LONDON – U.S. men’s Olympic captain Jonathan Horton has stressed repeatedly a gymnastics team medal — and not individual glory — is what matters most.

The lineup sent out by his coaches Friday left no doubt.

The two-time Olympic medalist will compete in only four of the six events when team qualification begins Saturday. National champion John Orozco and trials winner Danell Leyva will do all six disciplines, leaving them as the only two eligible to compete for the all-around title.

It’s a move based exclusively on the pursuit of a medal, hopefully one a little bit shinier than the bronze the U.S. won in Beijing four years ago.

LEGALLY BLIND archer Im Dong-hyun set the first world records of the games, breaking his own record in the 72-arrow mark and helping South Korea set a team record.

Im broke the record he set in Turkey in May by three points with a score of 699, hours before the 2012 Games’ official opening ceremony.

Im has 10 percent vision in his left eye and 20 percent in his right.

NBC IS taking heat for not streaming the opening ceremony online, instead holding it for the network’s telecast.

Several complaints were posted on Twitter about NBC’s decision. One popular sports website, Deadspin, posted a link to the BBC’s stream of the ceremony, urging fans to watch it to send a message to NBC.

OLYMPIC BOXING official Garip Erkuyumcu was found dead in his London hotel room, the International Boxing Association said. Turkish Boxing Federation head Bayram Altug said a colleague found the 73-year-old Erkuyumcu dead in his bed on Thursday.

A heart attack was suspected.

THE WEIGHTLIFTING competition was hit by three new doping cases after two Turks and an Albanian tested positive for banned substances.

Hasan Akkus, head of the Turkish Weightlifting Federation, said Fatih Baydar and Ibrahim Arat were taken off the team after failing recent doping tests.

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