The Ohio State family has another Olympian that Buckeye Nation can watch in Tokyo. That’s because Ohio State gymnast Alec Yoder has been selected to the U.S. Olympic gymnastics squad as a pommel horse specialist.
Yoder earned his spot on Team U.S.A. as a specialist for the pommel horse with a 14.550 score Saturday afternoon after posting a 15.05 score that put him in the lead by 0.95 points.
Yoder was chosen by the selection committee and will join four others on the team in Tokyo: Brody Malone, who won the Olympic Trials all-around competition, Yul Moldauer, who was second in the all-around, and Shane Wiscus and Sam Mikulak, who were each named to the team by the selection committee.
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Congratulations @OhioStateMGYM’s Alec Yoder! #GoBuckeyes https://t.co/r09EwASmZz
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Yoder will be going to his first Olympic games after missing out on a chance in 2016 because of injury. He was an eight-time All-American for Ohio State between 2016 and 2019, including a three-time all-around All-American. Yoder won a national championship on the pommel horse his senior season and earned All-American honors on the parallel bars.
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