Shilese Jones, a 20-year-old who has never competed at the world championships or the Olympics, emerged as the headliner in Tampa.
. Shilese Jones soars with excellent amplitude on each apparatus, and Skye Blakely excels with her powerful tumbling both on floor and beam. Entering the competition, any combination of these gymnasts on the podium wouldn’t have seemed surprising. Together, they delivered a thrilling competition mostly free of major errors from the best athletes.
Chiles sits in third, just ahead of DiCello . Carey landed in fifth, mostly because the others performed so well and her beam and bars scores weren’t on par with those of the other top Americans. But she capped the evening with a strong floor routine, earning a 14.050, only topped by Jones , who followed her in the final rotation.
Now these athletes — a 21-gymnast field without anybody who has won a senior national all-around title — are next in line, all hoping to join a distinguished list of champions from this marquee event.
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