Hezly Rivera makes history as the fifth Latina to represent USA women’s gymnastics and the youngest to compete this year across all Team USA sports.
Hezly Rivera had nothing to lose and everything to gain when competing for a spot on the 2024 United States Olympics gymnastics team. “I think I’m the underdog,” Rivera told reporters recently when asked about the pressures at the Olympic trials. “I thought of it as any other meet.
' In securing her place on the team, Riverabecame the sixth gymnast in USA Gymnastics history to make the Olympics team in her first year as a senior elite gymnast. “It was definitely a little bit nerve-wracking, especially when they were calling out the names ,” Rivera said. “Even if I make the team I did my best that I could and that's all I can do.” Rivera has been waiting for this moment since she was 8, she told reporters. “I never would have thought this would happen,” Rivera said.
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