WATCH: Pan-American Gymnastics Champion Narrowly Escapes Injury In Uncharacteristic Fall At First Camp For Paris Olympics 2024

The NCAA season, despite its challenges, culminates in a rewarding podium triumph. Along those lines, the collegiate gymnastics fraternity accepts all trials and tribulations for that brief moment of glory. This sobering fact trebles in scope when the opportunity of clinching the fabled Olympic gold medal comes into the purview. Interestingly, a former NCAA champion from the Florida Gators squad became the poster girl for these juxtaposed propensities in 2024.

Trinity Thomas opened the 2023 NCAA season with a perfect 10 on the balance beam. Moreover, she ended the season with her 28th perfect 10 on vault, becoming part of NCAA history. While everyone expected the 2018 Pan American Games champion to start her 2024 Paris Olympics campaign on a similar note, they were invariably surprised. a small misstep at first glance looks debilitating but roused the internet to no end of late.

What started off as a routine “routine” became fodder for laughter

After ending her collegiate gymnastics career on a high note, the three-time NCAA champion decided to stay at the Gators’ gym. She joined the program as a student-assistant coach and has been training ever since for the Paris Olympics in 2024. During one such training, the gymnast encountered a harrowing misstep on the balance beam and nearly cracked her skull open. A blogger named Katherine Keirns preserved the moment for posterity while eliciting laughs through her tweet. The video of X was captioned, “Trinity Thomas blessing us with first great beam comedy of 2024”. Additionally, Keirns edited the video with whimsical background music to compliment the farcical proceedings.

The video showed Trinity Thomas preparing to make a 360-degree turn under the watchful eyes of another coach. However, the gymnast could not maintain her balance and fell flat on her back on the apparatus. Fortunately, her head missed the hard surface of the balance beam. Trinity’s own words, “It’s not what happens to you, it’s what you do next,” now stand as a testament to her resilience, hinting at the intriguing chapter that will follow.

Trinity Thomas chasing her Olympic dreams

Every athlete dreams of carrying the Olympic circles on their chest, and Trinity Thomas is no exception. However, the 22-year-old is naturally shy and could not make a bold proclamation of her contention. She said, “It’s one more year of gymnastics, I love gymnastics…It can be as big or as small as I want it to be, and I still have fuel in the tank, so let’s see how much”.

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Now that she has encountered her first gymnastics nadir, Trinity Thomas is ready to scrape the trough of courage and push herself further. With that level of determination, she is a sure-shot candidate for the U.S. Olympic squad in July 2024.

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