Wynn to Compete on Two Events at World Championships Team Finals Thursday – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/20/2010 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Brandon Wynn, a senior on the Ohio State men’s gymnastics team, will compete on still rings and floor exercise for the U.S. in the team finals at 11 a.m. ET Thursday at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Wynn, the 2010 NCAA and U.S. Champion on rings, scored a 15.400 on the event, which was the highest mark by a U.S. member. With Wynn’s rings performance, he will be a reserve in the individual event finals Saturday.
“The preliminary team meet was good for the USA,” head coach Miles Avery said. “The team qualified into the final tomorrow ranked as the third best team in the world. Brandon as usual anchored the ring team and did his usual great job. He will have to do it again to help the USA win a medal at these World Championships.”
The U.S. National Team finished third at the end of the qualification round with a 357.092 total behind China and Japan who scored first and second, respectively. The Top 8 teams advanced to the finals, while the Top 8 athletes on each apparatus advance to the individual finals.
In the qualification round, Wynn competed on five of the six events, including floor exercise, rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar. In addition to leading the U.S. on rings, Wynn tallied a 13.933 on floor to help the U.S.
Fans can follow the action on both Universal Sports and NBC Sports. Universal Sports is carrying a live webcast on universalsports.com and providing same-day, tape-delayed primetime broadcasts on its cable network for all of the final rounds, as well as hosting “Around the Gym, presented by AT&T” after each night’s broadcast to recap the day’s action and preview the upcoming competition. The live webcast for all of the final rounds is only $9.99 with the code USAGYMFAN. NBC Sports will broadcast coverage Saturday and Sunday. For the complete web and TV schedules, go to usagym.org/worlds.
42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Men’s Qualification
Team Results
Oct. 18-19, 2010
1. China – 362.482
2. Japan – 361.400
3. United States – 357.092
4. Great Britain – 357.033
5. Germany – 355.383
6. Russia – 355.076
7. Korea – 352.042
8. France – 350.284
Men’s Qualification
Rings Results
Oct. 18-19, 2010
1. Yibing Chen (China) – 15.966 (Q)
2. Mingyong Yan (China) – 15.700 (Q)
3. Koji Yamamuro (Japan) – 15.633 (Q)
4. Matteo Morandi (Italy) – 15.500 (Q)
5. Won Chul Yoo (Korea) – 15.466 (Q)
6. Chih Yu Chen (Chinese Taipei) – 15.466 (Q)
7. Kenya Kobayashi (Japan) – 15.433 (Q)
8. Kohei Uchimura (Japan) – 15.400
9. Ivan San Miguel (Spain) – 15.400 (Q)
10. Brandon Wynn (United States) – 15.400 (R)
