Team member Jake Dalton shared the photo on his Instagram page, which features a group of the guys hanging out on the beach…wearing nothing but very skimpy bathing suits. “Love getting to chill with the team on our light day #RoadToRio,” he captioned the pic. Umm…can we TALK about those abs?!
The guys are in Brazil in the picture, where they seem to be training for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro — the competition is just seven months away! Unfortunately, the USA men’s team didn’t medal in the team all-around at the 2012 London Olympics, so there’s a lot to make up for when August rolls around. Hopefully the guys aren’t taking too many shirtless beach breaks during their training trip!
Team member Danell Leyva placed third in the individual all-around in 2012, and out of every single gymnastics event on the men’s side, this is the only medal the team received — yikes. Things went a lot better on the women’s side, so maybe the ladies can give them some pointers on how to step up their game!
The 2016 Summer Olympics kick off on Fri., Aug. 5, and end on Aug. 21. More than 10,000 athletes are expected to participate in this intense competition, competing in sports like swimming, gymnastics, basketball, wrestling and many, many more. Of course, we’ll be bringing you full coverage of everything that goes down when the time rolls around!
HollywoodLifers, what do you think of the men’s gymnastics team photo? Are you totally swooning?