The US didn't earn a medal in the men's individual all-around gymnastics competition, with Kohei Uchimura of Japan taking his second-straight Olympic all-around gold.
Kohei Uchimura of Japan took home the gold medal in the men's individual all-around gymnastics competition on Wednesday. It was an incredibly close contest with Verniaiev of Ukraine finishing just barely behind him with a score of 92.365. Whitlock of Great Britain finished in third for the bronze medal at 90.641.
The United States men's gymnasts, Chris Brooks and Sam Mikulak, both flirted with the possibility of earning a medal but ultimately finished well behind. Mikulak wound up with an 89.361 score for seventh place with Brooks at 87.632, giving him 14th place.
After the first three rotations, Brooks found himself not far away from the podium, tied for fifth place. Mikulak had struggled to that point and was sitting in 16th place at that stage.
As a team, the US men's gymnastics came very close to earning a medal, despite expectations that they wouldn't be close with the top countries. After the first couple events, they were trailing in seventh place, but put themselves right on the cusp of a medal with a strong vault.
Unfortunately, Danell Leyva made an error on the high bar on the country's final attempt, and it may have cost them. So they came up short in the all-around.
One place the US didn't come up short was the women's gymnastics team. If it were allowed by the rules, the women's team would be favored to sweep the podium in the individual all-around, but with only two participants allowed from each nation, the US will have to hope Simone Biles and Aly Raisman can grab gold and silver.
The country already earned a gold medal as a team from the women's team.
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