After seeing Jason Lezak winning the historic 4x100M freestyle relay race by just a fingernail last night, it is gratifying to see another popular hunk rattling the crowd in Beijing. Alexander Artemev was not a part of the team until Morgan Hamm announced that he was not fit enough to come back for the gold. Alex almost missed Beijing and a lifetime of experience. But tonight he wowed the floor big time. He received thunderous applause on the horse. With that perfect gymnast body, Hollywood attitude and a sexy smile, it is hard not to fall in love with Alex. He is Jason Lezak in the air. He and his hunky team mates, Justin Spring, Raj B., Kevin Tan, and Jonathan Horton, had flown off the high bar and tumbled and fell and jumped a triple sommersault on the floor and romanced the pommel horse in one night. On the horse, Artemev showed the world what a great Olympian should look like. He was the most stylish of them all. Like Lezak, Artemev saved the Team USA tonight. He gave USA a 15.35 point from the horse. That was good enough to help his team win Silver. While the Chinese boys were unstoppable, Alex rocked the house and his presence provided that very rare touch of class and pffered his particular brand of magic the world has not seen since Nadia in the 70s.
Alexander Artemev romancing the pommel horse with his signature series of twirls and spins, looking so perfect and beautiful in the air.
China won the gold medal and Japan slipped past the U.S. on the final apparatus to take the silver. The U.S. scored just enough points to edge Germany for the bronze. The Americans were fueled early on by the bold, rock-solid performances of a squad that included Houston gymnasts Jonathan Horton and Raj Bhavsar, and at the end by Sasha Artemev’s redemptive series of twirls around the pommel horse as anchor man on the team’s weakest apparatus. With the loss of two-time Olympians Paul Hamm and Morgan Hamm to injury, the Americans were without a single returning Olympian. But they persevered and, on a night when they needed to be virtually error-free to medal, they were virtually error-free until nearly the end.
Alexander Artemev romancing the pommel horse with his signature series of twirls and spins, looking so perfect and beautiful in the air.
China won the gold medal and Japan slipped past the U.S. on the final apparatus to take the silver. The U.S. scored just enough points to edge Germany for the bronze. The Americans were fueled early on by the bold, rock-solid performances of a squad that included Houston gymnasts Jonathan Horton and Raj Bhavsar, and at the end by Sasha Artemev’s redemptive series of twirls around the pommel horse as anchor man on the team’s weakest apparatus. With the loss of two-time Olympians Paul Hamm and Morgan Hamm to injury, the Americans were without a single returning Olympian. But they persevered and, on a night when they needed to be virtually error-free to medal, they were virtually error-free until nearly the end.
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