The Team USA vet tells Rolling Stone she’s done doubting herself, and is ready to find joy at the world’s most serious competition
Trial in Minneapolis with a third-place all-around finish, there was a special surprise waiting at her home in Texas: a bouquet from Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion. “Congratulations on qualifying for the AHH-lympics!” it read. “Very excited to watch you shine in Paris and represents for all the Hot girls!” , her signature cheesing grin lighting up her Zoom screen.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, you were a key part of Team USA taking home the silver medal. What was going on in your head when you realized you would have to compete on balance beam and uneven bars when Biles dropped out with the twisties? During Tokyo, I called my mom because I was like, ‘I failed. I’m done. This is crazy, and the world’s gonna hate me, bawling my eyes out. So coming back, I maybe I need just to get the elite world out of my brain. I want to live my college life, go find a man, however it needs to be. But then I kept thinking every day maybe I have more to give. In that moment, I was like, what’s there to lose? It was me telling myself, ‘What you did in Tokyo was just a preview.
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