When it comes to women’s gymnastics, everyone’s focus in Tokyowill be to attempt to perform better than theUnited States; for they have been crowned the Olympics gymnastics team champions and managed to grabfour gold medalsin the past two Olympic Games.Therefore, it isno wonder that pundits believe that it is genuinely a difficult task to haveto pick the US Olympic team that would appear in Tokyo 2020.
The four-member team, including two specialists format, is new to the Tokyo Games, by means of the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG), adding the two slots so that the smaller nations who could not compete in a full team could still take part.
The women’s team is the most varied that the US has ever sent to theOlympics and it represents a mix of force and technique, capable of bringing a vast numberof gold medals to the American Olympic gymnastics squad.
Who is on the US women’s Olympic gymnastics team 2021?
US women’s Olympic gymnastics team at the 2021 US Gymnastics Olympic Trials. (Getty)
Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chile, and Grace McCallum will participatein the team’s event,while Jade Carey and MyKayla Skinner will take part in the individualgymnastics sports. They are thesix women who have been granted the opportunity to represent the USAin Tokyo, Japan this summer.
After two days of competition, Biles (118.098) and Lee (115.832) won automatic spots. Chiles’114,631 finished third, while McCallum finished fourth beating Skinner by .300. Meanwhile, Simone showed strong scores – 30.849 on vaultand 29.966 on floor exercise, while onuneven bars (30.200), and balancing beams Lee recorded the top scores (29.466).
Skinner was second on a 30.416 vault and Chiles was second on a 28.733 uneven bar. In order to clinch the second position on the balance beam, Eaker recorded 14.400 on day one and 14.566 on day two. Wong placed second to Biles on the floor exercise, with a total score of 28.166. Take a look at the entireUS women’s Olympic gymnastics team.
* Team
Simone Biles
Sunisa Lee
Jordan Chiles
Grace McCallum
* Individual Spots
Jade Carey
MyKayla Skinner
*Replacement athletes
Kayla DiCello
Kara Eaker
Emma Malabuyo
Leanne Wong
