{"id":303510,"date":"2021-07-20T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/simone-biles-sam-mikulak-more-u-s-gymnasts-who-could-win-big-at-tokyo-olympics\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T17:00:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:00:58","slug":"simone-biles-sam-mikulak-more-u-s-gymnasts-who-could-win-big-at-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/simone-biles-sam-mikulak-more-u-s-gymnasts-who-could-win-big-at-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"#Simone Biles, Sam Mikulak &#038; More U.S. Gymnasts Who Could Win Big at Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4fa03b36c20\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4fa03b36c20\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/simone-biles-sam-mikulak-more-u-s-gymnasts-who-could-win-big-at-tokyo-olympics\/#Mens_Team_New_Hope\" >Men\u2019s Team: New Hope<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Simone Biles, Sam Mikulak &amp; More U.S. Gymnasts Who Could Win Big at Tokyo Olympics<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> <b>Simone Biles<\/b> is the greatest gymnast of all time, and not just because she is expected to leave Tokyo with the same number of medals she earned in Rio in 2016 (five: gold in the individual all-around, vault and floor, bronze in balance beam and gold in the team event). It\u2019s <i>how<\/i> she\u2019ll do it: \u201cShe could have done the exact same [routines] and still would\u2019ve been able to win. But she\u2019s truly trying to be better than herself every year,\u201d says five-time Olympic gymnastics medalist turned commentator Nastia Liukin.<\/p>\n<p>Since Rio, Biles, 24, has had three more gravity-defying new skills named after her; if she lands her take on a Yurchenko double pike vault at the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s, her career tally will be five.<\/p>\n<p>Along with potentially giving the U.S. its fifth consecutive women\u2019s individual all-around champion, Biles looks to lead an unparalleled four-person squad to its third-straight team title. <b>Suni Lee<\/b>, 18, combines power and grace with the hardest uneven-bars routine in the world. <b>Jordan Chiles<\/b>, 20, who\u2019s trained with Biles since 2019, has been rock-solid this year, hitting 24 of 24 routines in competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible to see what can h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en with a bit of change and believing in yourself,\u201d says Liukin.<\/p>\n<p>And <b>Grace McCallum<\/b>, 18, is a calm presence capable of stepping up where needed.<\/p>\n<p><b>Jade Carey<\/b>, 21, and <b>MyKayla Skinner<\/b>, 24, nabbed individual berths, meaning their scores won\u2019t count toward the team. They\u2019ll try to qualify for spots in the all-around and apparatus finals (each country still has a limit of two athletes in those events). Root for Skinner if you like comebacks: She was an alternate in Rio, and battled COVID and pneumonia last winter. Says Liukin, \u201cIt was inspirational to watch her journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mens_Team_New_Hope\"><\/span>Men\u2019s Team: New Hope<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004700\" style=\"width: 1360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004700\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004700 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brody_Malone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brody_Malone.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brody_Malone-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brody_Malone-855x570.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brody_Malone-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brody_Malone-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brody_Malone-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1004700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. men haven\u2019t won a team medal in gymnastics since they took bronze in Beijing in 2008, but his third Olympics <i>could<\/i> be the charm for veteran <b>Sam Mikulak.<\/b> He\u2019ll have three rookies by his side: unflappable reigning national champion <b>Brody Malone<\/b>, whose high-bar routine could be golden; <b>Yul Moldauer<\/b>, a master of what analyst Tim Daggett dubs Gymnastics 101 (\u201cFly high and stick the landing!\u201d); and <b>Shane Wiskus<\/b>, who proved his mental toughness in June when he put a scary three-fall high-bar outing at the U.S. championships behind him to wow at the Olympic trials weeks later. 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