When Jordan Chiles saw her name on her dressing room mirror at the Team USA Welcome Experience in Paris as the 2024 Olympics were getting underway, she…
Gymnast Jordan Chiles, who's competing with Team USA at the 2024 Olympics, was going to hang up her leotard, but friend Simone Biles knew she had more in the tank.and Grace McCallum, making it to her sport's biggest stage just doesn't get old.
After she heard Chiles was thinking of retiring, Biles invited her pal to train with her at World Champions Centre, the gym run by her parents Nellie and Ron Biles in Spring, Texas. "I lost the love of the sport," she explained."I felt like I didn't belong; I felt like gymnastics didn't want me." "I discovered that gymnastics doesn't always have to be about strictness and being so hard on yourself and having so much doubt," Chiles toldahead of the Tokyo Olympics."I actually realized this when I saw Simone compete. She looks like she’s having fun out there, laughing and giggling, and doesn’t look stressed or tired. I was like, 'You know, I’m going to try that one of these days and see how it turns out.
"I did try to tell her, 'Look, you know how to do everything and this is you. This is your moment. It's all up to you,'" Chilesin that pivotal moment. It was her fellow athlete's story to tell, Chiles added,"but all I know is I'm going to support her no matter what. I am her teammate. I'm her best friend."
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