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SUNI LEE MAKES AUBURN GYMNASTICS HISTORY IN NIGHT OF PERFECT 10S

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By: Emma Hruby | Just Women’s Sports

Suni Lee recorded two perfect 10s on Friday night, adding to a total tally of nine perfect 10s on the night.

The two were her first 10s of the season, coming on bars and beam. In total, Lee has eight in her collegiate career, the most in Auburn women’s gymnastics history. Despite the 10s, Auburn fell to Alabama in the overall meet scores.

Florida’s Leanne Wong also posted two 10s on the night while Maile O’Keefe, Luisa Blanco, Aleah Finnegan, Sierra Brooks and Abby Heiskell all recorded 10s in their respective meets.

CATARINA MACARIO, CHLOE KIM AND MORE: 20 FEMALE ATHLETES TO KNOW IN 2022

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As 2021 comes to an end, it’s time to look forward to the year ahead in sports.

With the Winter Olympics in February, March Madness on the calendar and a landmark NWSL season to come, women’s sports fans are in store for an exciting year.

Here are the 20 athletes to know or get reacquainted with in 2022: 

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Who is Jade Carey? Get to know U.S. gymnastics’ automatic individual Olympic qualifier

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Emily AdamsUSA TODAY

  • Jade Carey, 21, was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • The Tokyo Games are Carey’s first trip to compete at the Olympics.
  • Carey has a chance to compete in the individual event finals on vault and floor exercise.

While the other gymnasts at the U.S. Olympic Trials pulled out all of their best skills and anxiously fought for the chance to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, Jade Carey was completely calm. That’s because Carey’s spot on the team was already guaranteed 

Carey is one of the athletes taking advantage of the FIG’s new team structure when she competes as an individual in Tokyo. A vault and floor exercise specialist, Carey should give the U.S. extra opportunities to bring home medals in the individual event finals.

Jade Carey competes on the floor during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics competition at The Dome at America's Center.
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Jade Carey, an American Gymnast Competing as an Individual, Qualifies for Olympic Floor Exercise, Vault Finals

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Jeff MetcalfeArizona Republic

TOKYO — Jade Carey’s untraditional path to the Olympics paid off.

The 19-year-old, competing as an individual instead of as part of the U.S. team, qualified for floor exercise and vaulting finals Sunday with her best performances of the year.

Carey and U.S. superstar Simone Biles, who had one of the roughest performances of her career in the third qualifying session at Ariake Gymnastics Centre, will compete in the vault final on Aug. 1 and floor final the following day. 

MyKayla Skinner finished fourth overall in vault qualifying but is not eligible for the final because a maximum of two per country are allowed in the eight-woman event finals.

So it came down to one American knocking another out of contention for an individual medal for the U.S. spot open alongside Biles on vault and floor. Skinner tied with Jordan Chiles for the third-best U.S. score on floor.

“They did a good job,” said Tom Forster, USA Gymnastics women’s high-performance coordinator, of Carey and Skinner. “I’m fairly certain MyKayla is super happy to finally be an Olympian. She’s proud of herself as she should be.

“The people that made floor finals are the best athletes on floor, same on vault. It is what it is.”

U.S. gymnasts did not talk to the media after their session.

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