Michigan Olympic Updates: Wednesday, Aug. 10
8/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Olympics
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Men's Gymnastics: All-Around
Sam Mikulak, 7th, All-Around
Competing in individual all-around finals, Sam Mikulak began his quest for individual glory on pommel horse, where he opened with a Mikulak, and finished with a few issues on his Russian before ending with a strong dismount for a 14.600. On still rings in the second rotation, he opened with an Azarian cross and followed with a kip to Maltese and finished with a double-double dismount for a 14.366.
With his two more difficult skills out of the way and him tied for 19th overall, he came up short on his Kasimatsu two-and-a-half and landed with his knees low to the ground for a 14.566 to move up to 16th. On parallel bars, he made up ground in the next rotation, rocking his set, flying on his straddled front into a moy. He then stuck his double front half cold for a 15.766 to move up to ninth overall with a 59.298.
Following a huge high bar set that featured a Kohlman and a Tkatchvev-half, he stuck his double-double dismount for a 15.133. Sitting in 11th place heading into the final rotation with a 74.431 total, he finished off his day with a 15.200 on floor for a 89.631 total score to place seventh.
Mikulak will next partake in floor exercise finals Sunday (Aug. 14) at 1 p.m. as well as the high bar finals Tuesday (Aug. 16) at 2:34 p.m.
• Sam Mikulak: 15.200, floor; 14.600, pommel horse; 14.566, vault; 15.766, parallel bars; 15.133, high bar.
Ellen Tomek (left)
Women's Rowing: Pair Semifinals
Competition was postponed Wednesday due to rain and wind, pushing the women's pair semifinal for Felice Mueller (2009-12) and Grace Luczak (2008) to Thursday (Aug. 11) at 7:30 a.m. EDT.
Bora Gulari (left)
Sailing
Fighting through big waves and a fierce wind, which ultimately forced a postponement of the day's final sailing event, Michigan alumni Bora Gulari and his partner, Louisa Chafee, sit in 11th place after the second race -- of 12 preliminary races -- of the Mixed Nacra competition. The duo finished 13th in the first race in 28:47 before using a late surge to claim 10th place in 35:55, improving seven positions over the final three marks. With 23 points, they are 15 behind Switzerland's Matias Buhler and Nathalie Brugger, who have claimed a first- and a seventh-place finish to total eight points.
• Bora Gulari/Louisa Chafee: 13th place (28:47)
• Bora Gulari/Louisa Chafee: 10th place (35:55)
Men's Swimming: 200-meter Individual Medley Semifinals
Michael Phelps will be in the mix for another gold medal, as he finished Wednesday (Aug. 10) with the top time in the 200-meter IM semifinals (1:55.78).
• 200-meter IM (Semifinal): 1 - Michael Phelps (1:55.78)
