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Gymnastics

Horton was loud, proud

He prods mates to bronze medal

The United States' Jonathan Horton concentrates while competing on the parallel bars in yesterday's team gymnastics final, in which America won the bronze medal. The United States' Jonathan Horton concentrates while competing on the parallel bars in yesterday's team gymnastics final, in which America won the bronze medal. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)
By Shira Springer
Globe Staff / August 13, 2008

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Though his slight Texas twang sounded unusually scratchy, Jonathan Horton continued to talk. Why stop now? From the moment the US men's gymnastics squad started the team finals to the flurry of press appointments that followed a surprising bronze medal, Horton was front and center, a vocal leader. He exhorted his teammates during the competition. He extolled them ... (Full article: 1355 words)

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