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He also won the silver medal in vault, the bronze in parallel bars, and the bronze in the rings. In addition to his individual accolades, Gaylord led the US men's gymnastics team to a gold medal in the team competition for the first time in Olympic history. [16] The moment was heralded as a significant upset over the teams from China and Japan ...
The event was won by Bart Conner of the United States, the nation's first victory in the parallel bars since 1904 and second overall. Another American, Mitch Gaylord, took bronze. Japan returned to the podium after the 1980 boycott broke its six-Games medal (and four-Games gold medal) streak, with Nobuyuki Kajitani's silver.
He is a graduate of West Springfield High School and UCLA, who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, along with Bart Conner, Peter Vidmar and Mitch Gaylord. [1] There, Daggett scored a perfect 10 on the horizontal bar, assisting his team in winning a gold medal – the first for the U.S. men's gymnastics team in Olympic history. [2]
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However, for teachers like Gaylord High School's David Beyers and his middle school counterpart Casey Stradling, the evidence their revamped strength and conditioning program is working comes from ...
Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar; Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around; Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars; Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse; Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's rings
LaFond was so close to becoming the first female wrestling state champion in Gaylord history last season, but fell just short in the 110-pound state title match to Algonac's Skye Langewicz back in ...
The next year at the Asian Games, however, she nearly swept the competition with gold medals in the team, balance beam, uneven bars, and vault and a bronze in the all-around. She came to the attention of the international gymnastics community at the 1994 World Championships in Brisbane , Australia , where she achieved a seventh-place finish in ...