In a very exciting men’s all-around final, USA's Sam Mikulak came out victorious with an 89.65. Cuba’s Manrique Larduet totaled an 89.60 for silver and Jossimar Calvo of Colombia secured the bronze with an 89.40. USA's other competitor Donnell Whittenburg took 6th with an 86.75.

 

In rotation one, Caio Souza of Brazil started on floor with a 14.950—the highest score in the rotation. He showed a big piked Arabian double front and ended with a triple full. Whittenburg took two out of bounds deductions in his routine but had great tumbling including a beautiful layout double double and scored a 14.700. Mikulak performed a solid set for a 14.850 to get his day off to a good start. Calvo had a 14.450 and Mexico’s Daniel Corral tallied a 14.45. Larduet who came into the AA final with the highest qualification score was not perfect on his floor landings, but still showed good difficulty and scored a 14.500. 

 

On vault in rotation two, Whittenburg struggled a bit on his pommel horse dismount, scoring a 13.35. Both Calvo and Mikulak had falls off the pommels. Calvo scored a 14.10 and Mikulak tallied a 14.250. Larduet scored a 13.450. Souza put up a strong routine on pommels for a 14.400 to take the lead after two. Meanwhile on the still rings, Canada’s René Cournoyer had a great set for a 14.400, which was the highest of the rotation. Brazil’s Lucas Bitencourt tallied a solid 14.35 and Cuba’s Randy Leru scored a 14.20.

 

In rotation three, Mikulak rocked the rings for a 15.000 to give him a 44.100 total after three. Bitencourt competed a huge vault with just a small step on the landing for a 14.90. Larduet came out with a big 15.40 for a strong set and and Corral had a 15.00. Souza stuck his rings dismount of a double twisting double tuck after a nice routine and received a 14.60. Hometown crowd favorite Hugh Smith sticks his Tsukahara 2 1/2 and was rewarded with a 15.00. Whittenburg showed off his strength in an incredible rings routine for the highest rings score of the day of a 15.650. Mikulak took the lead after 3 with a total of 44.10. Souza was second with a 43.95 and Whittenburg moved into third with a 43.70. 

 

The U.S. took the vault in rotation four and Mikulak competed a big Kasamatsu 1 1/2 for a 14.95 to hold his number one spot. Larduet performed a gigantic front handspring 2 1/2 with a 6.0 difficulty and score a 15.350. Bitencourt took a fall on his parallel bars dismount and scored a 13.650. Coral competed a front handspring double front with a bit of a low landing but still received a 14.650. Souza showed a Yurchenko 2 1/2 with beautiful form and height in the air and scored a 15.00 to stay in second. Whittenburg did a Dragulescu for a 15.00 and was tied for third with Larduet after four. 

 

In rotation five on parallel bars, Larduet had huge air on his release with nearly perfect form throughout the routine and nailed his dismount, receiving a huge 15.75. Bitencourt took a fall on high bar and was given a 12.650. Coral had a 15.10 on his parallel bars routine and Souza with a 15.250. Whittenburg put up a great p-bars routine for a 15.50 to total a 74.200—tying with Souza after 5. Calvo showed off great parallel bars ability, including a very unique dismount for a 15.90. Mikulak had great rhythm in his p-bars set and finished with a 15.80, totaling a 74.85 and keeping the lead with only high bar left. Second was Larduet was in second with a 74.45. Souza and Whittenburg were tied for third with a 74.20.

 

In the final rotation on high bar, Corral finished with a 13.750 to total a 86.800. Souza came out with a 14.65 after a solid set and totaled a 88.85. Whittenburg took a hard fall on his Cassina, but finished strong and came out with a 12.550. He finished with a 86.750, missing the podium. Calvo swung a phenomenal high bar routine ending with a stuck laid out double double for a 15.75, totaling an 89.40. Mikulak had a great routine with a little difficulty on his landing, tallying a 14.80. It came down to the very last routine and Larduet was the last competitor on high bar, showing a great lines and sticking the dismount for a 15.150, coming up just 0.05 behind Mikulak in the all-around. It was the first men's Pan American Games all-around title for the USA in 28 years, the last being Scott Johnson in 1987.

Full results via the Official Pan Am Games Website



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