By: Justin Ding

After 16 long years and four summer Olympics, the United States won bronze in Paris and has created history for United States gymnastics.

On July 27, 2024, Stephen Nedoroscik stepped up to do his pommel horse routine for the Team USA gymnastics. A few hours later, after Stephen’s clutch routine, Team USA won the bronze medal.

Even though Stephen Nedoroscik did great, he was not the only shining point of Team USA’s victory. This win was made up of the entire team’s efforts, coaches, and behind-the-scenes workers.

According to the official USA gymnastics website, “After placing fifth in qualifying on Saturday, the U.S. men scored higher on 14 of 18 routines Monday night and notched the second-highest team scores on vault (44.032) and still rings (42.732) and the third-highest score on horizontal bar (42.365).”

Looking beyond the scores, the USA gymnastic coaches and staff had innovated on previously poor gymnastics and improved them drastically. To start, the athletes chosen had an average age of 23, which meant that this team could compete and improve over a long period.

“Dismayed after a fifth-place finish in Tokyo, the USA Gymnastics coaches set about intentionally changing their approach. Realizing their routines lacked the difficulty they needed — they came into Tokyo a solid six points behind from the highest level of the competition — they made a concerted effort to demand more of their gymnasts.” Said Dana O’Neil, a senior writer for The Athletic, who has worked for more than 25 years as a sports writer, covering many big sports finals worldwide.

In conclusion, the USA men’s gymnastics team won a bronze medal. This win was accumulated across many years of planning and decision making and will be a positive win for