The United States is and will remain a dominant force across all Olympic gymnastics events.

“But we need to know that the next time that the United States steps foot on that gymnastics mat or the gymnastics vault or the gymnastics uh beam beam or the gymnastics horse or the gymnastics uh high bars uneven bar. All of it. We're going to win.”

Stephen A. Smith suggests the Olympic opening ceremony organizers should have anticipated that the imagery used could be viewed as offensive to Christians.

“my attitude would have been looking at the political landscape the potential Fallout from such a scene and an event and I would have deduced in my mind how advantageous this is or how problematic it could be that's just me”