Men's Team Final

What an impressive night for a group of guys who were suppose to pretty much fall on their faces. They fought hard and did everything they could. And what a night for Jonathan Horton. I have not followed men's gymnastics since Athens so I don't know if he's been leading this team but, he certainly became the leader last night. We all know a few weeks ago he wasn't to be the leader of the team. That's the thing about sports things come at you in the blink of an eye. And he took the opportunity and ran with it.

Unfortunately I think they looked at the scoreboard at the wrong moment and got a little caught up in the thought of silver. They definitely tightened up on floor and then that lead to more pressure on their worst event. They still held on for the bronze and how great it was watching them celebrate the a bronze as if it was gold. That is something you don't see enough of from American athletes.

I did have a few issues with some scoring. Not really in the execution scores but, with some of the difficulty scores. I'm still trying to figure out how highbar routines with two release moves can score higher than routines with three release moves. And I don't want to hear about more difficult dismounts because I watched people do the same dismounts. In all my years of gymnastics one of the hard rules is letting go of the bar with both hands is more difficult than letting go with one there by there really shouldn't be any circumstance where two release moves score higher than three. And in routines that do have three releases doing three different release moves should score higher than doing the same release twice.

Despite the things I didn't like with the scoring it was a great night of competition for the men.