Silver medal – Horton or Boy?

Who should have been second after the invincible Uchimura at the World Gymnastics Championships?

Philipp Boy, who carried off the medal?

Philipp Boy of Germany celebrates after his performance on the horizontal bar during the men's team final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam October 21, 2010. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SPORT GYMNASTICS)

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Or Jon Horton?

Jon was left with the Bronze.

Certainly if you only consider the overscored routine of Boy on Horizontal Bar, you’d conclude that Horton was jobbed by some kind of anti-American conspiracy.

Let’s wait on the 6 apparatus comparison. Jon was underscored on P Bars, I thought. But this guy Philipp Boy is really, really good. And Boy did hit his weaker apparatus very well.

I’d be happy to post all 12 videos and we can decide for ourselves.

Likely this will be analyzed to death. Wait until Andrew Thornton gets his hands on the video.

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