His performance in the Team Competition was AWESOME.
Can he do it again in the Individual All-around meet tonight? And hit Pommels?
… Two-time defending world champion Yang Wei of China is the favorite. Yang, 28, was in no mood to concede anything either after his team easily won gold.
“I can be in a relaxed mood,” Yang said. “I’m going to try my best to get every medal.”
Horton said he understands that if Yang doesn’t make major mistakes, the gold medal will be out of his reach. “His start values are so high,” he said. “But after that anything can happen.”
Germany’s Fabian Hambuechen finished second to Yang at last year’s world championships and is feeling in the mood for some redemption.
During the team finals Tuesday, Hambuechen fell off the high bar, the apparatus where he is the defending world champion.
Germany finished fourth behind the U.S. in the team competition. …
read more – U.S. gymnast Jonathan Horton likes his chances going into individual competition
Jonathan Horton, left, celebrating the U.S. men’s gymnastic team’s winning of an Olympic bronze medal with teammate Raj Bhavsar, will be a strong competitor for individual medals.
The Texan acknowledges the competition, especially China’s Yang Wei, is tough, but he thinks he’s ‘kind of on a roll’ after effort at world championships.
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