Brody Malone is competing at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships for the first time in four years, and for the first time ever in the senior division.
He’s in the lead after the first of two nights of competition, a step toward potentially making the team for Tokyo after the Olympic Trials in three weeks.
Malone, the two-time NCAA all-around champion for Stanford, stayed upright while the nation’s most decorated men — Sam Mikulak and Yul Moldauer — each fell once in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday night.
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Malone totaled 86.