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Notebook: Mission accomplished for Wilson
American gymnast claims his first medal in his third Olympic Games 10:55 PM CDT on Monday, August 16, 2004
ATHENS, Greece – Blaine Wilson walked off the floor at Olympic Indoor
Hall on Monday night knowing this was it.
But as the veteran gymnast ended his Olympic career, it was not without
the medal he had failed to win at two previous Games.
Wilson, 30, tenderly touched the silver team medal suspended on a ribbon
around his neck.
"I want to break down and just start crying," said Wilson, the first man
to win five consecutive USA Gymnastics national titles. "I want to talk
to my wife. And I can't wait to see my dad."
Wilson competed on the rings and on the parallel bars, receiving scores
of 9.637 and 9.712, respectively.
He said he might compete for another year, but not through the 2008
Beijing Olympics.
Twelve-time Olympic medalist Alexei Nemov of Russia has battled
back injuries for several years. Nemov, who won six medals at the 2000
Sydney Olympics, competed on the pommel horse, the parallel bars and the
high bar, scoring 9.037, 9.525 and 9.750, respectively. Though Russia
finished sixth, fans from a variety of countries applauded Nemov each
time he took to the apparatus, figuring this might be his last Olympics.
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