The Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Paul Hamm and Brett McClure earned automatic spots onto the men's Olympic gymnastics team Saturday, and Jason Gatson and Hamm's brother, Morgan, were added on by the selection committee.
Another seven gymnasts, including five-time national champion Blaine Wilson, closed out Olympic trials by being chosen to a training squad. They'll have to fight it out for the final two spots at a camp next month, a decision that adds a little more drama to an already harrowing process.
Hamm and McClure finished trials the way they came in after national championships: ranked first and second in the overall scoring from the four meets -- two at nationals, two at trials -- that are used to pick the six-man team.
The men won a silver medal at last year's world championships and are considered a good bet to win their first Olympic team medal since 1984.
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