The United States men’s gymnastics team has won a bronze medal, their first medal in the sport in 16 years.
On Monday, Frederick Richard, Paul Juda, Brody Malone, Asher Hong and Stephen Nedoroscik won the bronze Olympic medal for Team USA. This is the men’s gymnastics team’s first medal since the Beijing Games in 2008.
The group went from fifth in qualifying into third place with just one final rotation left to go of the six different disciplines.
They led Ukraine by 1.798 and Great Britain by 3.966 ahead of the rotation.
Juda completed it first of the U.S. ‘s three chosen competitors with a score of 13.900 and Malone delivered with a 13.700 after a tough qualifying day with a 12.100 on the pommel.
Nedoroscik was the final U.S. gymnast to perform on the rotation, scoring 14.866 to solidify the win.
Team USA’s final score was 257.793. Japan took gold with 259.594 followed by China with silver at a score of 259.062.
