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USA Gymnastics October 06, 2011

USA Gymnastics has announced the U.S. women?s line-up for the qualification round at the 2011 World Championships at the Tokyo (Japan) Metropolitan Gymnasium.

The six women on the U.S. Women?s Team are: Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow?s Gymnastics and Dance Institute; McKayla Maroney of Laguna Niguel, Calif./All Olympia AOGC; Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan?s American Gymnastics; Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass./Brestyan?s American Gymnastics; Sabrina Vega of Carmel, N.Y./Dynamic Gymnastics; and Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts? Twistars USA.? Anna Li of Aurora, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC, is the alternate.

The women?s line-up for the qualification round is: vault ? Vega, Douglas, Raisman, Wieber, Maroney; uneven bars ? Raisman, Maroney, Vega, Wieber, Douglas; balance beam ? Maroney, Vega, Raisman, Wieber, Douglas; and floor exercise ? Douglas, Vega, Wieber, Maroney, Raisman.

Sacramone injured her Achilles tendon earlier today while tumbling on floor exercise during training.? The results of her diagnostic tests, which were taken at a local hospital, have been sent to Sacramone?s physician back in the States for evaluation, which will dictate the next steps.? An update will be provided once a final diagnosis is made.

The U.S. women compete on the second day, Oct. 8.? Men?s qualification rounds are Oct. 9-10.? The finals schedule is:? Oct. 11, women?s team; Oct. 12, men?s team; Oct. 13, women?s all-around; Oct. 14, men?s all-around; and Oct. 15-16, individual events.

Fans can follow the action at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships via the web, cable TV and network television.? Universal Sports will carry a live webcast of the finals, as well as same-day coverage on its cable network.? In addition, usagym.org will have photos and updates from Tokyo, with expanded coverage of ?USA Gymnastics:? Behind the Team presented by AT&T.?? NBC Sports will broadcast coverage of the World Championships on Oct. 15-16.

For more information on the World Championships, please go to usagym.org/worlds.

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Source: http://wsenetwork.com/2011/10/usa-gymnastics-finalizes-women%E2%80%99s-line-up-for-2011-world-championships/

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