STANFORD, Calif. - Current Stanford gymnast Brody Malone, along with former Cardinal Robert Neff and Grant Breckenridge, helped Team USA to the team silver medal in men's gymnastics at the 2019 Pan American Games on Sunday evening from Polideportivo Villa El Salvador in Lima, Peru.
The U.S. scored a team total of 249.400 to take second to Brazil's 250.450. Canada took bronze with a score of 246.725. The second-place finish for the U.S. men marks the team's fifth Pan American Games silver medal in men's gymnastics. The USA had the top event scores for floor exercise and pommel horse, with the second best on vault and parallel bars.
Congratulations to the 2019 Pan American Games team silver medalists! pic.twitter.com/A6KGhoRXgg
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) July 29, 2019
Neff and Malone both competed in the all-around, with Neff capturing the top overall score of 82.350. Malone compiled a score of 78.050 to finish 12th overall, as both gymnasts qualified for Monday's all-around final competition. In addition to competing in the all-around, Neff qualified for event finals in floor exercise and pommel horse, including registering the top score on the floor (14.050). Malone will compete on pommel horse and parallel bars after scoring the top mark on the horse (14.500). Malone is also the third reserve on still rings, while Breckenridge is the second reserve on high bar.
Full USA Gymnastics Recap
U.S. men's team event scores
Note: lowest score did not count toward the team total
- Vault: 43.150 – Neff, 14.250; Breckenridge, 14.300; Bock, 14.400; Malone, 14.450
- Parallel bars: 42.550 – Neff, 13.900; Breckenridge, 14.000; Malone, 14.150; Bock, 14.400
- Horizontal bar: 39.450 – Malone, 7.850; Neff, 13.050; Suzuki, 13.200; Breckenridge, 13.200
- Floor exercise: 41.300 – Suzuki, 12.100; Malone, 13.550; Bock, 13.700; Neff, 14.050
- Pommel horse: 42.550 – Suzuki, 12.950; Bock, 13.950; Neff, 14.100; Malone, 14.500
- Still rings: 40.400 – Neff, 13.000; Suzuki, 13.200; Malone, 13.550; Bock, 13.650
The competition schedule for men's and women's gymnastics is as follows. Rhythmic gymnastics (Aug. 2-5) and trampoline (Aug. 4-5) are held following the conclusion of artistic gymnastics.
All-Around finals
- July 29 - Women: 11 a.m. PT; Men: 4 p.m. PT
Individual event finals
- July 30 - 11 a.m. PT (men's floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings; women's vault, uneven bars)
- July 31 - 11 a.m. PT (men's vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar; women's balance beam, floor exercise)
Based on available schedules, which are subject to change, the artistic gymnastics coverage for the Pan American Games on the ESPN networks is listed below.
- July 29 - 11 a.m. PT, women's all-around final, ESPNU; 5:30 p.m. PT, men's all-around final, ESPNU
- July 30 - 1:30 p.m. PT, individual event finals (men's floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings; women's vault, uneven bars), ESPNU
- July 31 - 1 p.m. PT, individual event finals (men's vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar; women's balance beam, floor exercise), ESPN Deportes
With Lima as the backdrop, ESPN will bring up to 200 hours of exclusive, live coverage in English and Spanish, across ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, ESPN3, the ESPN App and ESPNdeportes.com. Well-known Olypians Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke are calling the action for gymnastics.
ESPN Deportes will telecast 200 hours of live Pan American Games content, every day starting at 9:30 a.m. ET., featuring soccer, swimming, diving, track & field, boxing, basketball and gymnastics. The live telecasts will be complemented with news and information programming throughout the day, followed by a nightly edition of SportsCenter recapping the top highlights of the day. ESPNU will present over 200 hours of daily live coverage in English, featuring Men and Women's hoop and volleyball, diving, swimming, gymnastics, boxing, track and field, and soccer. ESPN3 and the ESPN App will carry 900 hours, with live access to almost every competition in Spanish. Select coverage will be available in English.