SENIOR MEN'S REPORT
MAY 3, 2002: USA WINS SECOND GOLD
TEAM RESULTS
1. USA
2. JAPAN
3. AUSTRALIA
4. CANADA
(China did not have a full roster)
AA RESULTS
1. HAMM
2. MCCLURE
3. YANG WEI
MAY 3, 2002: SENIOR MEN'S TEAM/AA
SENIOR MEN ROTATION ONEScott Lang (CAN) - FX -clean routine -2 ½ punch front -double pike to close -8.900
Kris Krunick (CAN) - HB -fall on layout Tkatchev -nice double double layout dismount -7.375
Shinohara (JPN) - V -double twisting Tsuk
Hamm (USA) - R -piked Guczoghy -nice Maltese -full-twisting double layout -9.60
Townsend (USA) - R -small break before iron cross -double layout, step -9.40
Istria (AUS) - PH -fall
Yasuhiro Ogawa (JPN) - V -Roche - nice! -9.45
R. Ikeda (CAN) - FX -problems with combination opener (full to rudi) - OOB -double tuck (one step)
Yang Wei (CHN) - PB -double pike and double back b/t the bars - beautiful -toes pointed double pike dismount, small hop -9.300
Kikuchi (CAN) - FX -layout to rudi -2 ½ punch front -double twist
Huang Xu (CHN) - PB -perfect body line -kicked out of double pike dismount, one step -9.550
Grant Golding (CAN) - FX -double twisting front-punch layout-punch front full (tuck), fall to side, hands down -2 ½ punch barani
The competition is shaping up to be a battle between the Americans and the Chinese. Canada had a decent first rotation, but the fall by Golding will hurt their score.
ROTATION TWOScott Lang (CAN) - PH -fall
Todd Thornton (USA) - V -DTT - small problems on landing -9.200
Li Dezhi (CHN) - HB -Kovacs -double double layout - small step -8.800
Brett McClure (USA) - V -layout rudi - well done -9.375
Suguro Wakayama (JPN) - PB -clean double pike dismount
Paul Hamm (USA) - V -beautiful DTT - flaired arms -9.45
Sean Townsend (USA) - V -Roche - low landing, step -9.375
Kikuchi (PH) -some struggles
Huang Xu (HB) -gorgeous style, layout Tkatchev -9.15
Yang Wei (HB) -fall on Kovacs (wayyy too much height!) -caught it the next time -fall on pirouette -double double layout -7.45
Golding PH -fall, weak dismount
Ikeda PH -fall on PH, second fall
Fuliang -Kovacs -low on full-twisting double layout
Istria -nice rings routine, 9.55
ROTATION THREELi Dezhi (CHN) - FX -double double layout - amazing!
Hamm - PB -struggled a little -double back between bars -double pike dismount -8.550
McClure - PB -clean -9.000
Townsend - PB -double pike -double tuck (better) -stumble back on dismount (double pike) -not his best routine -9.200
Wakayama - HB -Voronin -double double layout dismount - clean -8.850
Kikuchi - R -Maltese -good control -nice planche work -clean double layout, stuck landing -9.250 -shoulder has been injured, but still got his 10.0 SV
Ogawa - HB -problems throughout with pirouettes, low landing -8.050
Fuliang - FX -whip 2 ½ punch front tuck -fall on second pass -excellent flair work -double twist only for last pass
Ikeda - R -clean routine -9.150 -also a 10 SV
Golding - R -nice iron cross, bounce to second iron cross -double layout 1/1, clean, small hop -9.100/9.8
Yang Wei - FX -perfect double double layout!!! -fall on 2 ½ punch front punch front! -full-in, wonderful -too bad about the fall!
Huang Xu….didn't compete….China was unaware of the 3-3-3 rule, thought they could substitute athletes, therefore are out of the running for the team title
ROTATION FOUR
Istria - PB -form break on Healy -double back -double pike, step forward -8.500
McClure - HB -layout Tkatchev - some pike -double double layout - loss of form
Dezhi - PH -fall
Bartlett - AUS - PB -fall on double pike -8.250
Lang - V -Yurchenko 2 ½ - large step to side, but clean in the air
Japan on FX -clean, but unimpressive
Ikeda - V -full-twisting Tsuk, weak
Townsend - HB -caught Kovacs, but struggling heavily on several pirouettes -bad fall on triple back dismount
Rizzo - PB -fall on single bar element -double pike dismount, hop -8.600
Yang Wei - PH -gorgeous circles, flairs, perfect dismount -9.750
Hamm - HB -Kolman - nice -three Tkatchevs (two layout) -nice double double dismount -9.475
Kikuchi - V -Tsuk 1 ½, some lost form -8.875
Golding - V -DTT, nice form -9.475
ROTATION FIVE
Thornton - FX -fall on arabian double front last pass, otherwise looked great
Li Dezhi - R -layout double double dismount, but weak interior
Bartlett - HB -caught Winkler with one hand, but stayed on -full-twisting double layout
McClure - FX -no major errors, solid routine ending with a double tuck -8.550
Rizzo - HB -some loss of form on pirouettes -Def -fall before dismount -stuck double double layout
Townsend - FX -double twisting front punch front punch front, loss of form, falling into prone -weak second pass -double tuck, one step -not his best routine -8.700
Hamm - FX -layout double double, perfect landing! -combination second pass, OOB -great flair work -nice double layout -great job! -9.400
Ogawa - PH -nice routine -9.050
Shinohara - PH -fall -nice scissor work -8.300
Kikuchi - PB -fall on double pike dismount -8.450
Yang Wei - R -good exercise -9.350
Huang Xu - R -amazing planche, cross work -impeccable line -double layout dismount -9.600
Ikeda - PB -solid exercise -8.900
Golding -fall on double pike dismount - a shame, it was a nice exercise
ROTATION SIX
Bartlett - FX -nice line -8.800
Townsend - PH -struggling
Lang - HB -perfect layout double double dismount - stuck landing -8.725
Fuliang - V -DTT - clean -9.400
Hamm - PH -out of control into dismount, but not bad
Golding - HB -fall on pirouettes -layout double double, perfect landing -8.150
Istria - FX -rolled out of a double front -weak last pass -8.500
Yang Wei - V TRIPLE TWISTING TSUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -some form breaks, but who cares?
Kikuchi - HB -piked double front-1/2 dismount - neat! -8.650
Ikeda - HB -high layout Tkatchev -loss of form on layout double double -8.925
Rizzo - FX
-low on double front
-full-twisting double layout second line!
-double tuck