The U.S. men didn’t win any medals. Since the end of the George W. Bush administration, she has been a member of the Olympic gymnastics team. So USA Gymnastics hired an expert to solve the problem.
Their gamble paid off.
The U.S. men won the bronze medal in the team final on Monday, marking their first Olympic team medal since 2008.
Steven Nedorosic was selected to the Olympic team based solely on his strength. Kurama routine.
Forced to sit on the sidelines for nearly three hours during the first five rotations before anchoring for the U.S. in his favorite event, Nedorosic stayed warm and focused, appearing to meditate as he watched the NBC broadcast before his performance.
When the time came, he succeeded, securing a podium finish for Team USA.
What makes the 25-year-old Nedorosic’s Olympic debut unique and somewhat controversial is that she is only competing in one of the six events — typically, top-level gymnasts are expected to represent their country in some, if not all, of the events.
The calculation went well Nedorosik, a graduate of Pennsylvania State University And he gives Team USA its best chance at winning a team medal and individual Olympic glory.
He is the only American to reach an individual final in Paris. Fred Richard won the all-around bronze medal at last year’s World Championships. Championship and Brady Malone wins 2022 World Horizontal Bar Title.
Richard and Paul Judah advanced to the individual all-around final, while Nedorosic advanced to the pommel horse final in second place with an impressive score of 15.200.
In the men’s team final, three athletes from each team competed in six events: floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar.
There is no limit or minimum number of events a gymnast can compete in, but each team must perform three routines in all six events. All scores count.
“After all, [Nedoroscik’s] “The potential for a pommel horse score is huge because her score on the pommel horse is so much higher than any other athlete,” said NBC Sports gymnastics commentator Tim Daggett. 1984 Gold Medalist.
Nedorosic’s strengths happen to be the weaknesses of the other gymnasts on the U.S. team, making her more valuable to the team’s score than an all-around gymnast who has the same strengths as the other gymnasts.
“One performance by Nedorosic basically puts the U.S. team one point ahead of the runner-up for the U.S. team,” Daggett said.
In the three years between the Tokyo Olympics and the Paris Olympics, the U.S. men’s team Starting point, or difficulty scorewhich would help them close the gap on Japan, China and Great Britain, who regularly win medals in team events.
Japan won the gold medal, China won the silver medal, and Great Britain came in fourth place.
The relative lack of difficulty on the men’s side made Nedorosic’s gamble all the more necessary.
“We’re in a totally different position now than we were before,” High Performance Director Brett McClure said of the Paris Olympic team. Olympic Qualification“We get to control our own destiny. We get back on the podium. That’s our expectation and our goal.”
Heading into the Paris Games, McClure estimated that the U.S. men’s scoring, including Nedorosic’s pommel horse performance, was third in the world behind China and Japan. In the qualifying rounds, the U.S. struggled to score consistently and finished in fifth place.
The tricks performed by the current team have increased in difficulty by more than a point since last year’s world championships, where the U.S. team also won a historic bronze medal.
The men’s Olympic medal drought stands in contrast to the U.S. women, who have won a team medal in every Olympic Games since 1992. The women won gold medals in 1996, 2012 and 2016.
The women’s team Load from top to bottom When you compete against some of the most difficult gymnasts in the world, you have the luxury of multiple falls. The U.S. men don’t have the same advantage, but if they perform well, they could finally be on par with the best in the world.
They were nearly flawless on Monday while other top teams were eliminated.
in Tokyo 3rd years BeforeIn the men’s team competition, Russia won the gold medal, host nation Japan won the silver medal, and China won the bronze medal. Great Britain (4th place) and the United States (5th place) both missed out on the podium. Russia Gymnasts will not compete in Paris As the war continues in Ukraine.
The men’s individual all-around final will be held on Wednesday. Bercy Arena in Paris.
