Yay Blaine!
The USA men's nationals team:
[quote]Yewki Tomita, Sho Nakamori and Justin Spring also were awarded three of the final 15 spots on the team, which were filled out over the weekend at the Winter Cup Challenge.
Defending Olympic champion Paul Hamm, Raj Bhavsar, Joseph Hagerty and Sean Townsend earned spots based on their scores in the all-around at Winter Cup, while Tomita, Nakamori and Wilson got theirs based on a more complex formula that factored in their scores on individual events.[/quote]
Plus also the 7 gymnasts who went to 2007 Worlds.
Blaine got in the top 10 in the 4 events he competed in at Winter Cup.
[quote]Spring, who withdrew from the competition while he continues to rehabilitate his injured knee, made it on a special petition for injured athletes.[/quote]
Excting season leading to the Olympics!
[quote]Not on the 15-man list was Olympic silver medalist Morgan Hamm, who is overcoming a torn pectoral muscle and hopes to compete at an April meet that will serve as a qualifier for the national championships. A new U.S. men's team will be chosen after nationals, which are May 22-24 in Houston and are the first step in the selection process for the six-man team for the Beijing Olympics.[/quote]
It looks like the men's program will give everyone a chance to show what they can do, so they can have the best team. No Dominique Moceanu politics here...!
Check also
2008 USA Men's Winter Cup Challenge Competition
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