Sam Mikulak no longer cares what anyone ... and confidence in how I’ve been training lately." Mikulak had always planned on competing in Tokyo — the Corona Del Mar, Calif., ...

If the 21-year-old keeps performing like this, the distractions around him are only going to increase heading to Tokyo ... champion and two-time Olympian Sam Mikulak’s long reign.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Sam Mikulak looked lifeless. Halfway through the men’s all-around, he was nowhere near the leaderboard. He was good, not great. Cautious and safe, not spectacular.