Sam Mikulak is limiting his patriotic displays to the “U-S-A” on his chest.
The four-time U.S. gymnastics champion has shaved off the American flag he’d had on the right side of his head. He got the ‘do before he left for Rio, and it was already starting to grow out.
“I had to clean it up,” Mikulak said Wednesday night. “I don’t have my barber that did it so let’s get rid of it, be clean.”
Besides, he doesn’t want the judges looking at anything besides his gymnastics. And a waving flag that takes up the entire side of someone’s head is going to draw attention.