profmom
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Oh, I know it makes sense not to have Modi on the team, but it is still really a letdown to go from "will he be doing AA?" to this. I wish he had not had such a bad case of the pommel yuks. It's all about maximizing medal possibilities, and he is more of an AA guy than someone who can be counted upon to make event finals.
Mikulak on pbars? I don't know. That would be doubling the number of landings he needs to work on between now and October. I think what he does will tell us a lot about what he thinks his prospects are of making it to another Olympics. If he wants to go to Tokyo, I expect to see him only on horse and high bar. Modi would have been the third pbars guy, but now I don't know what they do. I guess maybe Kimble, but that event has been a real problem for him. No one else showed a routine. So maybe it does have to be Mikulak.
Here's my best guess for lineups, which looks a lot like Skschlag's.
Moldauer AA
FX: Whittenburg, Penev
PH: Naddour, Mikulak
SR: Whittenburg, Kimble
PB: Whittenburg, Mr. X
HB: Kimble, Mikulak
I can't see putting Whittenburg in AA when you have Mikulak in the mix. I will say, though, that Whittenburg's PH on day two was the best routine I have ever seen him do.
Mikulak on pbars? I don't know. That would be doubling the number of landings he needs to work on between now and October. I think what he does will tell us a lot about what he thinks his prospects are of making it to another Olympics. If he wants to go to Tokyo, I expect to see him only on horse and high bar. Modi would have been the third pbars guy, but now I don't know what they do. I guess maybe Kimble, but that event has been a real problem for him. No one else showed a routine. So maybe it does have to be Mikulak.
Here's my best guess for lineups, which looks a lot like Skschlag's.
Moldauer AA
FX: Whittenburg, Penev
PH: Naddour, Mikulak
SR: Whittenburg, Kimble
PB: Whittenburg, Mr. X
HB: Kimble, Mikulak
I can't see putting Whittenburg in AA when you have Mikulak in the mix. I will say, though, that Whittenburg's PH on day two was the best routine I have ever seen him do.