Monday, July 30, 2012

U.S. Men's Gymnastics Team Leads at London Olympics! Phil Taylor Youth inexperience on display as men's gymnastics team flops Olympics mired in 8th after rings Brian Cazeneuve With expectations higher than ever men qualify first Unique stories of Leyva Orozco highlight gymastics and a surprise opening night trials gymnasts leap to the fore are qualifying Kohei Uchimura awes Sam Mikulak Newport Coast named Olympic Falters Finals Stellar Qualifying Performance how John shrugged off Olympicsize insecurities American Takes First Place How Hard Can It Be Aiming for Gold And Move His Family Out Bronx PhatzRadio Balancing Their Expectations Gymnasts Danell claim spots native an unlikely star gymnast teased over tights

Men's gymnastics: how John Orozco shrugged off Olympic-size insecurities American gymnast John Orozco is the image of the Olympic ideal. Kind, cheerful, talented, and bound in so much pure muscle that he could punch a hole through the springboard, Orozco is a young man made to be on a Wheaties box. Matt Gagne: American gymnast John Orozco's unique journey to all-around Before he set out to conquer the world, John Orozco took on a mountain. Last fall, about a month before the 2011 World Gymnastic Championships in Tokyo, one of the top U.S. medal hopes headed to Japan, risked livelihood and limb by barrelling down double black diamond slopes in Aspen, Colo. He is a tumbler by trade -- his teammates call him the Silent Ninja both for his Matrix-like ability to ... John Orozco's Bronx Background and Diaz Sr.'s Olympic Connections Bronx native John Orozco is turning out to be one of the American stars of this year's Olympics and State Senator Rubén Díaz, Sr. wants everyone to know that it took a lot of hard work to help the young athlete get the gymnastics classes he needed while growing up. "You should know that many years ago when I was first elected to the New York City Council, John Orozco´s mother, Damaris, came to ... USA men's gymnastics flop even brings John Orozco to tears The gold was the goal. There was reason to believe. Instead, there was absolute disappointment. John Orozco-led Team USA men off to gym-dandy start in Olympics John Orozco performed like a savvy veteran in his Olympic debut Saturday, moving through his routines with composure and poise on the first day of the men's team gymnastics competition. Orozco's unique journey to London Olympics Before he set out to conquer the world, John Orozco took on a mountain. Last fall, about a month before the 2011 World Gymnastic Championships in Tokyo, one of the top U.S. medal hopes headed to Japan, risked livelihood and limb by barrelling down double black diamond slopes in Aspen, Colo. He is a tumbler by trade -- his teammates call him the Silent Ninja both for his Matrix-like ability to ... Nightmare for Orozco as U.S. men slump LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. gymnast John Orozco endured successive disasters as the United States slumped to finish fifth in Monday's team final, two days after raising hopes of gold by qualifying in first place. Orozco, the fourth best all-round gymnast in Saturday's qualifying, faltered twice on the pommel horse, briefly sitting down, and then fell on his vault. He was taken aside by his coach for ... John Orozco: Handicapping Likely Place in Each Event In his first taste of Olympic action, John Orozco helped lead the U.S. gymnastics team to a surprising first-place performance in prelims.  After cementing a place in the finals, Orozco will be competing in the pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar. Here are Orozco's projected placements in each event during the team competition.   Pommel Horse Orozco scored a solid ... Orozco supporters rally in Chappaqua despite team's Olympic performance Excited students as young as 3 years old tumbled over the equipment at World Cup Gymnastics in Chappaqua at 10:30 a.m. Monday, joining a group of about 50 peers, coaches and parents to watch Olympic gymnast John Orozco compete live. John Orozco: How Poor Start Will Damage Inspirational Story If there was ever an inspirational story in the Olympics , it's John Orozco.  The 19-year-old gymnast has struggled early on, but he seems to be just fighting the moment of being on such a stage. Early on in the day, Orozco had a score of 14.958 in the rings.  Unfortunately for the Americans, everything seemed to go downhill.  Orozco fell on the vaults, ending the American dream of a medal. The ...
Key Words: John Orozco

References:
http://www.justjared.com/2012/07/29/u-s-mens-gymnastics-team-leads-at-london-olympics/
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/phil_taylor/07/30/2012-olympics-mens-gymnastics/index.html?eref=si_mostpopular
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/brian_cazeneuve/07/28/danell-leyva-mens-gymnastics-qualification/index.html?eref=si_mostpopular
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/brian_cazeneuve/06/30/mens.trials/index.html?eref=si_mostpopular
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/8piR422f5wo/la-sp-oly-gymnastics-men-20120730,0,1732742.story
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/WpUdD6dg1k0/la-sp-oly-gymnastics-men-20120729,0,2191502.story
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/sports/~3/z7DW6uUDtIE/la-sp-0702-oly-gymnastics-men-20120702,0,5152079.story
http://celebrity-gossip.net/olympics-2012-summer/us-mens-gymnastics-falters-finals-after-stellar-qualifying-performance-701867
http://celebrity-gossip.net/olympics-2012-summer/american-mens-gymnastics-team-takes-first-place-london-olympics-701342
http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/dailyfix/feed/~3/hnZmVsFlXWc/
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=3768443&src=rss
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomSports-TopStories/~3/VMUrRjkfbZs/1
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_sport/~3/A6U67Sn49D8/
http://pixelhat.net/

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.