The 2020 American Cup was part of the World Cup circuit in artistic gymnastics. It was the only All-Around World Cup help in 2020 as the others were canceled due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. This was the final edition of the American Cup competition as an individual competition. In 2026, the competition returned using a mixed team format.
Background The American Cup was originally to be the first of four All-Around World Cups to be used as a way for countries to qualify an additional Olympic berth for the 2020 Olympic Games. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the remaining World Cups in Birmingham, Stuttgart, and Tokyo were originally postponed until 2021 after the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics. However, in 2021 the World Cups were officially canceled and the Olympic berths were awarded to the top three countries from qualification during the 2019 World Championships. For men's artistic gymnastics this was Russia, China, and Japan; for women's it was the United States, China, and Russia.
Participants The top 12 teams from the 2019 World Championships were allowed to send a competitor. For women's artistic gymnastics, the Netherlands and Belgium opted not to send a competitor so 13th and 14th placed teams, Australia and Ukraine, were able to. The athletes from Russia withdrew last minute; therefore replacement athletes were not able to be selected.
NOC Women (WAG) Men (MAG) Morgan Hurd Sam Mikulak Wildcard Kayla DiCello Shane Wiskus Georgia Godwin Diogo Soares Ellie Black René Cournoyer Zhang Jin Hu Xuwei Lorette Charpy Sarah Voss Andreas Toba Jennifer Gadirova James Hall Giorgia Villa Hitomi Hatakeda Daiki Hashimoto Alba Petisco Néstor Abad Pablo Brägger Lee Chih-kai Diana Varinska Oleg Verniaiev
Results
Women 14.333 14.100 13.733 13.666 55.832 14.533 13.733 13.466 13.400 55.132 13.600 13.866 13.400 12.933 53.799 4 14.566 11.366 13.933 13.700 53.565 5 13.733 13.800 13.166 12.600 53.299 6 13.666 13.100 13.233 11.700 51.699 7 14.300 12.766 12.533 11.933 51.532 8 13.433 13.500 12.733 11.266 50.932 9 14.133 10.333 14.133 12.033 50.632 10 13.500 11.100 13.133 12.700 50.433 11 12.333 13.466 12.933 11.600 50.332 12 13.400 11.833 12.433 11.433 49.099
Men 14.333 13.800 14.100 14.400 14.666 14.033 85.332 12.766 14.533 14.133 14.800 13.966 12.866 83.064 13.966 14.000 14.133 14.300 14.200 12.400 82.999 4 14.033 13.433 13.866 14.366 13.366 13.733 82.797 5 13.666 13.400 13.900 13.500 14.066 14.225 82.757 6 13.966 12.933 13.566 13.933 13.900 14.141 82.439 7 13.633 13.100 13.233 13.966 13.766 13.600 81.298 8 13.166 13.941 13.066 13.200 13.900 13.333 80.606 9 13.366 12.700 13.766 13.883 13.033 13.833 80.581 10 13.633 11.733 13.200 14.033 13.466 12.233 78.298 11 13.700 12.066 13.733 12.300 11.900 14.000 77.699 12 11.766 13.266 13.633 13.766 13.566 11.133 77.130
Nastia Liukin Cup
The 11th annual Nastia Liukin Cup was held in conjunction with the 2020 American Cup. Since its inception in 2010, the competition has always been held on the Friday night before the American Cup, in the same arena.
Medal winners Senior Haleigh Bryant Jacey Vore Andrea Li Junior Kiley Rorich Alexia Mouyenga Rachel Wilkening
Notable competitors Senior winner, Haleigh Bryant, previously won the Nastia Liukin Cup in 2019. Additionally she was the 2021 NCAA champion on vault and 2024 NCAA all-around champion.
Former elite gymnasts and 2017 City of Jesolo Trophy competitors Olivia Dunne and Gabby Perea competed at the 2020 Nastia Liukin Cup.
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