Despite Harsh Miss on World Gymnastics Team, Jade Carey Takes a Step Closer to Olympic Dream

Despite the change in reigning routine, Jade Carey bags her berth to represent America. 23-year-old Carey is in on a bumpy ride this gymnastics season. Despite being the reigning Worlds vault champion against Simone Biles followed by a miss from the 2023 US elite team, Carey still has a shot at Paris next year.

On the Day 1 invitational appearance at the Worlds qualifier, the Olympic gold medalist stood at the thirteenth AA position. With the ambitious Olympic Games fleeting her grip on the final day concluded with another upsetting miss for the gymnast. However, the recent updates promised her a place to continue the journey leading to the Paris Olympics.

Jade Carey loses again but remains in the Paris Olympics race

The struggle continues to persist for Carey who rose to prominence as vault prowess in Simone Biles’s absence from Tokyo Games. Fast forward to Day 2 aka the select events, she landed a perfect Cheng in the vault instead of a much-anticipated floor routine, putting a powerful score of 14.800. Taking on her last move, the aerial landings in the balance beam made up for 13.400. With a 28.200 combined score, Carey was added to the Swiss Cup 2023 list announced by USAGymnastics on Twitter.

This makes Carey a Swiss Cup returnee since her debut in 2019. With a team gold history in the bag from the last appearance, the 2X Olympic medalist took on American representation which keeps her Paris Olympics journey going. Just days after her US Classic setback, she confessed to being ?motivated to want to make it back and prove to myself that I can do it again? speaking about the Games plans.

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In the all-around rotation, she was below average which kept her out of the Worlds and Olympics prospects. She achieved a 52.800 On Day 1 at Worlds selection. There is still a long way to go for the major international event and Carey. Apart from all the glitz and glamor, she also opened up about mounted pressure earlier this year. Despite the divergence, the gymnast will now get closer to her ambition through the upcoming Zurich elite meets.

Did Jade Carey prove her prowess to be at Worlds?

A subjective topic burning the internet as fans remain divided over the Worlds reigning floor champion’s downfall in the US national championships. Let’s reflect on her performances: Even though Carey only competed on the balance beam during the U.S. Classic, she dropped poles apart from her anticipated potential. Later, the gymnast shared in an interview that her Maloney half on uneven bars wasn’t showing progress in practice as it should have.

The 2022 Worlds vault gold victor was absent from the 2023 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships final roster. She had placed fifteenth in the two-day event which advanced top-10 gymnasts. However, the turn of events from the Worlds selection camp keeps her on the near-sighted Summer Olympics journey.

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