Team USA’s Jade Carey won gold in the floor gymnastics finals at the 2020 Olympics on Aug. 2, shortly after Simone Biles announced that she would compete in an event after dropping out of several others. Carey, 21, of Arizona, edged Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari and Japan’s Mai Murakami for her first-ever Olympic medal. Carey rebounded from a disastrous vault final the day prior, missing the podium entirely. “Coming back from a day like yesterday, I’m really proud of myself for being able to put that behind me and finish with probably the best floor routine I’ve ever done in my life,” she told reporters. Team USA has medaled in every women’s event so far, but finished with silver in the all-around team final after Biles withdrew. Biles, 24, of Ohio, said she was physically able to compete and withdrew because of mental health issues. She later blamed the “twisties,” a …
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