Mohamed Magdy  

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Phoenix native Jade Carey overcomes illness

Jade Carey, a Mountain Ridge High School alumnus and former competitor at Arizona Sunrays, is back in the Summer Olympics. This is her second trip to the Summer Games after she competed for Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the floor exercise.

“I would say it’s really rewarding and special,” Carey said. “I never thought that I would even get there once, so to get there twice means that much more to me.

Carey, 24, has pushed through a difficult first few days at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“I just have not been feeling well the past few days and haven’t been able to eat or anything,” Carey told Olympics.com.

Carey fell on her last floor exercise tumbling pass, but she bounced back on vault and put together a 14.433 average in her two attempts of the second qualifying session.

Carey’s effort on vault will likely allow her to compete in the event’s final. The top eight finishers in each event advance to the final, which will take place starting Saturday. She sits second in the vaulting standings.

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team has continued its dominance and leads all countries with 172.296 points.

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