INDIANAPOLIS -- If the U.S. men want to do more than talk about winning an Olympic or world title, they should take a page out of Martha Karolyi’s playbook.
The world championships, just the competition that determines which teams go to next summer’s Rio Olympics, are still 10 weeks away. Yet the Americans are already naming their men’s team following Sunday’s splatfest, with Sam Mikulak and Donnell Whittenburg earning automatic spots based on their results at the U.S. gymnastics championships Sunday.
A guy could take most of the 10 weeks off – mentally or physically – and his spot on the world championship team would be secure.