USA Men’s Team for Worlds Announced (20th August, 2006)

2006 U.S. all-around champion Alexander Artemov is one of six men named to the U.S. Men’s Team for the World Championships in Denmark.

In addition to Artemev, the team features Guillermo Alvarez, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, Clay Strother and Kevin Tan. Alternates are David Durante and David Sender.

Artemev also won the pommel horse and the parallel bars at the Nationals. Horton, the 2006 NCAA all-around and Tyson American Cup champion, was second in the all-around, followed by Alvarez. Horton won the gold medal in the floor exercise, followed by Clay Strother in second and Sender in third. Tan was first in the still rings and Sender finished on top in the vault, where Strother was second.

Spring, who did not compete at the Visa Championships because he is recovering from an injury, petitioned to the team. He must show competitive readiness at the World team training camp, Sept. 20-25, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado. Earlier this year, Spring made it to the finals in the horizontal and parallel bars at the World Cup event in Ghent and was a member of the 2005 World Championships Team.