In an outstanding performance, the US men’s gymnastics team overcame the loss of two of the star gymnast to claim a bronze medal in Beijing.

Coming into the last event, the US had a long shot at silver but Kevin faltered in his routine which eliminated their chance for the runner-up spot. Still coming from the early rotation in the preliminaries to medal was an incredible accomplishment for the team. Kevin led the team in scoring on the rings which was gave them a big lift in the scoring. Following their next event, the high bar, the US actually were in 1st place, although not for long since the Chinese and Japanese had their strongest events coming up.

Huge props to Kevin and his teammates.

The US men’s gymnastics team overcame the loss of the Hamm brothers to advance to the finals on Tuesday night as reported in this USA Today story.

Unfortunately, Kevin, who had never failed to score under 16.000 in all four Olympic qualifying rounds, stumbled slightly on his ring dismount and wound up with a 15.725. Tan, who was considered a possible medalist in this his favorite event missed out on making the finals by .025 but still led the team in scoring in the rings. He also failed to qualify in his other three event. He will however compete on Tuesday when the men try for the upset.

Penn State assistant coach and former Nittany Lion standout Kevin Tan was named captain of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s Gymnastics Team