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British Men Eye Olympic Bronze…A Recap Of The European Championships Team Final

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Andy Thornton

The 2012 Senior Men’s European Championships took place this past weekend in Montpellier, France. Here’s a recap of the team competition, in which Great Britain secured a huge team victory just two months before the start of the Olympic Games. 2012 Men’s European Championships Team Finals Results 1. Great Britain 266.296 2. ...

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Five Highlights From Event Finals Day 2!

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Andy Thornton

Danell Leyva’s Golden Moment. U.S. National Champion Danell Leyva hasn’t quite had the world championships he had dreamed of. Although he did stand with his teammates on the world team medal podium for the first time, mistakes on high bar in qualifications and on vault and high bar in the all-around had already dashed a ...

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Five Things To Watch In Men’s Team Final

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Andy Thornton

Kohei’s Magic. Even slightly hampered by a leg injury and an uncharacteristic fall on vault, the invincible Kohei Uchimura still dazzled his way to the top of the all-around qualifications and into five out of six event finals. At just 22 years old, the gymnast they call “Superman” has already won two world all-around titles, ...

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USA Men Light The Fire!

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Andy Thornton

Four-and-a-half points. That’s how much the USA improved its score in this year’s worlds qualifications compared to last year’s. It was an absolutely stunning performance – one of the best that Team USA has EVER given in world competition. All six men were fabulous...on essentially every event. This year’s team outscored last year’s team on five ...

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Meet The Chinese Men’s World Team…Are They Beatable?

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Andy Thornton

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That must have been the philosophy of the Chinese delegation when putting together this year’s men’s world team, which consists of five of the same members of last year’s gold medal team from Rotterdam. The only gymnast left off was 2009 world rings champion and 2010 world rings silver ...