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Saturday, August 4, 2012
Gabby Douglas and Olympic teammates tour through Dallas October 6
This is your chance to see the Flying Squirrel in action.
DALLAS Olympic gold-medalist Gabby Douglas and former Olympian and North Texan Nastia Liukin will perform in Dallas on October 6 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, according to the DMN.
Douglas, who won the individual all-around Olympic gold medal at the 2012 Games, was called the "star of London Games" by the Washington Post. She will be joined October 6 by 2012 London Games teammates McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber. Plano gymnasts Rebecca Bross and Liukin are also scheduled to be part of the tour.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Nastia Liukin was named the 2008 Olympic individual all-around champion.
The Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions stops in 40 cities, and tickets are already on sale.
According to a statement, the cast varies from stop to stop, but here is the whole roster:
Women's artistic gymnasts
- Rebecca Bross - Plano, Texas/WOGA. 2010 World Championships Team silver medalist; six-time World medalist
- Gabby Douglas - Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics. 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials champion and 2011 World Championships Team gold medalist
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- 6th
- 7PM
- American Airlines Center
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2500 Victory Avenue
Dallas, TX - Age limit: All ages $28.50 - $91
- Brenna Dowell - Odessa, Mo./ Great American Gymnastics Express. 2010 Pan Am Championships team gold medalist
- Sarah Finnegan - St. Louis, Mo./ Great American Gymnastics Express. 2012 U.S. Olympic Team replacement athlete; 2010 Pan Am Championships team gold medalist
- Anna Li - Aurora, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics. 2012 U.S. Olympic Team replacement athlete; 2012 U.S. uneven bars bronze medalist
- Nastia Liukin - Parker, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics. 2008 Olympic all-around champion; five-time Olympic medalist
- McKayla Maroney - Long Beach, Calif./All Olympia. 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member; 2011 World vault and team gold medalist
- Chellsie Memmel - West Allis, Wis./M&M Gymnastics. 2008 Olympic Team silver medalist; World gold medalist in all-around, team (twice), uneven bars
- Elizabeth Price - Coopersburg, Pa./ Parkettes National Gymnastics Center. 2012 U.S. Olympic Team replacement athlete; 2011 City of Jesolo Trophy team gold medalist
- Aly Raisman - Needham, Mass./Brestyan's Gymnastics. 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member; 2011 World floor floor bronze medalist and team gold medalist
- Kyla Ross - Aliso Viejo, Calif./ Gym-Max. 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member; 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim team gold medalist
- Alicia Sacramone - Winchester, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics. 2011 World team gold medalist; 2008 Olympic team silver medalist; 10 career World medals
- Sabrina Vega - Carmel, N.Y./Dynamic Gymnastics. 2011 World Championships team gold medalist
- Jordyn Wieber - DeWitt, Mich./Twistars USA. 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member; 2011 World all-around and team gold medalist, balance beam bronze medalist
Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastic Champions
Men's Artistic Gymnasts
- Chris Brooks - Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics). 2012 U.S. Olympic Team replacement athlete; 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships all-around and team gold medalist
- Alex Buscaglia - Stanford, Calif./Stanford University. 2010 Pan Am Championships Team gold medalist
- Jake Dalton - Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma. 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member; 2011 World Championships team bronze medalist
- Jonathan Horton - Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics). 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member; 2010 World all-around bronze medalist; 2008 Olympic team bronze medalist and horizontal bar silver medalist
- Glen Ishino - Santa Ana, Calif./University of California-Berkeley. 2010 Pan Am Games team gold medalist
- Steven Legendre - Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (University of Oklahoma). 2012 U.S. Olympic Team replacement athlete; 2011 World Championships team bronze
- Alex Naddour - Gilbert, Ariz./Team Hilton HHonors (USA Youth Fitness Center). 2012 U.S. Olympic Team replacement athlete; 2011 World Championships Team bronze medalist
- John Orozco - Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center). 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member; 2012 U.S. all-around champion; 2011 World Championships team bronze
- Paul Ruggeri - Manlius, N.Y./University of Illinois. 2011 Pan Am Games team bronze medalist and high bar champion
- Brandon Wynn - Voorhees, N.J./Team Hilton HHonors (Ohio State University). 2011 Pan Am Games team bronze medalist and still rings gold medalist
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