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U.S. Classic reinforces tough road ahead

Updated: May 27, 2012, 2:36 AM ET
By Melissa Isaacson

CHICAGO -- It was considered a tuneup for the U.S. Nationals in St. Louis in two weeks and the Olympic trials that will follow soon after, but with the ever-watchful eyes of the selection committee upon them Saturday, the top women gymnasts in the country entered into the pressure-filled vacuum that will not relent until London.

And while certainly not expected to be peaking yet, they demonstrated enough flashes of excellence at the Secret U.S. Classic that a shot at the ...

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