PARIS - The United States is back on the medal stand in men's gymnastics, as Asher Hong and Brody Malone helped Team USA claim bronze for its first team medal since 2008.
BACK ON THE MEDAL STAND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008! 🇺🇸🌲
— Stanford Gymnastics (@StanfordMGym) July 29, 2024
Asher and Brody help lead Team USA to a bronze medal in the Men's Team Final!#GoStanford x #OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/mV2DyM8K5Y
Team USA scored a 257.793 during Monday's competition, finishing behind Japan (259.594) and China (259.062).
Asher Hong was consistently great all day long, scoring in the 14's in each of his four events. After finishing just outside the top 8 on still rings and vault as an individual during the qualification round, Hong posted 14.533 and 14.833 routines in those events, respectively, to help propel USA into the medal hunt on Monday. The Tomball, Texas native also posted a 14.133 on floor exercise and closed out his night with a 14.400 on parallel bars.
ASHER HONG 14.833 😤@USAGym lead the men’s team final after rotation 2!
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 29, 2024
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Brody Malone also bounced back in a major way after an uncharacteristic qualifying round, headlined by a 14.533 vault and 14.433 parallel bars routine. The Cardinal alum also registered 14.166 routines on both horizontal bar and still rings, and helped the United States seal a bronze-medal finish with a 13.700 on pommel horse in the final rotation.
What a high bar routine from Brody Malone! 😲 #ParisOlympics
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 29, 2024
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Hong and Malone become just the 2nd and 3rd Olympic medalists in program history, joining 1996 parallel bars silver medalist Jair Lynch.