Johnson (USA, Iowa), and defending champion and 2006 USA junior champion Jonathan Horton (USA, Houston) won the all-around titles at the 2007 Tyson American Cup at the Jacksonville (Fla.) "Veterans Memorial Arena".
Johnson was crowned champion in her first senior competition, while Horton became the first male gymnast to win back-to-back Tyson American Cup titles since the USA’s Blaine Wilson won three straight from 1997-1999....

Johnson finished with a score of 62.050, followed by 2006 team world silver-medalist Natasha Kelley (USA,Texas), in second with a of 61.450. Mexico’s Elsa Garcia was third at 60.200. The top scores of the day for the women were all earned by the United States: Kelley on beam with a 16.250; and Johnson on vault, uneven bars and floor with scores of 15.325, 15.750 and 15.525, respectively.
>> Detailed Women's Results

On men's side Jonathan Horton won with a 92.750 and Takuya Nakase of Japan placed second with a score of 92.150. Russia’s Maxim Devyatovsky was third, followed by 2006 pommel horse world bronze-medalist Alexander Artemev .

Horton got a great start on his first event, pommel horse. After earning a 15.550 on rings, Horton jumped from third to lead the men’s field after three events.
The best men’s performers of the day on each apparatus were: - Horton on floor and parallel bars with a 15.900 and a 15.750, respectively;
- Artemev on pommel horse with a 15.400;
- Nakase on rings with a 15.750,
- Devyatovsky on vault with a 16.200; and Germany’s
- Fabian Hambuechen with a 15.800 on high bar,
but Horton’s high-flying horizontal bar routine earned him a 15.350 to clinch his second straight Tyson American Cup title.
>> Detailed Men's Results

ALL-around qualifikation
The German Fabian Hambuechen led at the 2007 Tyson American Cup after the all-around qualification with 90,750, in front of Jonathan Horton and Alexander Artemev (- both USA).

In women's category five Americans led: In front Shawn Johnson (62,100), Natasha Kelly, Shayla Worley...
on sixth place came the first foreign gymnast, Elsa Garcia (MEX)...

American Cup 2007
- All-aroundQualification round -

Men's all-around, qualification

Rank Name Country Floor Pommel Rings Vault P Bars H Bar AA

1 Fabian Hambuechen GER 15.150 13.300 15.050 16.150 15.400 15.700 90.750

2 Jonathan Horton USA 15.500 12.700 15.400 15.600 15.600 15.350 90.150

3 Alexander Artemev USA 15.200 14.400 14.650 16.150 14.400 15.300 90.100

4 Nakase Takuya JPN 14.550 13.400 14.900 16.150 15.500 15.300 89.800

5 Guillermo Alvarez USA 14.700 14.550 15.050 15.700 14.900 14.500 89.400

6 Dzmitry Savitski BLR 15.150 14.000 15.700 15.400 15.250 13.850 89.350

7 Maxim Devyatovsky RUS 15.200 13.550 15.400 15.800 15.300 13.950 89.200

8 Lu Bo CHN 14.700 12.850 15.450 16.200 15.600 13.650 88.450

9 Luis Vargas PUR 14.150 13.950 14.350 15.400 15.000 14.750 87.600

10 Flavius Koczi ROM 15.200 12.950 14.300 16.050 14.150 14.350 87.000

11 Adam Wong CAN 15.050 11.950 15.350 15.700 14.850 13.800 86.700

12 Raj Bhavsar USA 13.650 13.900 14.800 15.600 14.150 13.100 85.200

13 Daniel Corral MEX 14.150 12.450 13.900 15.750 14.000 0.000 70.250

Women's all-around, qualification

Rank	Name	Country	AA	Out
1	Shawn Johnson	USA	62.100	0.000
2	Natasha Kelley	USA	61.200	0.900
3	Shayla Worley	USA	60.700	1.400
4	Bianca Flohr	USA	60.550	1.550
5	Samantha Peszek	USA	60.300	1.800
6	Elsa Garcia	MEX	59.450	2.650
7	Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs	CAN	58.950	3.150
8	Zhou Zhuoru	CHN	58.050	4.050
9	Daria Joura	AUS	56.750	5.350
10	Dariya Zgoba	UKR	56.700	5.400
11	Kristina Pravdina	RUS	55.800	6.300
12	Kyoko Oshima	JPN	54.050	8.050
13	Andreea Grigore	ROM	53.800	8.300
14	Katja Abel	GER	53.050	9.050
15	Danielle Englert	SUI	14.400	47.700
16	Nathalia Sanchez	COL	13.100	49.000

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