I thought it was almost perfect. I'm not happy with the scores, but we gave it all we could. Pease-Olson, who earned a gold medal in Atlanta, said the Americans were better than they were four years ago. I definitely felt like we were more together today than we were then. The free routine, worth 65 percent of the final score, is more creative than the technical portion, in which teams are required to perform identical movements.
Teams can perform any lifts, throws and configurations they want in the five-minute free.
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