U.S. Olympic alternate Raj Bhavsar, age 27, has been recently named to the U.S. Olympic team after the injury of gymnast superstar Paul Hamm, Olympic gold medalist in the all-around individual competition in 2004. Great for Raj, but unfortunately — in my opinion and others — now China has a stronger chance of winning individual all-around gold (Yang Wei as top contender), with the U.S. falling short with the loss of Paul Hamm, and Russia, China’s two biggest competitors in gymnastics.
Raj has also been named the five hottest men in the Olympics this year. Not bad for an alternate! I still fully expect U.S. Olympic gymnast Kevin Tan to win the gold for the rings. He’s amazing. But I also fully expect the Chinese to bring their A-game to even the rings which Tan usually dominates, so this will be a VERY interesting & nerve-wracking gymnastics competition.
Update: It’s looking worse for the U.S. Olympic team, Paul’s twin brother Morgan Hamm has also withdrew from the Olympics after arriving in Beijing.
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5 Comments to “Gymnast Raj Bhavsar makes the U.S. Olympics Team”
Twanna // FUNKY BROW wrote:
What a cutie!!!!
Posted on 10-Aug-08 at 5:59 pm | Permalink
Roberta wrote:
He and Tan are the best eye candy of the Games!
Posted on 11-Aug-08 at 5:01 pm | Permalink
Peter wrote:
> He and Tan are the best eye candy of the Games!
>
Too bad Tan can’t do the pommel horse when he is under pressure and going for a team silver medal. That was one of the lowest scores ever recorded using the new judging system.
peter
Posted on 12-Aug-08 at 10:22 am | Permalink
jennifer wrote:
Peter, I’m sure you can do better than Tan under pressure on the pommel horse at the Olympics. Way to route for the home team.
Posted on 12-Aug-08 at 10:30 am | Permalink
peter wrote:
I am sure if you asked Kevin how he felt about his performance he would have been disappointed… He can compete at the highest levels, but had an off night – can happen to anyone.
> Way to route for the home team
>
The Chinese, yes – they were fantastic especially the vaulting
peter
Posted on 12-Aug-08 at 1:50 pm | Permalink
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