He spoke with the members of the women's gymnastics team after they had won the team competition.
And he also watched with extreme admiration the women's gymnastics team.
The U.S. women's gymnastics team won its second gold medal ever, living up to its pre-tournament billing, which included a Sports Illustrated cover for the Olympic darlings.
On Monday, it tweeted the results of men's gymnastics team final and the women's 100m backstroke, hours before those events were scheduled to air in prime time.
Smith, who was trained by the club's head coach and Team GB gymnastics coach, Paul Hall, won a team bronze and an individual silver medal in the pommel horse event at London 2012.
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Her competitive spirit aside, Spilger loved being a part of a team versus in gymnastics, which was an independent sport.
Lawrence, 26, is one of three from the South Essex Gymnastics Club competing in India - team-mates Reiss Beckford and Max Whitlock are also in the squad.
Yet, sports were not altogether neglected: trainers, facilities and travel funds were amply provided by the Chinese government for sports like table tennis and gymnastics (both top individual and not team sports, interestingly) where the Chinese excelled.
British men's gymnastics has broken out in London, earning the team bronze as well as the two medals Sunday in pommel horse.
"Everyone got the message after the last Olympics, " says Steve Penny, the president of USA Gymnastics, which lodged complaints about the ages of members of the Chinese team in 2008.
Having been pipped to the all-around title (which takes into account performances on all four pieces of apparatus) by team-mate Nastia Liukin, Johnson exacted revenge on the balance beam, the final women's gymnastics event of the Beijing Games.
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