Paris Olympics 2024, Men's Gymnastics Individual All Around: Needed Perfection

Due to a disastrous start of his bid for Gold Zhang Boheng (China) needed a near perfect score on his final apparatus, the High Bar. He started on the Floor Exercise where he so badly missed a tumbling pass that he ended up with his head and hands on the mat, basically making a tripod with his body.  He has spent the rest of the night trying to claw back from a deep scoring deficit to get to this point.  He knew he was going to take an almost perfect score but fell short.  Fortunately, he did literally fall short.  Despite his best efforts, he just couldn't overtake Oka for the Gold, and like China in the team competition, he must resolve himself to be the Silver Medalist of these Games.  Still China leads the Gold Medal count with nine, but is quite a bit further down the tally in the total medals count.

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Paris Olympics 2024, Men's Gymnastics Individual All Around: With Precision

The American Paul Juda (USA) has built his gymnastics career on his precise movements over the high difficulty.  It is a strategy that has served him well and made him a joy to watch.  His problem is that others can be almost as flawless as he, but they are doing far more difficult routines.  He did well and finished fourteenth, just once spot ahead of his countryman Frederick Richards, who started rough but came back good towards the end of the night.  Regardless, both have already won a Bronze Medal in these games, and they still have the individual apparatus competitions to come.

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"With Precision PO24-42" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Olympics 2024, Men's Gymnastics Team All-Around: Doing One Thing Very Well

The final apparatus for Team USA in the team competition was the Pommel Horse.  It was the only event that Stephen Nedoroscik (USA) was competing in for the team.  Not only had he waited throughout the entire event, but he was the last to go in USA's rotation.  He seemed to be keeping himself calm and very relaxed all evening.  He was very cool as he tweaked the set-up of the horse to his exact specifications.  Then he jumped up and started his near flawless routine.  I can't believe that he was able to do two single arm spins in his 45 second appearance on the Olympic stage.  As he came off the floor, the team knew that they had (and he) had done enough to win a Bronze Medal for Team USA.

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"Doing One Thing Very Well PO24-26" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Olympics 2024, Men's Gymnastics Team Qualifying: Hanging Around

Asher Hong (Team USA) does a brilliant routine on the Still Rings.  I had to do these way back in middle school and could barely manage to hold myself up, let alone this move.  And I don't think this was the hardest position he took on the rings.  His efforts were part of what made sure that Team USA will make it through to the all-around competition for team gold.  He also qualified himself in the Still Rings to fight for an individual medal as well.

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"Hanging Around PO24-8" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Rio Olympics: Sticking the Landing

Its the phrase the announcers just can't leave alone.  Every routine, every time "They have got to stick the landing."  Or some version there of.  And that is just what Kohei Uchimura (Japan) did in the floor exercise on his way to this second consecutive Gold Medal in the Gymnastics Individual All Around competition.

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Rio Olympics: Playing Horse

After a pair of falls on the Pommel Horse, it was Alex Naddour (USA) who put in a near perfect exercise.  Here he is preparing to launch into his dismount.

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Rio Olympics: Head Over Heals

With gymnastics getting underway with team qualifying my USA coverage of the games focused on Team USA.  I am sure it will be more universal once we move into the full on team and individual competitions.  This is American Sam Mikulak flying off of the high bar.

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