Chattooga County native and 2018 Trion High School graduate Brody Malone, won his second gold medal on the horizontal bar at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 25, 2025. With a score of 14.933 points, Malone topped a competitive field, outperforming Japan’s Daiki Hashimoto and Great Britain’s Joe Fraser, who won silver and bronze respectively.

This victory adds to Malone’s impressive record, making him only the third American man to win multiple world titles on the same apparatus and the first in 46 years.

Malone’s achievement is significant for U. S. men’s gymnastics, highlighting his elite skills on the horizontal bar. His journey to success included overcoming a severe knee injury in early 2023, which threatened his career. Through hard work and rehabilitation, he returned to competitive gymnastics in 2024, winning the U. S. national all-around title and earning a place on the Olympic team that secured a bronze medal in Paris 2024.

Malone’s success stems from his foundational years in high school and his dominating college career at Stanford University, where he won ten NCAA championships.

For residents of Chattooga County, Malone’s continued excellence on the world stage—from his beginnings at Trion High School to securing Olympic and World Championship medals—serves as a source of local pride and an example of dedication at the highest level of athletic competition.