4 U.S. Athletes Set To Compete In World Cup Events This Week

4 U.S. Athletes Set To Compete In World Cup Events This Week

The U.S. is sending four U.S. athletes to FIG World Cup events this week. What can we expect in Birmingham and Doha?

Mar 21, 2018
4 U.S. Athletes Set To Compete In World Cup Events This Week

Margzetta Frazier, Donothan Bailey, Marvin Kimble, and Alec Yoder will represent the U.S. in two World Cup events this week in Birmingham, England, and Doha, Qatar.

Birmingham

Frazier and Bailey will compete in the Birmingham World Cup, taking place Wednesday, March 21, and Thursday, March 22. The women’s event starts Wednesday at 2 PM ET, while the men compete Thursday at 2 PM ET.

The Birmingham World Cup is one of four all-around World Cup competitions this year.



The Birmingham event will be Frazier's first international assignment. The 18-year-old just missed the 2017 World Championships, but she came out on top in the February 2018 verification event where she earned a chance to compete in a World Cup event. 

"I feel like I'm at an all-time high," Frazier said in an interview with local Pennsylvania newspaper The Morning Call. "I want to make everybody proud."

From Bailey, we can expect to see solid performances on pommel horse and parallel bars, where he shows the most difficulty. 

Doha

American men Kimble and Yoder will be featured in the Doha World Cup on March 21-24. The event finals will take place in Qatar on Friday and Saturday.



In this event, the athletes will contend for individual apparatus titles. Kimble is set to compete on pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, and high bar, while Yoder is expected to compete on pommel horse, parallel bars, and high bar.