SAN JOSE -- 2/5 of the 2012 Men's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team were officially announced at the final day of Olympic Trials competition. To no one's surprise, Danell Leyva and John Orozco maintained their insurmountable leads over the 15-man field to clinch automatic trips to London. How they did it was remarkable and demonstrated outstanding consistency throughout the four days (2 days of VISAs/2 days of Trials) of competition. Leyva posted top-3 scores on PH (2nd), PB (1st) and HB (1st), while Orozco [...more]
SAN JOSE -- Almost predictable, the first day of the 2012 Men's Gymnastics Olympic Trials in San Jose boiled down to virtually no movement in the top 8 finishers from the VISA U.S. Championships. Sam Mikulak (91.80) edged out Danell Leyva (91.70) by one tenth to lead all gymnasts on Day 1 of the competition. Leyva, however, is the overall leader of the Olympic Team selection process, which happens to be a [...more]
Guest blogger Matthew Rusk completes his two-part preview of the 2012 Olympic Trials, by featuring CJ Maestas, Sam Mikulak, Alex Naddour, John Orozco, Paul Ruggeri and Brandon Wynn. In this installment, Rusk again goes into great detail for each of these gymnasts' chances for making the trek to London. John Orozco, as Danell Leyva was predicted in Part 1, is also lock to make the Team. The competition for the remaining three spots is relatively limited to a handful of gymnasts, with still a slim chance for a [...more]
The United States will be represented by five Junior National Team members later this week in Medellin, Colombia at the 2012 Pan-American Championships. 15 nations will be competing in a field that will include [...more]
StickItMedia is pleased to present a two-part preview of the men's Olympic Trials. Guest blogger Matthew Rusk, a gifted young writer from Houston, TX, analyzes this year's field in great detail. Rusk just finished up his freshman year at Indiana University, and has plans to head for London next month to attend the Games. The field for next week's Trials is arguably [...more]
Donnell Whittenburg and Marvin Kimble enjoyed their seemingly unsurmountable leads from the Day 1 competition and rode them all the way to All-Around Titles at the 2012 U.S. Men's Gymnastics Championships in St. Louis. Both powerful gymnasts relied on their consistency in executing their difficult routines in a remarkable show over two days. The two completed their clean sweep of [...more]
The Big 5 is now the Big 6. NCAA champ Jake Dalton had a tremendous Day 2 at the 2012 U.S. Championships, garnering a 90.05 to tie Chris Brooks for 5th place. But the story of Day 2 was seeing John Orozco nailing one landing after another on his final event. Before then, it was looking pretty good that Danell Leyva was going to [...more]
The Big 5 blew into St. Louis like a spring tornado. Big 5, as in Danell Leyva, John Orozco, Sam Mikulak, Chris Brooks and Jonathan Horton. Each of these gymnasts posted all-around scores of 90-plus to stake their claim on a potential Olympic Team spot. Really, the only thing surprising about Day 1 at the 2012 U.S. Championships was just how many great performances there were. More than just a few guys grabbed the bull by the horns to show the selection committee that they [...more]
A terrific spreadsheet is making the rounds, detailing the recent results of every Senior qualifier in the 2012 VISA U.S. Championships field. It was published under the nickname Ono No Komachi, who happens to be a very loyal and knowledgeable men's gymnastics fan and commenter. As Ono points out, the men's Olympic selection committee will also be taking these results into consideration, along with those accomplished at VISAs and Trials. The committee is looking for consistency, so if four days [...more]
