John Taylor, Professor of Economics at Stanford University and developer of the "Taylor Rule" for setting interest rates | Stanford University
John Taylor, Professor of Economics at Stanford University and developer of the "Taylor Rule" for setting interest rates | Stanford University
The United States has returned to the medal stand in men's gymnastics, with Asher Hong and Brody Malone playing pivotal roles in securing a bronze medal for Team USA, marking its first team medal since 2008.
Team USA achieved a score of 257.793 during Monday's competition, finishing behind Japan (259.594) and China (259.062).
Asher Hong demonstrated consistent performance throughout the day, scoring in the 14s across all four of his events. After narrowly missing the top 8 on still rings and vault as an individual during the qualification round, Hong posted scores of 14.533 and 14.833 in those events, respectively, aiding Team USA's push for a medal on Monday. The Tomball, Texas native also recorded a 14.133 on floor exercise and concluded his night with a 14.400 on parallel bars.
Brody Malone rebounded significantly after an uncharacteristic qualifying round, highlighted by a 14.533 vault and a 14.433 parallel bars routine. The Cardinal alum also scored 14.166 routines on both horizontal bar and still rings and helped secure the United States' bronze-medal finish with a final rotation score of 13.700 on pommel horse.
Hong and Malone are now the second and third Olympic medalists in their program's history, joining Jair Lynch, who won silver in parallel bars in 1996.
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