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U.S. women's World Team: Sloan, Bross, Hong, Williams


U.S. World Team member Ivana Hong. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

At the end of September, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) sent the media a list of "nominative" competitors for the 2009 London World Championships.

Penciled in to compete for the U.S. were Bridget Sloan, Ivana Hong, Rebecca Bross and Kayla Williams.

The final team is the same four women, USA Today and other media outlets reported Sunday morning. Team alternates are Mackenzie Caquatto and Kytra Hunter.

According to the nominative list, Sloan and Bross are scheduled to compete in the all-around, Hong on bars and beam and Williams on vault and floor.

Overall, it's a good team, one that will contend for medals in the all-around and on almost every event. Sloan and Bross have proved they'll be in contention for all-around medals. With a good performance on beam, Hong could make event finals, and Williams is almost certain to make the vault final.

If the rumor that Williams is throwing an Amanar vault is true, she could even challenge Olympic vault champion Hong Un Jong, who is also on the nominative list, for the World title.

Here's a the latest list of all women scheduled to compete in London. It will be updated momentarily with the events that each gymnast is planning to compete on.

Albania: 

Riselda Selaj (VT, BB, FX)

Orneta Cuka (VT, BB, FX)

Argentina:

Ayelen Tarabini (AA)

Evelyn McCargo (AA)

Giuliana Bentivegna (AA)

Australia:

Georgia Bonora (AA)

Larrissa Miller (UB)

Lauren Mitchell (AA)

Shona Morgan (VT, BB, FX)

Austria:

Andrea Ruehrlinger (UB)

Lisa Ecker (AA)

Jasmin Mader (AA)

Barbara Gasser (VT, BB, FX)

Bermuda:

Kaisey Griffith (AA)

Caitlyn Mello (AA)

Belarus:

Alina Sotnikava (AA)

Brazil:

Khluani Dias (UB, BB)

Bruna Leal (AA)

Pricila Domingues Cobello (VT, FX)

Ethiene Franco (AA)

Bulgaria:

Ralitsa Mileva (AA)

Iliyana Sheytanova (AA)

Canada:

Charlotte Mackie (AA)

Brittany Rogers (AA)

Sydney Sawa (AA)

Chile:

Simona Castro (AA)

Martha Castro (VT, BB, FX)

Macarena Riquelme (UB, BB, FX)

China:

Sui Lu (BB, FX)

He Kexin (UB)

Yang Yilin (AA)

Deng Linlin (AA)

Columbia:

Jessica Gil (AA)

Catallina Escobar Gomez (AA)

Natalia Sanchez Cardenas (AA)

Croatia:

Ruzica Buzov (AA)

Tina Erceg (BB, FX)

Cyprus:

Marilena Georgiou (AA)

Nikoletta Dimitriou (UB, BB)

Czech Republic:

Jana Sikulova (UB)

Kristyna Palesova (AA)

Eva Verbova (AA)

Jana Komrskova (VT, BB)

Denmark:

Mette Hulgaard (AA)

Michelle Lauritsen (VT, UB)

Egypt:

Sherine El Zeiny (AA)

Salma Mahmoud El Said Mohamed (AA)

Nourhan Ahmed Saad Ahmed El Sayed (BB, FX)

El Salvador:

Emila Melendez Alvarez (AA)

Spain:

Vanesaa Sanchez (AA)

Anna Serra (AA)

Ana Maria Izurieta (AA)

Finland:

Ida Laisi (AA)

Fanni Helminen (AA)

Annika Urvikko (AA)

France:

Youna Dufournet (AA)

Pauline Morel (AA)

Great Britain:

Marissa King (VT, BB)

Beth Tweddle (UB, FX)

Rebecca Downie (AA)

Rebecca Wing (AA)

Germany:

Kim Bui (AA)

Anja Brinker (UB)

Elisabeth Seitz (AA)

Maike Roll (VT, BB, FX)

