Orozco is added to 2013 Men's World Championships Team

Aug 21, 2013 by Anne Phillips

2012 Olympic team member John Orozco has been selected to replace Danell Leyva at the upcoming World Championships.

2012 Olympic all around bronze medalist Leyva was originally named to the 2013 USA Gymnastics World Championships team, but announced Monday that he would like to withdraw from the event.

Orozco is coming back from ACL and meniscus tear suffered during the fall. He competed all around for the first time since the injury at last week's P&G Championships. Despite competing watered down routines, the former National Champion impressively finished fourth all around.

Orozco was selected over fellow alternates Paul Ruggeri and Eddie Penev.

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Below is the press release from USA Gymnastics:

HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 21, 2013 – USA Gymnastics has added 2012 Olympian John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center), to the men's team for the 2013 World Championships, scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 6 in Antwerp, Belgium. He replaces Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics) who withdrew from the team earlier this week.

In addition to Orozco, the 2013 World Championships Team includes: Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./Team Hilton HHonors (University of Oklahoma); Steven Legendre of Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (Oklahoma); 2013 U.S. all-around champion Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./University of Michigan; Alexander Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./Team Hilton HHonors (USA Youth Fitness Center); and Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J./Team Hilton HHonors (Ohio State University). The remaining alternates are: Eddie Penev of Penfield, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (Stanford University); and Paul Ruggeri of Manlius, N.Y./Team Hilton Honors (U.S. Gymnastics Developmental Center II).

The 2013 World Championships is an individual event championships, which means there is not a team event. The competition schedule for the World Championships is: Sept. 30 – men's qualification, 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Oct. 1 – men's and women's qualification, 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.; Oct. 2 – women's qualification, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Oct. 3 – men's all-around finals, 8 p.m.; Oct. 4 – women's all-around finals, 8 p.m.; Oct. 5 – event finals, men's floor exercise, pommel horse and still rings and women's vault and uneven bars, 2:30 p.m.; and Oct. 6 – event finals, men's vault, parallel bars and horizontal bars, and women's balance beam and floor exercise, 2:30 p.m.