Jordan Chiles
Named after basketball legend Michael Jordan, Jordan Chiles is making waves in living up to her legacy.
On day one of Trials, she clocked an all-around score of 56.400 that landed her in second place and after the final day, she had an 111.425 to finish in third behind Olympic champions Biles and Lee.
Chiles has become popular on social media with her larger than life personality and fun dances. She even kept the crowd at the Target Center entertained throughout the competition, including when she got an entire section on their feet to Party in the USA during day one. Fans were excited the 23-year-old lock her name in for Paris.
Hezly Rivera
Freshly 16 years old and a high school junior, Hezly Rivera is set to be the youngest member on this Olympic Team.
In February of this year, she won a bronze-medal in the all-around at the Winter Cup behind Kayla DiCello and Skye Blakely, both of whom were injured ahead of Trials and unable to compete.
Rivera trains at WOGA with coach Valeri Liukin, father and former coach of 2008 all-around Olympic Champion Nastia Liukin.
There, she has trained alongside 2012 Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas and last year, she told Olympics.com “It’s crazy because [Douglas] gives me so many tips and such encouragement.
“It’s nice to have an older gymnast who has experienced all of it,” she continued. “They know everything. It’s amazing.”
Jade Carey
Tokyo 2020 Olympic floor exercise champion Jade Carey is locked in to compete at her second Olympic Games.
In Tokyo, she competed as an individual outside of the U.S. team, and on top of her gold medal floor routine, she finished in eighth place in the all-around and on vault.
After the two days of competition in Minneapolis, she finished in fourth place with a two-day score of 111.350.
In 2022, she took the world title on vault and in the team competition and in 2019, she took the world silver on vault, just as she did in 2017. Her floor routine at Trials was the very last of the competition, and she had all of the other gymnasts right beside the floor, cheering her on before she recieved a standing ovation from the audience as soon as her music ended.
