Two-time Olympian Sam Mikulak and 2016 Olympic replacement athlete Ragan Smith highlight the field for the 2017 American Cup, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on March 4 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Tickets for the 2017 American Cup, scheduled for March 4, 2017, at Prudential Center will go on sale to the public on Dec. 16, 2016, at 10 a.m. ET.
2012 Olympic all-around champion and 2015 World all-around silver-medalist Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Buckeye Gymnastics, and Japan’s Ryohei Kato won the women’s and men’s titles at the 2016 AT&T American Cup in Newark, N.J., Saturday afternoon.
2012 Olympic all-around champion and 2015 World all-around silver-medalist Gabrielle Douglas and Japan’s Ryohei Kato won the women’s and men’s titles at the 2016 AT&T American Cup, the USA’s most prestigious international invitational and part of the International Gymnastics Federation’s all-around World Cup series, at Prudential Center in Newark, N. J.
For gymnastics and sports fans alike, Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., is the place to be March 4-5. The Nastia Liukin Cup, AT&T American Cup and the new Elite Team Cup will be taking place over the two days.
For the AT&T American Cup, the U.S. men send the varsity, particularly in an Olympic year. So Sam Mikulak and Donnell Whittenburg, the top two men at last year’s P&G Championships, will take on rivals from three continents in Saturday afternoon’s event at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Mary Lou Retton, America’s first golden girl in Olympic gymnastics, made her breakthrough at the 1983 American Cup in New York. She recently stopped by Prudential Center in Newark where this year’s AT&T American Cup will be held on Saturday.
After missing the 2014 World Championships due to injury and collecting two medals at the 2015 Worlds, Maggie Nichols’ mission now is not just to make the Olympic team for Rio but to be one of the two gymnasts competing for the all-around gold.
The parallels may be coincidental but for Gabby Douglas another Olympic year brings with it a palpable feeling of deja vu. A star-spangled teammate is world champion, the trials will be back in San Jose and the ‘Flying Squirrel’ is back at the AT&T American Cup where she made a substantial, if unofficial, splash four years ago.
USA Gymnastics announced today that the 2017 American Cup, scheduled for March 4, 2017, will return to Prudential Center following the incredible success leading up to this week’s 2016 event, which will take place at the Newark, N.J., arena on Saturday, March 5.