.ChilesJordan was a member of the first all-Black gymnastics podium at the US Championships. She promises that 'it won't be the last.'
, who competes for Oregon State, also did so this year.)"I felt like I had more to give," Chiles says of her return to the elite circuit, a comeback she says she'd been contemplating ever since Olympic prelims, months before her first collegiate competition."I feel like this was the starting point of something that can become even bigger," she remembers thinking. The US Championships, she says, represent her"comeback season.
The result? What Chiles calls the"most calm" attitude she's ever had during a competition, plus an all-around medal, and — oh, yeah — a spot on the. Konnor McClain won gold, Shilese Jones the silver, and Chiles took home the bronze. For Chiles, that achievement is deeply meaningful."Looking at that picture and knowing that I was part of something so beautiful makes me feel so much more confident," she says."Yes, we represent USA and our country, but we are also representing our people and being able to say that we were the first to represent our people on a whole different platform, that's an amazing thing.
who, at 21, is already a veteran in elite gymnastics."I was like, 'Wow, can we go home yet? I'm tired over here,'" Chiles jokes."'Is it done? Is the meet over?'" The younger gymnasts Chiles is competing against, she adds, are"out of this world."It's no easy feat to go straight from college gymnastics back into elite, and for Chiles, it wasn't just about the physical toll.
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