What a confusing time it must be for Jordan Chiles! She is just crushing the 2025 NCAA season, winning event title after event title, setting season-highs, achieving perfect 10s. Then, away from the court, she is dropping unbelievable, horrific bombshells of having dealt with racism, partiality, body-shaming, and what not. Then there’s the case of her Paris Olympics Bronze medal appeal, which has been rebuffed again. But Chiles is looking quite chilled out about all this.

The UCLA Bruins star says it doesn’t hurt that much now: “I can tell you I’m doing way better than I was when it first happened.” But losing an Olympic medal and launching a full-on legal battle is undoubtedly taxing, so how does she deal with it? How does she hold it together so that the setbacks don’t affect her career and performance? Well, Jordan Chiles has a principle, and she sticks to it no matter what. What is it, you ask? Let’s find out.

For Chiles, it’s all about keeping her dear ones close 

After the spectacular Stanford meet where Chiles and team emerged victorious by 197.675 to Stanford’s 197.100 on March 9, the Paris Olympics team Gold winner was asked by one of the reporters what she values about the people around her and the UCLA teammates as she is going through this complicated time. Chiles said, “How I see it is as being a part of such an amazing team, as you can tell, we were fighting for every Ts, for every details; that I know what is very important to me.” That comes as no surprise, the Oregon native is definitely the glue that holds the team together!

For Chiles, what matters is the people who are by her side when she takes on a challenge, be it a weekend NCAA gymnastics meet or facing the world to share how she has been a victim of racial abuse. She is confident about where she stands. She says, “My sport doesn’t define who I am…” So what does? “My authenticity that I have towards everybody … that is who I am as a person…” You can tell she values the people she loves. She goes above and beyond to light up their lives!

The 23-year-old is the goofy friend of the circle. During the Tokyo Olympics, she would have Simone Biles and Aly Raisman in stitches, that is just how funny the gymnast is! Not just during light-hearted moments of fun and laughter, she also manages to show up, extending her support during her friends’ darkest times. She was there for her friend, Simone Biles, during some of the hardest times of the Olympic champion’s life. Moreover, the UCLA Gymnast has never tried to fit in. That doesn’t mean she has been a rebel. She just likes being herself. Being Jordan Chiles. Her approach is truly inspirational. What’s more, she also has a philosophy in place that guides her as she goes about her life.

What’s the philosophy in question? Well, the Bruins star just wishes to protect and care about everything important to her. She said,  biggest part is just giving my attention to everybody that I knows supports me and loves …” She just deals with the bad stuff and focuses her attention to the real important things that makes her life better: “…everything that I value, whether it’s my team, whether it’s you know just me signing books before a meet…” Chiles has her priorities right and her team is definitely high up that list. It shows in the UCLA Bruins’ NCAA performances this season!.

UCLA keeps on rolling, with Jordan Chiles as the leader

The UCLA Gymnastics are just on a roll, aren’t they? 9 wins on a trot? That too by scoring 197 every time? Talk about consistency. And Chiles is their focal point. In the win against Stanford, has bagged vault, uneven bars, and floor titles on the night, scoring 9.950 in each event. Moreover, she also secured a 9.90 on the balance beam. But the biggest flex? The gymnastics sensation got 39.750 on all-around, the highest in the Big Ten Conference this season by any gymnast! She is truly remarkable and she has proved her mettle again and again throughout this NCAA season.

Her performance has been so clean and impressive that you would start to think how mentally strong she is to not let the outside developments affect her performance in the least. To put this season in perspective against the ongoing background challenges, let us share some stats. Chiles has the team high score in vault, bars, and floor, and to top it all, two perfect 10s! With her inspired form, UCLA can be the dark horse of the 2025 season.

It’s almost like the West Coast program runs on Jordan Chiles energy. But other gymnasts on the team are not far behind in terms of high scores. Brooklyn Moors, the constant floor specialist, scored 9.925 in the event on March 9th. You can’t leave Chae Campbell out when we’re talking about UCLA stars. The 23-year-old secured 9.900 in the vault and the bar events. There’s Emily Lee, Frida Esparza, who scored 9.925 in the beam event and 9.775 on bars respectively. What a roster!

Surely, along with Jordan Chiles, all the gymnasts of the UCLA Bruins team are doing a phenomenal job in catapulting their team into ever greater NCAA greatness. We surely are rooting for them! What about you? Let us know in the comments below!