How Old Is US Gymnast Jade Carey? - The Sun

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US GYMNAST Jade Carey and superstar Simone Biles qualified for the floor exercise and vault finals in the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The two finished with the top scores for Team USA as they prep for the eight-woman final event.

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Who is Jade Carey?

Carey is best known for her powerful and high-difficulty exercise on vault and floor exercise.

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On vault, Carey is the 2017 and 2019 World silver medalist, the 2018 Pan American champion and the 2017 US National champion.

On floor exercise, the Arizona native is the 2017 World silver medalist and the 2018 Pan American champion.

She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2019 World Champions and the 2018 Pan American championships.

Carey is a five-time member of the US Women’s national gymnastics team.

How old is US gymnast Jade Carey?

Born May 27, 2000, Carey is a 21-year-old gymnast superstar.

The 21-year-old is competing in her first Olympics as she recorded the second-highest score in the vault for Team USA.

Carey finished with the third-highest score in floor exercise to qualify for the finals in both events.

When are the floor exercise and vault finals?

For Team USA, Biles – 2016 Olympic and five-time World all-around champion – scored a US high 14.133.

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Meanwhile, Carey scored 14.100 on floor, ahead of MyKayla Skinner and Jordan Chiles at 13.566.

Biles and Carey were second and third overall on floor behind Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari (14.166).

The vaulting and floor exercise final will take place on August 1 and August 2.

Check out the finalists below:

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Vaulting finalists

• Simone Biles (US)
• Jade Carey (US)
• Rebeca Andrade (Brazil)
• Yeo Seojeong (South Korea)
• Shallon Olsen (Canada)
• Liliia Khaimova (Russian Olympic Committee)
• Alexa Moreno (Mexico)
• Angelina Melnikova (ROC)

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Floor exercise finalists

• Vanessa Ferrari (Italy)
• Simone Biles (US)
• Jade Carey (US)
• Rebeca Andrade (Brazil)
• Jessica Gadirova (Great Britain)
• Viktoriia Listunova (ROC)
• Angelina Melnikova (ROC)
• Mai Murakami (Japan)