Wynn Leads U.S. on Rings, Team Finishes Fourth at World Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/22/2010 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Brandon Wynn, a senior on the Ohio State men’s gymnastics team, helped the U.S National Team to a fourth-place finish at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Wynn, the U.S. and NCAA champion on rings, posted a team-high 15.533 on rings to lead the squad to the third highest total score (44.833) out of the eight teams on the event.
“The American team fought back hard after putting ourselves in a hole on our first event,” Ohio State head coach Miles Avery said. “Team USA still finished as the fourth-best team in the world. Brandon did his two routines about as good as he could have.”
The native of Voorhees, N.J., also competed on floor exercise and had a second-best 14.300 for the Americans. In the battle for the bronze medal, the U.S. men scored a team total of 268.012, which put them behind Germany’s 271.252. China and Japan were neck and neck for the gold medal with China coming out on top 274.997 to 273.769.
Wynn will now wait and prepare to perform for the individual rings event final Saturday. He is a reserve athlete on the event after scoring a 15.400 in the qualification round, which placed 10th overall.
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.
2010 World Championships
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ahoy Arena
Oct. 21, 2010
Men’s Team Finals
Team rankings
1. China, 274.997
2. Japan, 273.769
3. Germany, 271.252
4. USA, 268.012
5. France, 263.468
6. Russia, 263.170
7. Great Britain, 261.103
8. Korea, 259.952
U.S. Men’s Team’s Individual Scores (in order they competed)
Rings
Chris Cameron, 13.800
Jonathan Horton, 15.500
Brandon Wynn, 15.533
Floor Exercise
Brandon Wynn, 14.300
Jonathan Horton, 14.000
Steven Legendre, 15.266
