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U.S. men's gymnastics eyes this year and 2020 with world championships team

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The committee that picked the U.S. men’s gymnastics team for the world championships had one eye on this year and the other on Tokyo in 2020.

This will be the first major international competition for new national champion Yul Moldauer, Eddie Penev and Marvin Kimble, who were chosen late Saturday along with Olympians Alex Naddour and Sam Mikulak and two-time world medalist Donnell Whittenburg. The world championships are Oct. 2-8 in Montreal.

There is no team competition at this year’s world championships, only individual events. Men’s high performance director Brett McClure said the committee looked at several different scenarios, including taking four all-arounders as a test for the new format for the team competition at the Tokyo Games.