http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-6-23-gymnasts from the Palo Alto Daily News Monday Jun 23 FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS If you think computers have messed up the way college football determines its championship contenders, take a look at the U.S. Olympic men’s gymnastics team, which relied on computer simulations to pick the group that will compete in August at […] [...more]
Here is a comprehensive list of Men’s J.O. Nationals scores since 1999: 2008 J.O. Nationals 2007 J.O. Nationals 2006 J.O. Nationals 2005 J.O. Nationals 2004 J.O. Nationals 2003 J.O. Nationals 2002 J.O. Nationals 2001 J.O. Nationals 2000 J.O. Nationals 1999 J.O. Nationals [...more]
Battle Creek, MI — The 2008 Men’s J.O. Nationals were held May 8-11 in Battle Creek, MI. The all-around champions were Glen Ishino (level 10 age 16-18) from SCATS Gymnastics-Huntington Beach-CA, Danell Leyva (level 10 age 14-15) from Universal-FL, and Sean Melton (level 9) from Orlando/Metro-FL. [...more]
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/sports/2008/June/sports_June725.xml§ion=sports&col= Khaleej Times Online (AFP) 23 June 2008 [excerpt from above link] [Nadia] Comaneci, now a US resident, has tipped China as the team to beat in Beijing, saying the home crowd will be urging on their gymnasts and expectations will be high. "The Chinese team is very, very good," she said earlier this year. […] [...more]
http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=140489.html#beijing+squad+named From NBC Olympics.com By Alan Abrahamson Posted Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:49 PM ET Named Sunday, the day after all-around standouts Hamm and Jonathan Horton , a University of Oklahoma senior, were selected for the 2008 Beijing team: Kevin Tan , Morgan Hamm ,Joe Hagerty and Justin Spring . Chosen as alternates: Raj Bhavsar […] [...more]
In Helene Elliot’s L.A. Times Olympic blog, the director of the men’s national team, Dennis McIntyre, explains why the men gymnasts differ from the women in how they will go into their Olympic training camp. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/olympics_blog/2008/06/hurry-up-and-wa.html [...more]
Have you seen Paul Hamm’s most recent training video? Check out Paul and Morgan’s website entry from just four days ago. This video may very well have convinced the Olympic selection team that he will be ready to roll in August! http://www.makingtheolympics.com/videos/comback_begins.html Hamm broke the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand back on May […] [...more]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062101893.html?sid=ST2008062102040 By Barry Svrluga Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 22, 2008; Page D01 PHILADELPHIA, June 21 — Only one man walked off the mat at the center of Wachovia Center Saturday evening and headed for a restful night’s sleep. “I’ll probably spend two hours on the phone,” said that man, Jonathan Horton, moments after […] [...more]
StickItMedia has its own Olympic Selection Committee deep in the bowels of its world headquarters, and the sage crowned heads have come up with their predictions for the USA men's gymnastics team. Paul Hamm and Jonathan Horton have just been officially named. Here are SIM's predictions for the remaining four slots: [...more]
