Saturday, 24 July 2021 12:58

Tokyo Olympics: Men's Preliminaries

The US Men's team qualified in fourth place for next week's team.  They were led by Stanford's Brody Malone.  Malone, the NCAA and US National champion qualified to the HB final and the AA final (in 9th position).  Former NCAA Champ and Michigan great Sam Mikulak qualified to the AA final and to the PB final.  Former OU Sooner and NCAA Champ Yul Moldauer qualified to the FX final (with a 9.066 E score) while former Ohio State star and specialist Alec Yoder qualified 4th to the PH final (but just a 0.066 out of first).  Minn grad Shane Wiskus is the first alternate on FX, the event where the US finished 1st in the team prelims.  Also making the event finals on HB was former Illini Tyson Bull, who is from Australia. 

Former Ohio State gymnasts Mikhail Khoudinov of NZ finished 52nd while Stanford grad David Jessen, competing for the Czech Republic, finished 57th.

Link:  USAGym Release

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