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Northwest Georgia gymnast Brody Malone stars at Olympic trials

AP photo by Jeff Roberson / Brody Malone celebrates his performance on the still rings during the U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics trials Saturday in St. Louis.
AP photo by Jeff Roberson / Brody Malone celebrates his performance on the still rings during the U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics trials Saturday in St. Louis. AP photo by Jeff Roberson / Brody Malone celebrates his performance on the still rings during the U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics trials Saturday in St. Louis.

By WILL GRAVES / The Associated Press 5 min read

ST. LOUIS – Brody Malone tried to block it all out. The stakes. The scores. The noise. His ears wouldn’t cooperate.

So yeah, Malone knew exactly where he was in the standings at the U.S. Olympic trials on Saturday.

In the lead. In control. And comfortable.

Good thing, because the 20-year-old gymnast with the soft Southern drawl that reveals his northwest Georgia roots better get used to it. He’s probably going to be there for a while.

Equal parts stoic and spectacular, Malone put on a command performance while racing to victory and the automatic berth on the Olympic team that came with it. Malone’s all-around total of 171.600 was a good three points ahead of Yul Moldauer and the rest of the field.