Tan named as captain of US Olympic gymnastics team
July 23, 2008
I was just over at the LA times website and read that Kevin Tan has been named captain of the US men’s gymnastic team. He is a three-time member of U.S. world championships teams
Tan has grandparents who live in Beijing so it will be a bit like a homecoming games for him.
The team also includes Athens Olympic all around men’s champion Paul Hamm and his twin brother Morgan. Paul was only recently confirmed as being in the team as he had to prove that he had recovered from a broken hand sustained in May.
The US team will be looking to better the team silver medal won in Athens and the fourth place at the 2007 World Championships. China as the current World Championships are the team to beat. It will be interesting if performing in front of a home crowd will inspire the team or add pressure.
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