Simone Biles’s withdrawal from Thursday’s individual all-around final has opened a spot in the competition for her teammate Jade Carey, who would have qualified for the event if not for a rule that allows only two gymnasts from any country to compete in it.
Carey, who finished ninth in the all-around during qualifying and third best among the Americans, will take Biles’s place, joining Sunisa Lee. It is not clear whether Biles will withdraw from any of the individual apparatus finals.
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Sunisa Lee, known as Suni, is the second-best all-around gymnast in the United States, behind Biles, and is a strong contender for a medal in the all-around final. She also has a good chance of being the Olympic champion on the uneven bars, where she performs the most difficult routine in the world.
She finished third in the all-around in qualifying, behind Biles and Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, and second on the bars, behind Nina Derwael of Belgium, though she outdid herself on the bars in the team final.
At the Olympic trials, she outscored Biles on one of the two days of competition, something no other gymnast has done since 2013.
Lee, 18, who is the first Hmong American to represent the United States at the Olympics, said on social media this month that her goals for the Games were to win gold with the American team, silver in the all-around, gold or silver on bars and a medal of any color on beam.
Jade Carey, 21, is primarily a vault and floor specialist, though her performance on the other apparatuses in qualifying was good enough for ninth overall. She secured her own spot at the Olympics, separate from the U.S.A. Gymnastics selection process, by finishing first on vault in the multiyear World Cup series.
She is capable of winning medals on vault and floor and has already qualified for both of those finals. She placed second on both at the 2017 world championships and second on vault at the 2019 world championships.
She can also execute the hardest tumbling pass ever performed by a woman, a layout triple-double. That’s a double back flip with three twists, like Biles does — but while Biles does it with her knees tucked toward her chest, Carey does it with her body straight, which is significantly harder. If she attempts the skill in Olympic competition — which would be risky — and lands it successfully, it will be named after her.
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