How old is the womens olympic gymnastics team

Every member of the team is 18 or older for the first time since , according to Olympedia. Gymnasts must now turn 16 in an Olympic year to be eligible. Internationally, Germany and the Netherlands have no teens on their teams. The last time any nation with a full team roster had no teens was at the Tokyo Games. Only three of the other 96 women entered for the Tokyo Games were alive when Chusovitina competed for the Soviet Union at the World Championships. Dominici qualified a spot but is listed as suspended by the International Gymnastics Federation after it was reported last month that she failed a drug test.

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She beat out Rebeca Andrade of Brazil who won silver and Angelina Melnikova of Russia the bronze medalist with solid routines across the board, along with her acclaimed uneven bars routine.

All that remained were the individual event competitions, in which the Americans excelled. The last event was the beam final, where Biles returned to the Olympic stage and earned a bronze medal. In total, the American women's gymnastics team took home six Olympic medals—two gold, two silver, and two bronze.

The most famous gymnast on the U. However, Biles, who is recognized as the best gymnast in the world, withdrew from the competition for mental health reasons. Biles made headlines earlier this summer as the first woman to perform the Yurchenko double pike vault in competition, and, thus far, only men have completed it at the Olympics. Though Biles skipped the all-around and three individual events, she returned to competition for the balance beam , where she won a bronze medal.

This is Lee's first Olympics and she was instrumental in earning the Americans the silver medal in the team competition. She also garnered the gold medal in the all-around individual competition, nailing all of her routines. Lee, who is the first Hmong American to compete for the United States at the Olympics, is a world-class talent on the uneven bars, an event in which she won the bronze medal.

Chiles and Biles are close friends; they're actually training mates at the World Champions Centre in Texas. Chiles is one of the most consistent gymnasts on the team, with no major mistakes in any of her 24 routines this year. At the Olympic trials, Chiles finished third, behind Biles and Lee.

In January, McCallum broke her hand while training on the beam, an injury which needed surgery. She now has a plate and seven screws in it; however, she's not letting that stop her. She's now the fourth in the four-person group competing in the team events. McCallum's specialty is beam, where she won bronze at the U. National Championships. Skinner is one of the two members of the team competing as specialists, rather than in team events. She's already familiar with the Games—she was an alternate at the Rio Olympics.

Skinner was not able to crack the top two scores in any of the qualifying events, ending her Olympic run. She also placed second on the uneven bars and third on floor exercise. This follows closely after the National Championships, where she placed third overall, and the Winter Cup, where she delivered her best performance to date, winning the overall competition as well as floor exercise and vault.

After qualifications, in addition to representing the team in the finals, Biles will compete in the all-around individual competition as well as beam, floor exercise, uneven bars and vault. During the Olympic Trials, she finished a few points by Biles in the all around competition, securing her spot at the Games. After coming out on top in the uneven bars, Lee is expected to dominate that apparatus in Tokyo by performing a routine that is considered the most difficult in the world.

In addition to representing the team in the finals, Lee will compete in the over-around individual competition as well as beam and uneven bars. At 18, McCallum is the second youngest U. Despite coming in fourth overall during the Olympic Trials, she was part of the gold-winning World Championship team and took home the bronze medal on beam, her most consistent apparatus, at the U. Ahead of the U.