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" United States' Sam Mikulak performs on the rings during the artistic gymnastics men's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Cheap Adidas Shoes From China , Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 6 Cheap Authentic Adidas Shoes , 2016. (AP PhotoDmitri Lovetsky)
RIO DE JANEIRO — In the midst of arguably their finest team performance in a quadrennium, a familiar nemesis provided the U.S. men's gymnastics team with a reminder that nothing comes easily.


Especially on pommel horse. Especially at the Olympics.


While having Chris Brooks and Sam Mikulak go spinning off pommels removed some of the sparkle of an occasionally spectacular Saturday during Olympic preliminaries, it also offered a reality check. As solid as the score of 270.405 points was — second only to two-time defending champion China — the Americans know it can be better during Monday's team finals.


""We just want to keep building momentum Cheap Adidas Shoes Wholesale ,"" Mikulak said. ""I think that's what today was, getting comfortable on the equipment and making a little bit of a statement. Hopefully that statement will carry over and we can carry that momentum to Monday.""


Four years ago in London, the Americans dominated qualifying only to slide to fifth with a medal on the line Buy Cheap Adidas Shoes , a fall kickstarted by a forgettable set on pommels. China, which slogged to sixth in prelims, rebounded all the way to the top of the podium.


It's a painful memory that remains fresh for the five men on Team USA Cheap Adidas Shoes Sale , all of whom were involved on the 2012 team in some capacity. This group, they insist, is not that group. They're older. Wiser. And not so caught up in their own hype.


""We were just so pumped up about everything we might have just believed in ourselves that we might have already proven ourselves Cheap Adidas Shoes Online ,"" Mikulak said. ""This time we all know that's not what we're going to do. ... What happened today doesn't matter on Monday.""


Russia, Japan, Britain Cheap Adidas Shoes Mens , Brazil, Ukraine and Germany all advanced to the eight-team final, though the sometimes giddy atmosphere — punctuated by host Brazil's euphoric breakthrough in front of a raucous home crowd during the opening session — was tempered by sobering reminders of the sport's ever present danger.


French gymnast Samir Ait Said broke his left leg while trying to land a vault Cheap Adidas Shoes Womens , the crack of the bone shattering upon impact with the mat echoing throughout the arena and the shocking images of Said holding it in his hands instantly going viral.


""It is catastrophic,"" French teammate Cyril Tommasone said.