Jade Carey Wins Gold On Floor Exercise At The Tokyo Olympics

The victory gave the American women's gymnastics team their fifth medal of the games.
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American gymnast Jade Carey won the gold medal on floor exercise at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.

The 21-year-old from Arizona bounced back from a frightening stumble during the vault final on Sunday to claim the top spot on floor with a score of 14.366. The medal is the fifth claimed by the U.S. women’s gymnastics team in Tokyo even with star Simone Biles sitting out four finals to focus on her mental health.

Jade Carey goes airborne in the floor exercise final during her gold-medal performance.
Jade Carey goes airborne in the floor exercise final during her gold-medal performance.
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Italian Vanessa Ferrari, fourth at both the 2008 and 2016 Olympics, claimed silver. The 30-year-old’s dramatic performance drew a roar from the various federations inside the Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

Angelina Melnikova of the team representing the Russian Olympic Committee and Mai Murakami of Japan tied for bronze with a score of 14.166. The gymnasts had both the same difficulty score and execution score in their routines.

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