With a trip to Paris next summer now settled thanks to Saturday’s world championships qualifying, the American men must clean up some issues as they look to capture an elusive medal.
ANTWERP, Belgium — The U.S. men’s gymnastics team still needed to qualify for the Paris Olympics, and in three days, the Americans will try to end their medal drought in the team competition. Here at world championships, the group of five gymnasts responsible for attaining those milestones includes three athletes who had never performed at an event of this stature.
Perhaps most notably from the qualifying round, the Americans finished ahead of China and Britain, a pair of teams that medaled at the 2022 world championships but suffered errors Saturday. China, a men’s gymnastics power, had a rough showing and is in fifth, more than 10 points behind Japan.The top eight teams advance to the final, and China should still make it.
Apart from high bar, the U.S. men performed well. Other teams’ struggles allowed them to still finish in a strong position, and all five gymnasts are in contention to advance to at least one individual final. After the remaining qualifying sessions Sunday, the top eight gymnasts on each apparatus and the top 24 in the all-around will advance, limited to two gymnasts per country. Richard and Asher Hong are both in the top 10 in the all-around standings and poised to reach the final.
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