Kent Koven, USAG Director of New Media, put together another great podium highlights reel, this time the American Men.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
They also posted another great interview with Jon Horton:
http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.js
… “Everyone tells me not only that I act differently, my gymnastics are different — I’m a more confident guy when I’m out there,” adding a moment later, “Maybe it’s just being married and having more responsibility and being away from the college scene where you act like an idiot every single day of your life.
“I am much more focused now. All I have to do is focus on one thing. That’s gymnastics. I don’t have a job. I don’t go to school. I wake up, I go to gymnastics, I go to sleep. That’s it.”
Asked about Horton, Kevin Mazeika, the U.S. men’s national team coordinator, said in a phone interview, “He has moved into the leadership role and taken it on quite well. I think coming from 2008 — these past two years, his life has changed a lot. …
read more – Horton leads the way
I’ve always like Jon Horton. Who wouldn’t?
But I’ve never had faith he can HIT when he needs to. Until now.
Note: Ono No Komachi reminds us that the score I linked for Jon earlier today (91.3) is inflated by the USA bonus system. I never intended that people compare those scores. There are at least a dozen guys who could win this meet.
But I wouldn’t count on Jon falling on Pommels, this time.
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