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The U.S. men's gymnastics team for the 2024 Paris Olympics has been selected.
After four competitions, including last month's U.S. Championships in Texas and this week's Olympic Trials in Minnesota, five athletes have presented themselves to the selection committee and scoring algorithms as a group likely to win an Olympic medal about a month from now. The last time the U.S. reached the podium at a Summer Olympics was in 2008, when it won a bronze medal.
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Below is the full team roster announced by USA Gymnastics immediately after the conclusion of preliminaries on Saturday afternoon.
Brody Malone
- Year: twenty four
- height: 5 feet 5 inches
- home town: Somerville, Georgia
- Best Events: Iron bar, parallel bars
- Things you need to know: Malone was the near-certain favorite to win her third U.S. title in four years after a stellar performance at the U.S. Championships. The Stanford graduate finished fourth at the 2022 World Championships and is arguably America's most polished all-around gymnast, capable of world-class scores on the horizontal bar (she won the event at the 2022 World Championships) and consistently above average on all other apparatus. The only question mark for Malone was whether she would be able to stay healthy in time for Paris after suffering a brutal knee injury a little over a year ago. But her performances over the past month have erased that doubt and she now has a realistic chance to win an individual medal in her second Olympic Games.
Frederick Richard
- Year: 20
- home town: Stoughton, Massachusetts
- Best Events: Floor exercise, vault
- What you need to know: Richard, a junior at the University of Michigan, won the Olympic Trials and placed in the top three in three different events, automatically securing his spot on the team. He is one of Team USA's most talented gymnasts and perhaps its brightest young star. At age 19, he became the youngest American male to win a medal at a World Championships, and his bronze medal in the individual all-around was just the fourth for an American male in that event. Like Malone, Richard doesn't have many flaws in his game that make him a valuable addition to the team. But he's also dynamic, especially on floor exercise, where he's world-class.
Asher Hong
- Year: 20
- height: 5 feet 1 inch
- home town: Tomball, Texas
- Best Events: Still ringing, vaulting
- Things you need to know: Hong was the 2023 U.S. champion and a member of the team that won the bronze medal at world championships that year, but her struggles at U.S. nationals had her out of the Olympic picture. But that all changed this week in Minneapolis. The soon-to-be Stanford junior earned herself a top score at the stationary rings trials, proved she can add significant value on vault, and rejoined the team with a standout performance Saturday afternoon.
Paul Judah
- Year: twenty two
- height: 5 feet 4 inches
- home town: Deerfield, Illinois
- Best Events: Floor exercise, pommel horse
- Things you need to know: Judah, who competed with Richard at Michigan, was one of several gymnasts who made the Olympic preliminary selection. He was selected for the team not because of his overall score (which was good, but not the best), but because he provided value in his key events, especially floor exercise and pommel horse. If the U.S. is to medal in Paris, they will need to address weaknesses, and Judah's ability to score in these two events should help them do just that. A member of last year's World Championship team, he is also a versatile athlete, meaning he could fill in for other apparatus in a pinch in case of injury or illness.
Stephen Nedorosik
- Year: twenty five
- height: 5 feet 5 inches
- home town: Worcester, Massachusetts
- Best Events: Kurama
- Things you need to know:Nedorosic only competes in one event: the pommel horse. But he's won one world title and four national championships in that event. And it happens to be the Americans' weakest point, which is why he's on the team. The U.S. team is selected more methodically than the women's team, using scores from national championships and Olympic qualifying to determine the top team. It's basically a mathematical formula. And because Nedorosic thrives in an area where many other gymnasts struggle, he'll soon be heading to Paris.
Alternative proposal
- Koy Young (Bowie, Maryland/Stanford University)
- Shane Wiskas (Spring Park, Minnesota/EVO Gymnastics)
