Defensive Olympic champion Hashimoto World champion Malone to not make it to high bar final

The defending Olympic winner Daiki Hashimoto of Japan and American Brody Malone, the world champion in the high bar event of 2022 both fell in the qualifying round and failed to progress in the last.

Two notable names will be missing from the high bar event final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In the fight for the title, Olympic champ Daiki Hashimoto Daiki Hashimoto of Japan along with American Brody Malone who is the 2022 world champion in high bar Both fell short in the qualifying round and failed to advance into the semifinal. Both were thought to be formidable candidates to win the gold.

The top 8 athletes in each event (two each country) progress to the finals of the event.

Malone made a stunning recovery from a painful knee injury in March 2023. He won the third all-around national championship this year. It appeared like the U.S. men’s best chance to win an all-around title in Paris. But, in the first division, Malone fell once on pommel horse, and twice on the high bar, which knocked him out of the high bar and all-around event final.

“(It was) simple mistakes that I usually don’t do,” Malone said. “But I’m sure it occurs. It’s sports. You’ll never be flawless. Therefore, I’m going to start my day on the treadmill, re-establish my foundation using a few basics and then get ready for the team’s finals.”

In the second division Hashimoto’s chances to defend his title was shattered when he fell from the bar’s high point which prevented him from progressing towards the next.