Olympic medalists to compete at American Cup

The American Cup, the USA’s top international gymnastics invitational, will include Olympic medalists among its international field.

Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen and Japan’s Ryohei Kato accepted invitations to compete in the event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on March 5.

USA Gymnastics previously announced that Olympic all-around gold medalist Gabby Douglas and three-time U.S. all-around champion Sam Mikulak would compete as well. World medalists Maggie Nichols and Donnell Whittenburg will also represent the United States.

The international field announced Tuesday includes gymnasts from 11 countries, including Britain’s Nile Wilson and Amy Tinkler, who helped their teams to their first world championship team medals in October.

Kato has a team silver medal from the London Olympics and has four world championship medals. Hambuechen has silver and bronze on the horizontal bar in the past two Olympics along with nine worlds medals. He won the American Cup in 2009.

Here’s a list of the gymnasts who have accepted invitations to the event:

Men
Brazil:  Lucas De Souza Bitencourt 
China:  Sun Wei 
Great Britain:  Nile Wilson
Germany:  Fabian Hambuechen
Japan:  Ryohei Kato
Korea:  Junho Lee
Switzerland:  Pablo Braegger
USA:  Samuel Mikulak, Donnell Whittenburg
Women
Brazil:  Lorrane Oliveira
Canada:  Ellie Black
Great Britain:  Amy Tinkler
Germany: Tabea Alt
Italy:  Carlotta Ferlito
Japan:  Mai Murakami
Netherlands:  Tisha Volleman
USA:  Gabrielle Douglas, Margaret Nichols