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...That mentality certainly helped the U.S. men, who entered Beijing as long shots for podium appearances but earned bronze in a tight team competition, and closed out the meet with a silver medal for Jonathan Horton on the high bars. And after all the build up surrounding the American and Chinese rivalry, on the mats, the gymnasts are still gymnasts and the coaches are still coaches, no matter what country they call home. When China's Cheng Fei came off the floor in tears after a fall in the event final, Chow just did what came naturally. He gave...
...around champion, and Morgan is a 2004 veteran), working as a cohesive unit was the only way the U.S. was ever going to reach the medal stand. And Tan knew just the way to do that - by keeping his teammates confident and deaf to the doubters. Texan Jonathan Horton, the team's best all-around gymnast who came a few tenths short of an all-around individual medal at last year's world championships in Stuttgart, acknowledges that he "gets hyped up, and psyched in the moment. I'm off the wall constantly talking gymnastics and saying 'Hey, watch those...
...strongest events - the still rings - first out of the six. Tan, a national champion on the rings, helped the men to reach third place after that rotation. But it wasn't until they reached the high bars that the U.S. squad found its medal rhythm. Flowing routines by Jonathan Horton and Justin Spring, both of whom landed squarely to punctuate their determination, pushed the team to second behind the Chinese. "For a bunch of first timers, they did amazingly well" says Miles Avery, the Hamms' coach. "People felt without Paul and Morgan we had nothing...
...Even Avery can't explain why this team has bonded so quickly and strongly, but perhaps overcoming injuries, and losing teammates, combined to bring the under-appreciated Americans to the medal stand. "I was nervous not so much on my own behalf but for everyone else," says Horton. "We all want [so badly] to see each other do well." Artemev and Horton are the U.S.'s entrants into the all-around competition, which takes place August 14, a far less collegial contest that pits one gymnast against another on all six apparatus. But even then, it's likely that...
...easy to make the infamous Willie Horton ad from the 1988 presidential campaign seem benign. But suggesting that Barack Obama is the Antichrist might just...