The U.S. men’s artistic gymnastics team put on a show Monday evening at Bercy Arena, hitting every routine to win bronze at the Paris Olympic Games. Asher Hong (Tomball, Texas), Paul Juda (Deerfield, Ill.), Brody Malone (Aragon, Ga.), Stephen Nedoroscik (Worcester, Mass.) and Frederick Richard (Stoughton, Mass.) won the first U.S. men’s team Olympic medal since taking bronze in 2008.

Even as they excitedly celebrated their routines, the team remained calm under pressure after jumping out to the lead after two rotations on rings and vault. As powerhouses Japan and China rotated to their strongest apparatus and surged into the top two positions, the U.S. continued to hit set after set to score a 257.793 and earn their place on the medal podium. Japan collected the gold medal with a 259.594, just edging out China, who finished in the silver-medal position with a 259.062.

After placing fifth in qualifying on Saturday, the U.S. men scored higher on 14 of 18 routines Monday night and notched the second-highest team scores on vault (44.032) and still rings (42.732) and the third-highest score on horizontal bar (42.365). Top-scoring performers for the U.S. were Richard on floor (14.466), parallel bars (14.566) and horizontal bar (14.833), and Hong on rings (14.533) and vault (14.833). Nedoroscik sealed the bronze as the last athlete up on the final apparatus, posting a team-high 14.866 on the pommel horse.