After a devastating knee injury, gymnast Brody Malone is back and ready to medal in Paris
Paris isn't just the U.S. women's gymnastics team's redemption tour.
Paris isn't just the U.S. women's gymnastics team's redemption tour. It's gymnast Brody Malone's redemption tour, too.
After a disappointing finish on the high bar at the Tokyo Olympics and a devastating knee injury last March that could have ended his gymnastics career, Malone is looking to — at the very least — bring home the gold on his best event.
The U.S. men's gymnastics team hasn't taken home an Olympic medal since 2008, and this year's group is determined to be the first in 16 years to make it to the podium.
A minor mistake in Tokyo had meant finished fourth on the high bar, which "leaves a really bad taste in your mouth," he said.
Malone, 24, went on to win the bronze at the World Championships later that year and snagged the gold at the same competition the following year, but "there's just a difference between a world medal and an Olympic medal. So that's what I want," he said.
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