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OlympicTalk · Jun 26, 2016

Sam Mikulak wins Olympic Trials; Rio team to be named

Already surely on the Olympic team, Sam Mikulak capped an undefeated four-year cycle in national-level all-arounds by winning the Olympic Trials in St. Louis on Saturday night.

Now, he must wait to see who joins him on the five-man Olympic team. A selection committee will choose the best handful to compete on six apparatus in Rio in a three-up, three-count format.

Mikulak, a 2012 Olympian, fell off high bar on his opening routine on the second night of Trials competition Saturday. He could afford it, having a 1.475-point lead after the first night of competition Thursday. He was solid on his final five events and won comfortably.

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