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Notes From Men’s Podium Training: China and Great Britain

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Andy Thornton
teng haibin

Although I'll be writing for www.nbcolympics.com here at the Olympic Games and also providing live tweets at https://twitter.com/AndyThorntonNBC, when time allows I'd like to give some further details here on Andy's Angle as well.  Right now I'm awaiting for the third and final session of men's podium training to begin, and I wanted to give some ...

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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
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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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Olympic Tickets and Redemption Highlight Event Finals Day 1

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Andy Thornton
maroney vault

Men’s Floor Highlights Kohei Uchimura’s unveiling of the extremely rare triple twisting double back – a skill competed by only a very small handful of gymnasts EVER - appeared so effortless that the judges somehow completely missed it!  Flavius Kozci’s 3 ½ twist to punch front full is an unprecedented pass that he’s been nailing throughout ...

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