Gimnasta de Phoenix, Jade Carey, trae a casa medalla de oro tras una actuación espectacular en las Olimpiadas de Tokio
La olímpica tenía una ultima oportunidad de traer la medalla a casa y tomó ventaja de eso al ganarle a la gimnasta italiana Vanessa Ferrari. Author: Hunter Bassler Updated: 4:40 PM MST August 2, 2021
TOKYO, Japan Arizona oficialmente tiene una nueva campeona mundial después de que Jade Carey de Phoenix deslumbrara a los jueces con su increíble actuación gimnasta en las Olimpiadas de Tokio el lunes por la mañana.
Carey completó seis giros y nueve volteretas durante su rutina en la pista que le dio la medalla de oro en su primera aparición en los Juegos Olímpicos, le dio al clavo a sus cuatro acrobacias sin dificultad.
Athing Mu, center, looking at the final time after the 800 meters.Credit.Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
TOKYO Before Athing Mu introduced herself to the world at the Tokyo Games, the public-address announcer at Olympic Stadium butchered her name.
It was Friday, before her opening round heat of the women’s 800 meters, and Mu did not hide her dismay.
“I’m sure everyone saw my face,” said Mu, a 19-year-old American whose name is pronounced “Ah-THING Moe.”
“I don’t even know what he said, but it was terrible. Like, where do you even get that from?”
Mu said all this with a charming, disarming smile she was used to people getting her name wrong, she said, but it also seemed clear that she wanted some respect. So she went out and made sure to earn it as an Olympic gold medalist.
Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images
Updated August 2, 2021 at 7:04 AM ET
TOKYO U.S. gymnast Jade Carey has won gold her first Olympic medal in the individual floor exercise final at the Tokyo Olympics.
Carey, a 21-year-old from Arizona, became the sole U.S. competitor in this event after Simone Biles withdrew to focus on her mental health. Carey pulled off a complicated tumbling routine with a high degree of difficulty, scoring a 14.366.
She looked happy and relieved as she walked off the mat. She also competed in the individual final of the vault, where she appeared to bail out of a more difficult maneuver and ultimately placed eighth.
Jade Carey’s long road to the Olympics ends with gymnastics gold >Jade Carey, of the United States, performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women’s apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics Monday in Tokyo, Japan. AP >Jade Carey, of the United States, performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women s apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Gregory Bull >Jade Carey, of the United States, performs in the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics women s apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Jeff Roberson