Greece:

Viktoria Tsakalidou (AA)

Vassiliki Millousi (AA)

Eugenia Zafeiraki (AA)

Hong Kong:

Yan Choi (AA)

Angel Wong (AA)

Hungary:

Dorina Boczogo (AA)

Laura Gombas (AA)

India:

Tempa Debnath (UB, BB)

P. Meenakshi (AA)

Priti Das (AA)

Kamakar Dipa (VT, FX)

Ireland:

Aimee O'Driscoll (VT, UB, FX)

Rebecca Wallace (AA)

Sarah Wedel (VT, BB, FX)

Iceland:

Thelma Hermannsdottir (AA)

Israel:

Valeriila Maksiuta (AA)

Roel Rabinovitz (AA)

Hadas Koren (AA)

Italy:

Emily Armi (AA)

Elisabetta Preziosa (BB, FX)

Paola Galente (AA)

Serena Licchetta (VT, UB)

Japan:

Yoko Shintake (BB)

Koko Tsurumi (AA)

Miki Uemura (AA)

Kyoko Oshima (VT, UB, FX)

South Korea:

Byul Han (UB)

Hyunjoo Jo (VT, BB, FX)

Eunkyung Park (AA)

Eunhui Eum (AA)

Lebanon:

Katja Bou Aram (AA)

Lithuania:

Jekaterina Kovaliova (AA)

Mexico:

Yessenia Estrada (VT, FX)

Erika Garcia (AA)

Marisela Cantu (UB, BB)

Erika Garcia (AA)

Netherlands:

Mayra Kroonen (AA)

Joy Goedkoop (AA)

Sanne Wevers (BB, FX)

Fieke Willems (VT, UB)

Norway:

Hannah Buch (VT, UB)

Elise Lotte (BB, FX)

Juile Hansson (AA)

Sandra Ostad (AA)

Poland:

Katar Zita Jurkowska (UB, BB, FX)

Marta Pihan-Kulesza (AA)

Portugal:

Zoi Lima (AA)

North Korea:

Kim Un Hyang (AA)

Kang Yong Mi (AA)

Hong Un Jong (VT, BB, FX)

Cha Yong Hwa (UB)

Puerto Rico:

Leyska Lopez Recci (AA)

Sidney Sanabria Robles (AA)

Romania:

Ana Porgras (VT, UB, BE)

Diana Chelaru (AA)

Anamaria Tamirjan (AA)

Gabriela Dragoi (FX)

South Africa:

Jennifer Khwela (AA)

Chantel Swan (AA)

Russia:

Ekaterina Kurbatova (VT, BA)

Ksenia Semenova (AA)

Anna Myzdrikova (BE, FX)

Ksenia Afanasyeva (AA)

Slovenia:

Tjasa Kysselef (AA)

Sasa Golob (VT, BB, FX)

Adela Sajn (BB, FX)

Switzerland:

Lucia Tacchelli (UB)

Jennifer Senn (AA)

Ariella Kaeslin (AA)

Slovakia:

Ivana Kovacova (UB, BB)

Sweden:

Alexandra Olsson (UB, FX)

Ida Jonsson (AA)

Veronica Wagner (AA)

Maria Edner (VT, BB)

Turkey:

Goksu Uctas (AA)

Ukraine:

Anastasia Koval (AA)

Yana Demenychuk (AA)

Dariya Zgoba (UB, BB)

Valentina Holenkova (VT, FX)

U.S.A:

Ivana Hong (BA, BE)

Rebecca Bross (AA)

Bridget Sloan (AA)

Kayla Williams (VT, FX)

Uzbekistan:

Alina Kozich (AA)

Larisa Galiulina (AA)

Venezuela:

Jessica Lopez (AA)

Ivet Rojas (AA)

Vietnam:

Phan Thi Ha Tran (VT, BB, FX)

Do Thi Ngan Thuong (UB, BB, FX)

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