U.S. Men's Gymnastics Earns First Team Medal Since 2008
Paul Juda, Frederick Richard, Asher Hong, Stephen Nedoroscik and Brody Malone all brought the firepower to Paris.
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Athlete Bio#
Age
20
Hometown
Plano, TX
Education
Stanford University
Personal
- Son of Rick and Karen Hong
- Oldest of three brothers, Xander and Keifer, who are also gymnasts.
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – bronze (Team - Men), 6th (Parallel Bars - Men), 9th (Vault - Men), 13th (Floor Exercise - Men), 17th (Rings - Men), 19th (Individual All-Around - Men), 60th (Pommel Horse - Men), 109th (Horizontal Bar - Men)
- Years of participation: Floor Exercise - Men 2022, 2023; Horizontal Bar - Men 2022, 2023; Individual All-Around - Men 2022, 2023; Parallel Bars - Men 2022, 2023; Pommel Horse - Men 2022, 2023; Rings - Men 2022, 2023; Team - Men 2022, 2023; Vault - Men 2022, 2023
- Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
- Bronze – 2023 (Team - Men)
Career Highlights
- 2023 U.S. Championships all-around champion
- 2023 NCAA team and vault champion; all-around bronze medalist for Stanford University
- 2023 Winter Cup all-around bronze medalist
- Member of the 2022 U.S. world championships team; competed in all-around final
- 2022 U.S. vault champion, floor exercise silver medalist, and all-around and still rings bronze medalist
- 2022 Winter Cup vault champion, floor exercise and still rings silver medalist, and all-around and parallel bars bronze medalist
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
- Olympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (Team - Men), 9th (Vault - Men), 10th (Rings - Men), 17th (Floor Exercise - Men), 28th (Parallel Bars - Men), 51th (Horizontal Bar - Men)
Asher Hong Videos#
Asher on Set#
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Backstage with US Men's Gymnastics#
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