Even without the Hamm brothers the American men’s gymnastics team was still able to win the bronze medal with 275.850 points. China won the Gold medal with 278.875 points.

“They told me, ‘We succeeded. We are the world champions.’ I told them we reached our target,” China coach Huang Yubin said. “Other teams were good, but we were better. We performed perfect today. Everyone was excellent.”

If Paul and Morgan Hamm were 100% healthy and participating the team would have challenged China for gold but without them the Americans did a great job and exceeded everyone’s expectations by winning the bronze.