American gymnast Jade Carey won her first Olympic medal in her final competition in Tokyo. Tokyo Games.
A 21-year-old from Arizona came back from a terrifying fall in Saturday’s vault competition to win the gold in the floor exercise with scores of 14.366. It is the fifth medal won by this year’s U.S. women’s gymnastics team in Tokyo despite superstar Simone Biles sitting out four finals in order to concentrate in her health.
See her gold-medal-winning routine and revisit all her previous performances from this year’s competitions here:
Jade Carey’s Gold-Winning Floor Routine
Although Carey did not pull a triple-double layout that’s three twists and flips while staying straight in her body just like the fans of hers however she did pull off a flawless double-double that locked her gold.
Jade Carey Finishes 8th in Vault Final
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Prior to her gold-plated rise There were also some the aforementioned falls.
A day before she took home the gold medal, Carey was unable to successfully land one of her vaults during the final event for women’s gymnastics. She ran 11.933 as well as 12.900 to end the event in eighth position however her partner Mykayla Skinner took home the silver.
Jade Carey in Individual All-Around Finals
Carey was initially disqualified in the overall finals where gymnasts compete in the four events, including vault, uneven bars as well as balance beam. She also competes in the floor, however she was able to return to replace Simone Biles who decided she could not compete anymore.
The competition began the gymnast was able to perform well in the vault, scoring scores of 15.200.
After two falls during warm-ups Carey was able to score an impressive 13.500 on the bars that were uneven in the all-around final receiving a huge amount of air on her release.
Carey was then thrown off balance beams in the all-around final and lost her chance of winning the medal. Although she made a solid recovery, she got an 11.533.
Carey was able to finish the all-around final in floor which is one of her specialties she earned an 13.966 for a high-flying performance.
Prior to her entry into the floor exercise finals, Carey had to qualify and advanced with the third highest score on the field.
