Feeling the Sting of Brody Malone?s Absence Team USA Struggles at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023

The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023 has started full-fledged and all the gymnasts are looking geared up. In all the competitions, there are multiple stupendous performances to witness. Events like the pommel horse witnessed commendable performances from US team members like Fred Richard and Khoi Young. However, there might be a few trials and tribulations faced by the US team at the high bars.

In the high bars, the absence of the iconic Brody Malone was highly felt as things went a little south. After his unfortunate leg accident, Malone couldn’t be a part of the Championships, hence leaving the responsibility to the other team members.

The US team witnessed some difficulties at the Gymnastics Championship 2023

Considering the Pommel Horse scores it was a good start for the US team with Khoi Young and Fred Richard giving their best efforts. However, things looked a little different in the high bars as they were seen struggling a little. Young and Asher Hong had a difficult time competing with others at high bars which portrayed how the world champion Brody Malone’s absence was felt.

With Japan as its rival, it seems like the US team needs to buckle up for the event. They need an almost impossible score of 46.734 to surpass Japan in the final rotation. An Olympic page posted the statistics on Twitter stating, “Team USA would need an impossible 46.734 to pass Japan in the final rotation, but a more do-able 42.699 for second.”

This event did not go like the others as Young missed a layout Tkatchev and then Asher Hong went the wrong way on a full Takamoto and this was not just done once, but twice. Now the entire consequence depends upon Paul Juda and Fred Richard to compensate the scores for high bars.

Brody Malone’s absence in the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championship?

Brody Malone has represented the US in several events including the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 World Champion, and multiple others. He has nabbed multiple wins and is the two-time reigning all-around national champion. With this, he is also a gold medalist at the Men’s horizontal bar final in 2022 and bagged bronze with a 14.966 at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championship.

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The champion’s absence at the World Artistic Gymnastics 2023 did not go unnoticed. He couldn’t be at the event because of the unfortunate leg injury he faced while training after his left hand slipped off the high bar. This caused damage to his right leg, leading to his very prominent absence at the 2023 Gymnastics championships.

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