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Who Will Make the 2008 Olympic Team?

Which Olympic hopefuls will be named to the team is the million-dollar question of the sport. Find out the women who are most likely to be chosen to represent the US in Beijing.

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The entire US men's Olympic team was announced today: Joe Hagerty, Morgan Hamm, Paul Hamm, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, and Kevin Tan. The alternates are Sasha Artemev, Raj Bhavsar, and David Durante.

Though I would have loved to see Bhavsar make the team because he just missed out in 2004, this team has great scoring potential and could very well bring home a medal in Beijing.

Says reigning Olympic Champion Paul Hamm, "The team goal is to win a medal of some kind. It will be hard to get a gold because of how strong China is, but I think the United States can compete with some of the best countries in the world. It's really similar this year to how it was the last Olympics." Comments (0)Permalink Hamm and Horton Named to the Olympic Team Saturday June 21, 2008 Reigning Olympic All-Around Champion Paul Hamm and 2007 American Cup Champion Jonathan Horton were named to the Olympic team following the second day of competition at the US Olympic Trials. Horton placed first in the overall Nationals/Trials combined rankings, while Hamm, out with an injured hand, was named based on his past accomplishments. The rest of the six-member team will be named tomorrow.

It will be very interesting to see who the selection committee chooses, because of the 6-3-3 team finals competition format at the Olympics, which makes event specialists very important.

Someone like Kevin Tan, who excels on the rings (16.55 to second-place Horton's 15.80) could make the team because of that one event.

Who do you think will make the team?

--Gymnasticschic82 (talk) 00:50, 23 June 2008 (UTC)