Thursday, December 6, 2012

Leyva, Price compete this weekend in Glasgow's World Cup


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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – 2012 Olympic all-around bronze-medalist Danell Leyva of Miami/Universal Gymnastics, and 2012 Olympic team alternate Elizabeth Price of Coopersburg, Pa./Parkettes National Gymnastics Center, are representing the United States at the World Cup event in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the National Indoor Sports Arena.

The event's official website ishttp://www.glasgowworldcup.com/. Fans can also follow the action on the Glasgow World Cup's official Twitter account,@GlasgowWCG2012,
and see delayed action on British Gymnastics' YouTube channel.
The field in Glasgow includes eight men and eight women:

Men
Fabian Gonzalez, Spain
Danell Leyva, United States
Marcel Nguyen, Germany
Daniel Purvis, Great Britain
Yusuke Saito, Japan
Kristian Thomas, Great Britain
Kazuhito Tanaka, Japan
Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine

Women
Kim Bui, Germany
Vanessa Ferrari, Italy
Kaitlyn Hofland, Canada
Wakana Inque, Japan
Elizabeth Price, United States
Niamh Rippin, Great Britain
Elisabeth Seitz, Germany
Rebecca Tunney, Great Britain

The Glasgow World Cup event is part of the International Gymnastics Federation's all-around World Cup series, which also includes the AT&T American Cup.

Last weekend, Price and Leyva participated in the Stuttgart World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany. Price took top honors in the all-around, while Leyva finished fifth.

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