Sam Mikulak, Chris Brooks, Alex Naddour, Danell Leyva and Jake Dalton shook up the team rankings by finishing subdivision 2 of 3 ahead of Japan, the reigning world champions.
Despite mistakes on pommel horse, the U.S. earned a combined score of 270.405. Their best rotation came on parallel bars, which saw scores over 15 points for all four routines.
The top five teams after subdivison 2 are:
1. United States: 270.405
2. Japan: 269.294
3. Great Britain: 268.670
4. Brazil: 268.078
5. Germany: 261.518
Four teams have yet to compete; if they outscore Germany in subdivision 3, Germany will be pushed out of the eigh-team final.
Mikulak finished fourth in the all-around standings, setting him up to likely advance to the final. Japan’s Kohei Uchimura, the reigning Olympic all-around champion and six-time world all-around champion, competed in subdivision 1 and remains in first. The top 10 men after two subdivisions are:
1. Japan’s Kohei Uchimura: 90.498
2. Great Britian’s Nile Wilson: 89.240
3. Japan’s Ryohei Kato: 89.232
4. USA’s Samuel Mikulak: 89.041
5. Brazil’s Sergio Sasaki: 88.898
6. Brazil’s Arthur Mariano: 88.465
7. Great Britian’s Max Whitlock: 88.232
8. Colombia’s Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno: 87.506
9. The Netherlands’ Bart Deurloo: 86.990
10. Cuba’s Manrique Larduet: 86.814
The second American trying to qualify for the all-around final, Chris Brooks, finished 14th.Watch live as the men’s qualifications wraps up with subdivision 3 at 5:30 p.m. ET.
