Sam Mikulak believes he's in a good place heading into the 2018 world championships.
The Americans head onto the floor at Aspire Academy in Doha, Qatar, on Friday morning searching for a spot in the team finals and maybe — they believe — an outside shot at finishing in the top three, which would assure them of a spot in the 2020 Olympics.
How that part of the equation goes depends a lot on the 26-year-old Mikulak, by far the most experienced competitor on the five-man team that includes Stanford senior Akash Modi, Oklahoma senior Yul Moldauer, OU graduate Colin Van Wicklen and Ohio State senior Alec Yoder, both of whom are making first international starts for Team USA.