The U.S. men’s gymnastics team will compete in the Olympic team finals starting at 10 a.m. Beijing time Tuesday.
Former Oklahoma standout Jonathan Horton figures heavily into the Americans’ hopes. He will compete on five of the six apparatus, and with a three-up-three-count format, every score matters. Every gymnast who competes will have their score count toward the team’s final score.
No other American gymnast is competing on more events than Horton.
No gymnast, then, will be counted on more by Team USA than he will.
Here’s a look at the Americans’ lineup for the team finals:
Still rings: Raj Bhavsar, Jonathan Horton, Kevin Tan
Vault: Bhavsar, Horton, Justin Spring
Parallel bars: Bhavsar, Horton, Spring
Horizontal bar: Joey Hagerty, Horton, Spring
Floor exercise: Spring, Hagerty, Horton
Pommel horse: Tan, Bhavsar, Alexander Artemev