2019 American Cup

2019 American Cup
VenueGreensboro Coliseum Complex
LocationGreensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
DatesMarch 2, 2019
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Medalists
gold medal United States Leanne Wong
United States Yul Moldauer
silver medal United States Grace McCallum
United States Sam Mikulak
bronze medal Canada Ellie Black & Japan Mai Murakami
China Ma Yue
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 American Cup was part of the World Cup circuit in artistic gymnastics.

Participants

The top 8 teams from the 2018 World Championships were allowed to send a competitor. If they declined the invite, the next highest ranked team could send a competitor. Marcel Nguyen of Germany withdrew after suffering an injury during practice. Kenzo Shirai of Japan also withdrew due to an ankle injury.[1]

NOC Women (WAG) Men (MAG)
 United States Grace McCallum Sam Mikulak
 United States
Wildcard		 Leanne Wong Yul Moldauer
 Canada Ellie Black —
 China Lu Yufei Ma Yue
 France Célia Serber —
 Germany Kim Bui Marcel Nguyen
 United Kingdom — James Hall
 Japan Mai Murakami Kenzo Shirai
 South Korea Lee Yun-seo —
 Netherlands Sanna Veerman Bart Deurloo
 Switzerland — Christian Baumann
 Ukraine — Petro Pakhnyuk

Results

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Women

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Leanne Wong (USA) 14.666 14.100 14.066 13.933 56.765
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Grace McCallum (USA) 14.566 14.200 13.833 13.866 56.465
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ellie Black (CAN) 14.433 14.266 13.800 13.233 55.732
 Mai Murakami (JPN) 14.433 13.933 13.233 14.133 55.732
5  Kim Bui (GER) 13.800 14.400 12.766 13.233 54.199
6  Lu Yufei (CHN) 13.233 13.300 12.566 12.600 51.699
7  Sanna Veerman (NED) 14.100 12.666 12.166 11.833 50.765
8  Célia Serber (FRA) 13.566 10.666 12.966 12.600 49.798
9  Lee Yun-seo (KOR) 12.900 13.600 10.233 11.133 47.866

Men

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yul Moldauer (USA) 14.500 13.800 14.200 14.733 14.966 13.733 85.932
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sam Mikulak (USA) 14.733 14.433 14.100 14.433 14.066 14.166 85.931
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ma Yue (CHN) 13.300 14.033 14.333 14.566 14.333 13.900 84.465
4  Petro Pakhniuk (UKR) 14.133 13.433 13.366 13.833 14.366 13.733 82.864
5  James Hall (GBR) 13.466 14.200 13.666 14.500 14.333 12.533 82.698
6  Christian Baumann (SUI) 12.466 12.933 13.633 13.966 14.800 13.833 81.631
7  Bart Deurloo (NED) 12.766 12.166 12.500 13.500 12.100 13.900 76.932

Nastia Liukin Cup

Main article: Nastia Liukin Cup
The Nastia Liukin Cup
VenueGreensboro Coliseum Complex
LocationGreensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
DatesMarch 1, 2019
Competitors36
← 2018
2020 →

The 10th annual Nastia Liukin Cup was held in conjunction with the 2019 American Cup. Since its inception in 2010,[3][4] the competition has always been held on the Friday night before the American Cup, in the same arena.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Senior
All-around Makarri Doggette Jillian Hoffman Kiya Johnson
Junior
All-around Gabrielle Gladieux Madison Ulrich Ava Piedrahita

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Notable competitors

Junior competitor Zoe Miller would go on to compete at the 2020 Olympic Trials.

References

  1. ^ "2019 American Cup field features mixture of Olympic and World medalists, rising stars". USA Gymnastics. January 10, 2019. Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "Moldauer, Wong win American Cup titles". USA Gymnastics. March 2, 2019.
  3. ^ "Priessman wins inaugural Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup". USA Gymnastics.
  4. ^ Turner, Amanda. "Nastia Liukin Cup to Launch in 2010".
  5. ^ "Doggette, Gladieux win first Nastia Liukin Cup titles". USA Gymnastics. March 1, 2019.