American Olympic Bars

… the apparatus where Team USA will win or lose Team in London, many predict.

Russia and China will score higher. But how much higher?

Only Gabby is an obvious Olympic Bars finalist. Amazing. But with deductions.

Click PLAY or watch her Day 2 routine on YouTube.

It seems near certain that Kyla Ross will be doing Bars for Team USA in London.

Click PLAY or watch her Day 2 routine on YouTube.

Those sets are competitive with the best in the world. But not likely to medal.

I’d love to see Anna Li the third Bar routine in the line-up.

If not Anna, who?

Not Bross (VIDEO). Not Sloan. (VIDEO) … Definitely not Maroney. (VIDEO)

Finnegan? … She fell on Geinger today. (VIDEO)

Jordyn Wieber is it, I’d say. Despite inconsistency on Bars in the past, if Jordyn hits another 2 routines at Olympic Trials, put her up first. On a winning team, your best players have to be your best players when it counts.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Cautious. But respectable.

I trust Jordyn to hit that routine in London. Consistency and start score are more important than quality in 2012.

Leave a comment if you’ve got a better plan for the USA. And please, don’t suggest Nastia. She’s as unreliable right now as Jordyn is stable.

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