International GYMNAST Magazine Online: U.S. Announces World Team U.S. Announces World Team ================================================================================ IG Online on Saturday, August 18, 2007 USA Gymnastics announced Saturday the world team to the 2007 World Championships in Stuttgart. New national champion David Durante will lead the men's team of Guillermo Alvarez, Sasha Artemev, Sean Golden, Jonathan Horton and Kevin Tan. The alternate is Sho Nakamori. The women's world team is Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Alicia Sacramone, Ivana Hong, Shayla Worley, Bridget Sloan and Samantha Peszek. At the 2006 World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, the American women finished second to China in the team final. The American men finished 13th, their worst performance in world championships history.