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Wilson takes gymnastics lead

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Good just doesn't cut it for Blaine Wilson anymore. A dominating performance, a huge lead over his main rival and a big step toward his fifth straight national title had...

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And then there were five Willson wins fifth straight national championship

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Blaine Wilson is the grown-up version of the neighborhood kid who rules the jungle gym. He does all the cool tricks and makes it look so easy...

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War horse looks for one last comeback

...would bypass Roethlisberger, a four-time national champion whose resume pales only to current national champion Blaine Wilson, Roethlisberger realizes anything is possible. That's especially so if he puts in another effort like he did last...

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U.S. athletes fared

...United States (Paul Hamm; Blaine Wilson; Stephen McCain; Morgan Hamm...McCain, Houston, 9.225. 50, Blaine Wilson, Columbus, Ohio, 9.025...Waukesha, Wis., 9.562. 49, Blaine Wilson, Columbus, Ohio, 9.462...

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Townsend wins first national title

...AP) -- Sean Townsend wanted the national title, and he wasn't shy about telling people. He didn't care that Blaine Wilson had a five-year winning streak going, he'd take him on. When Wilson withdrew after surgery to repair a torn rotator...

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Hamm and cheese Wisconsin twins hope for Olympic spots in gymnastics

...footnote to the main competition. They're legitimate threats to make a six-man team on which only two spots -- Blaine Wilson and John Roethlisberger -- are thought secure. The twins are getting good reviews from everyone, including the key...

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As Roethlisberger falters, others poised to take his place

...appreciation from the crowd with a nonstop series of explosive routines to finish second, behind only national champion Blaine Wilson. Roethlisberger, the 30-year-old two-time Olympian, had three mindboggling mistakes -- a fall on his vault...

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Hamm twins surprise, Roethlisberger survives

...to make the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. Joining them in Sydney will be five-time defending national champion Blaine Wilson, 1997 junior national champion Sean Townsend, 1996 hard-luck gymnast Stephen McCain and 30-year-old John Roethlisberger...

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U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team

...Hamm, Waukesha, Wis. Stephen McCain, Houston John Roethlisberger, Falcon Heights, Minn. Sean Townsend, Houston Blaine Wilson, Columbus, Ohio x-Jamie Natalie, Wilmington, Del. WOMEN Amy Chow, San Jose, Calif. Jamie Dantzscher, Palmdale...

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IAAF says Marion Jones' husband tested positive for drug

...hope of a gymnastics medal for the first time since 1972, not counting the boycotted Moscow Games. Top American male Blaine Wilson finished sixth in the vault finals and Elise Ray was eighth in the balance beam Monday. Gervasio Deferr of Spain won...

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