Tag: Jade Carey

US Gymnast Jade Carey Wins Gold as Simone Biles Announces She’ll Compete in One Event

Team USA’s Jade Carey won gold in the floor gymnastics finals at the 2020 Olympics on Monday, shortly after Simone Biles announced she’d compete in an event after dropping out of several others. Carey, 21, of Arizona, edged Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari and Japan’s Mai Murakami for her first-ever Olympic medal. Carey rebounded from a disastrous…


US Gymnast Jade Carey Wins Gold as Simone Biles Announces She’ll Compete in 1 Event

Team USA’s Jade Carey won gold in the floor gymnastics finals at the 2020 Olympics on Aug. 2, shortly after Simone Biles announced that she would compete in an event after dropping out of several others. Carey, 21, of Arizona, edged Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari and Japan’s Mai Murakami for her first-ever Olympic medal. Carey rebounded…


Simone Biles Told Her Replacement to ‘Have Fun,’ and She Did

TOKYO—Before American gymnast Jade Carey took the floor for her unexpected performance in the women’s Olympic all-around final on Thursday, she talked to her teammate, Simone Biles, whose exit from the competition meant Carey got the chance to fill her spot. “She told me, ‘Good luck,’ and go out there, do the best I can…