Four-time U.S. all-around champion Sam Mikulak and Olympic all-around silver medalist Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine lead the field for the American Cup, the biggest annual international gymnastics meet in the U.S.
This year’s American Cup will be March 4 in Newark, N.J.
The women’s field includes U.S. Olympic alternate Ragan Smith, another to-be-determined U.S. gymnast and four Rio Olympians from other countries.
None of the Final Five gymnasts are currently competing at the elite level, but none have announced retirements from gymnastics, either.
Mikulak, 24 and a two-time Olympian, was the last American man to win the American Cup in 2014. He’ll be joined by a second, to-be-determined American in Newark.
The international men’s field includes five Rio Olympians, led by Verniaiev, who finished .099 behind Japan’s Kohei Uchimura in the Olympic all-around and then won the parallel bars title.
Also at the American Cup will be two-time Japanese Olympian Ryohei Kato, who took team gold in Rio and also owns 2013 World all-around silver.
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Follow @nzaccardi2017 American Cup competitors – Men
China: Sun Wei
Great Britain: Sam Oldham
Germany: Lukas Dauser
Japan: Ryohei Kato
Netherlands: Bart Deurloo
Switerzerland: Eddy Yusof
Ukraine: Oleg Verniaiev
USA: Sam Mikulak
USA: Wildcard, to be determined
2017 American Cup competitors — Women
Canada: Ellie Black
China: Xie Yufen
France: Melanie De Jesus dos Santos
Great Britain: Rebecca Tunney
Germany: Kim Bui
Japan: Asuka Teramoto
Netherlands: Eythora Thorsdottir
USA: Ragan Smith
USA: Wildcard, to be determined
*Correction: An earlier version of this post reported that Sam Mikulak won the 2013 American Cup. He won in 2014. An earlier version also said that Oleg Verniaiev was .99 behind in the Olympic all-around. He was .099 behind.
