Jade Carey Claims Vault Bronze: USA Gymnasts’ Olympic Redemption Tour Continues
Following Simone Biles pulled out of the final of vault during Tokyo 2021 Olympic teammates Jade Carey was the first to emerge as a top contender to win gold. Second in the list of qualifiers behind Biles, Carey just needed to step up to earn her first Olympic medal.
Caroline Price5 minutes 03/08/2024
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In a shocking twist of events, tragedy occurred for Carey. She ran down the runway of vaults and fell. To protect her vault and ensure her security, Carey balked on her difficult vault, opting instead to complete an easy Yurchenko vault that was tucked. Although she did land safely however, the consequences were disastrous for her medal hopes.
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In the qualifying rounds, Jade earned a huge 15.166 for her first vault. In the morning of finals for event finals, she only posted 11.933. 11.933. Within a few seconds the Olympic medal hopes appeared to be over. The frontrunner for gold medals finished last at the end of her race.
Although Carey was able to make amends, claiming gold after an impressive performance in the floor finals, she struggled to overcome off the shock of her vault finals blunders.
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Interview with the Journalist Hoda Kotb Jade spoke about the intense emotions she had after vault finals. “Last night was definitely hard for me, but I just had to remember that I wasn’t done yet and we still had floor, so I needed to put it behind me and give everything I could into floor.” With floor redemption completed in Tokyo vault redemption soared into the limelight.
While fellow teammates Sunisa Lee as well as Simone Biles touted Paris 2024 as their team’s tour of redemption, Jade was also focusing at personal redemption. Her redemption had to happen on her vault.
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in the course of an interview in an interview with ESPN,Jade spoke about the importance of the vault medal. “For me, that word has the most meaning on vault,” she explained. “Last time, not doing my best in the vault final when I was definitely expected to medal was hard. Just making the vault final again and proving that I’m as good as I was last time and belong there will be redemption. And hopefully walking away with a medal this time.”
On the 3rd August at Bercy Arena, Jade did exactly that. While the hits of Biles and Andrade made gold and silver beyond reach, the race for bronze was the one that Carey won. Following the mistakes made by the defense Olympic bronze medalist Yeo Seo-jeong (KOR) The doors were open for Carey to claim her redeemed medal.
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Then, she had to get the vaults with ease as well as the bronze award is hers. Beginning with her challenging Cheng vault – the one that she was struggling with in Tokyo her first attempt – she had to land it. She ran down the runway in a smooth fashion finishing her half turn on the table before wrap 1 1/2 twists in only a small leap. 14.733 was the score. Bronze was almost won, she just had to hit on her 2nd vault.
While she was indicating the possibility of an Amanar in her vault for the judge, and flashed an uncomplicated scores of 5.6, Carey showed her determination in mid-air to win the bronze. Instead of attempting to vault the tricky two 1/2 turns, she was downgraded to the double twist in what seemed to be a split-decision she landed on a near-stick in order to secure a spot at the top of the list. It was a complete redo and a win for Team USA, once again.
In an interview following the meet, wearing the medal on her neck Jade spoke about how important the award was important to her. “This means everything to me,” she said smiling. “It’s the perfect end for me. I’ve always wanted to come here and reclaim myself from the vault, and I’m more pleased with the experience.” It’s been a great ride. Redemption Tour continues to roll for Team USA.
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