Olympics Brody Malone repeats as U.S. all-around gymnastics champion, leads world team
TAMPA — Brody Malone repeated as U.S. men’s all-around gymnastics champion and will lead the five-man team at this fall’s world championships.
Malone, a Tokyo Olympian, totaled 176.590 points over two nights of competition, distancing two-time world championships medalist Donnell Whittenburg by 5.019 points. It’s the second-largest margin of victory since the perfect 10 was replaced by an open-ended scoring system in 2006.
Malone also clinched the first of five spots on the U.S. men’s team for this fall’s world championships. He’ll be joined by Whittenburg, who at 28 is bidding to become the oldest American to earn a world medal since Blaine Wilson in 2003.
GYMNASTICS NATIONALS: Results | Broadcast Schedule
.@brody1700 is golden again! 🥇
He defends his national title in the all-around and also takes first in the individual events of floor and the high bar. pic.twitter.com/2ql76g85UH
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 21, 2022
A committee will choose the other three men after an October selection camp.
Asher Hong made a strong case with a third-place all-around finish. Hong, 18, can become the youngest U.S. man to compete at worlds since Danell Leyva in 2009.
Olympians Yul Moldauer (fifth place) and Yul Moldauer (seventh) may have work to do at camp.
So might Stephen Nedoroscik, the only active U.S. gymnast who owns an individual world championships gold medal. Nedoroscik competes solely on pommel horse and last October became the first American to win a world title on the event. But he was not at his best in Tampa.
The U.S. men were fifth at the Tokyo Games, earning zero medals across all Olympic men’s events for the first time since 2000. They are podium contenders for worlds due to the absence of Olympic champion Russia, whose athletes are banned indefinitely due to the war in Ukraine.
The U.S. Championships end Sunday with the last night of women’s competition.
OlympicTalk is on Apple News. Favorite us!
More: Olympics
2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships Results Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey return, make history at U.S. Gymnastics Championships U.S. Gymnastics Championships: What to watch on Saturday
Brody Malone repeats as U.S. all-around gymnastics champion, leads world team originally appeared on NBCSports.com
