UPDATE: Artemev finished 7th and DID make the Final. One of the most exciting routines of these Games. Awesome!
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Not sure. Big range in the B-scores:
ARTEMEV Alexander 6.10 – 9.10 8.90 9.40 9.50 9.20 8.90 15.250
From the live scoring, looks like the Americans did a good job of hitting routines on 4 apparatus. But that Pommels and Rings were weak.
As predicted.
… Sasha Artemev, the last minute replacement for Morgan Hamm, had some rough spots, but manged to stay on all the apparatus. An accomplishment in and of itself considering his recent performances at Nationals and Olympic Trials where he missed several key routines in an attempt to qualify for this team. He rebounded in a big way with a huge routine on the pommel horse, his best event. …
U.S. men finish strong in prelims – NBC Olympics
Horton 91.650 points and Artemev at 89.725 will both qualify to the All-around Final. Jon really has an outside shot at a medal. That’s a good score. Especially coming out of the first flight.
I expect the USA will qualify top 8 into Team Finals.
more details on the American performance – US Men Perform Well in Qualifying – About.com Gymnastics
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