Horton Featured by NBC Saturday

NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma senior Jonathan Horton will be featured Saturday in the Tylenol Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular presented by Chesapeake Energy. The made-for-TV event will air at 1:30 p.m. CT on NBC. Viewers should check their local listings to confirm times in their area.

Horton joins a star-studded cast that includes 2004 Olympic all-around gold-medalist Paul Hamm and 2007 world balance beam champion Nastia Liukin, a member of the U.S. women's team that took gold at the 2007 World Championships.

In addition to his long list of collegiate accolades, Horton is quickly becoming a star on the international gymnastics scene. The Houston, Texas, native finished fourth in the all-around at the 2007 World Championships, becoming just the fifth American man to finish in the top four at a World Championships or Olympic Games. Horton is also the two-time defending Tyson American Cup champion, the first male gymnast to go back-to-back at the event since the USA's Blaine Wilson won three-in-a-row from 1997-1999.

Other gymnasts participating in the event include Horton's 2007 World Championships teammate Kevin Tan, the 2006 and 2007 U.S. still rings champion, and Raj Bhavsar, a member of the 2001 and 2003 world silver-medalist U.S. teams.

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The 2002 acrobatic gymnastics mixed pair world champion team of Arthur Davis and Shenea Booth, 2004 Olympic gold-medalist Catalina Ponor of Romania and 1994 and 1997 all-around world champion Ivan Ivankov of Belarus will also be performing.

The figure skaters highlighted are: 2006 Olympic champions Shizuka Arakawa and Evgeni Plushenko; 2007 pairs world champions Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao; three-time world silver-medalist Surya Bonaly; three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss; 1994 world champion Yuka Sato and 2001 American Open silver-medalists Violetta Afanasieva and Peter Dack.

Chinese pianist Lang Lang is the musical guest.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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