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Saturday, August 14, 2004
Blaine Wilson Falls
Blaine Wilson, the tenacious American gymnast who has already comeback from a torn bicep muscle this year, fell during his high bar routine today. While practicing on Thursday in the Olympic facilites, the judges informed Wilson that one of his moves would not be worth as much as was thought. The judges claimed that the move, a Stalder Hop Full, had been overvalued at the World Championships last year and would not be worth as much in Athens.
In response to this news both Wilson and Jason Gatson, who also performs the move, changed their routines at the last minute to a less risky--yet worth as much--move. However, this gave both athletes only 2 days to polish up the new routine. While on the high bar today, Wilson fell on the substituted move, a Kovacs, and landed hard on his head. Wilson scored an 8.862 while Gatson scored a 9.337. Brett McClure chose to leave in the Stalder Hop Full and received 9.662 due to other moves that brought the start value of his routine up to a 10.
Blaine Wilson, the tenacious American gymnast who has already comeback from a torn bicep muscle this year, fell during his high bar routine today. While practicing on Thursday in the Olympic facilites, the judges informed Wilson that one of his moves would not be worth as much as was thought. The judges claimed that the move, a Stalder Hop Full, had been overvalued at the World Championships last year and would not be worth as much in Athens.
In response to this news both Wilson and Jason Gatson, who also performs the move, changed their routines at the last minute to a less risky--yet worth as much--move. However, this gave both athletes only 2 days to polish up the new routine. While on the high bar today, Wilson fell on the substituted move, a Kovacs, and landed hard on his head. Wilson scored an 8.862 while Gatson scored a 9.337. Brett McClure chose to leave in the Stalder Hop Full and received 9.662 due to other moves that brought the start value of his routine up to a 10.
