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Did the US deserve silver? Kohei Uchimura (legend that he is) did not have his best routine, yet received just the score he needed for Japan to finish ahead of the US. I guess when you're Kohei Uchimura, you've earned the benefit of the doubt every once in a while.
Horton will probably kick himself for messing up his vault, but for me the big take-aways are that the US men are definitely in the fight for a medal in London, that the Chinese did not show themselves to be nearly as dominant as before, and that hitting will be the key (vide Russia here).
The US ended up being the only country to put both its teams on the medal stand. Not what I would have predicted.
I think they call it home field advantage in other sports.
ReplyDeleteHorton will probably kick himself for
ReplyDeletemessing up his vault, but for me the
big take-aways are that the US men are
definitely in the fight for a medal
in London, that the Chinese did not
show themselves to be nearly as dominant
as before, and that hitting will be
the key (vide Russia here).
The US ended up being the only country
to put both its teams on the medal stand.
Not what I would have predicted.
@Anonymous 8:45 am
ReplyDeleteWhat are you smoking? China put both teams on the medal stand.