BOSTON — The U.S. men’s gymnastics team gathered in May for what director Brett McClure called “a hard discussion.”
The topic? Goals and accountability through the 2020 Olympics. McClure wants a team medal in Tokyo.
“Absolutely,” McClure said on the eve of the U.S. Championships at TD Garden on Wednesday. “We want to win a team medal at the world championships this year.”
This marks the first year of the Olympic cycle with a team event at the world championships. The U.S. men finished fifth at the last world championships in 2015 and at the Olympics in 2016, their first time off the podium in back-to-back global competitions since 2006 and 2007.