In addition to the four Olympians, two 2008 Olympic alternates are also competing: Jana Bieger of Coconut Creek, Fla. The women’s field is a mixture of returning veterans and rising stars. titles, as well as berths on the national team for each discipline. A complete list of the field, by state and then by discipline, is included below. A total of 32 states are represented in the field, with California’s 85 coming in at the top. The 375-person field includes 19 athletes from the Dallas-Ft. Worth-area gymnasts, it is a rare opportunity to compete in front of family and friends in their own hometown.” And for Nastia, our Olympic all-around gold medalist, and her fellow Dallas-Ft.

“Having so many Olympians return to the Visa Championships the year after the Olympics sets the stage for spectators to see how these well-known athletes match up against our rising stars. “Fans are in for a treat this year,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. 2009 World Games mixed pairs champions Kristin Allen and Michael Rodriques of Livermore, Calif., top the acrobatic gymnastics field, and Chicago Cup silver-medalist Julie Zetlin of Gaithersburg, Md., is competing in rhythmic gymnastics. man to compete in trampoline at the Olympics.

and Chris Estrada of Lafayette, La., the first U.S. Olympic horizontal bar silver-medalist Jonathan Horton of Houston Olympic team bronze-medalists Alexander Artemev of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Joey Hagerty of Albuquerque, N.M. 12-15, in Dallas Texas: Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas Olympic team silver-medalists Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., Samantha Peszek of Indianapolis, Ind., and Bridget Sloan of Pittsboro, Ind. Olympians are among the athletes competing in the 2009 Visa Championships, Aug. Click here for more information on the 2009 Visa Championships.

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