Team USA gymnast Jade Carey won her first gold medal on Monday in the women's individual floor exercise final at the Tokyo Olympics.
Carey won first place with a score of 14.366, ahead of the second-place scorer Vanessa Ferrari, of Italy, at 14.200. The scores topped a tied third place for Mai Murakami, of Japan, and Angelina Melnikova, of Russia, with scores of 14.1665, NBC News reported.
The 21-year-old Olympic champion did not win a medal in the individual all-around, and placed eighth in the vault finals.
After winning the gold, Carey said, "This is all I have ever dreamed of, all I ever worked for. I'm really glad it paid off tonight."
Carey verbally committed to compete in NCAA gymnastics at Oregon State University, starting in the 2018-19 school year. She officially signed with the Oregon State Beavers on November 9, 2017. She deferred enrollment until after the 2020 Olympics, starting in the 2020–21 school year.However, due to the postponement of the Olympics, Carey enrolled in classes for the 2020–21 school year but deferred competing for the Beavers until after the Olympics take place in 2021.
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