Coaches Luke and Emma have worked extremely hard in preparing Rhys and Meg for these Games starting from their very first session at a young age on the Irish Squad program, both following through to compete in the Youth Olympic Games, Junior Europeans and leading into the Senior program representing Ireland in World Cups, European Championships and World Championships. I would also like to give a special mention to Sport Ireland and the Sport Ireland Institute for all the support provided in the gymnastics programme.
For the gymnasts, coaches and their families, myself and the Gymnastics Ireland team, it is a very proud selection.
We are looking forward to finally travelling to the Games and I wish them the very best of luck and hope it will be a great experience for all. There are seven final team announcements to come over the coming week, with the official closing date for registering athletes at 4pm on Monday 5 July This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible.
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Read More. After four Olympic golds and 19 world championship titles, the year-old has brought about a wider discussion on the mental health challenges facing top-performing athletes, an amazing feat in itself. What's next for this extraordinary young woman? Rest and therapy. Biles' coach, Cecile Canqueteau-Landi, said the star athlete is "openly talking about therapy, and that's what she's going to go through.
I think I might need to. It's been one hell of a week — some very highs, some very lows. She deserves "some vacation," Canqueteau-Landi said, according to People.
We're going to go back to work but I'm happy for her that she gets to go back to her family, her boyfriend, her dog. She's just going to go home and enjoy. The Gold Over America Tour. An extended vacation may have to wait until after the Gold Over America Tour that Biles will be starring in starting next month. She and other star gymnasts, including Laurie Hernandez and Jordan Chiles, will be touring 35 cities throughout the United States to celebrate female athletes.
The first performance will be in Tucscon, Arizona, on September 21, and the last is in Boston on November 7. The schedule and tickets are available here. Paris in ? Will Biles compete in the Paris Olympics in ? Later, in an interview on the "Today" show, she said she's "keeping the door open" to the Paris games. Known for her expressiveness and nicknamed "The Human Emoji," Hernandez had just turned 16 when the Olympics began.
Similar to Douglas in the all-around, Hernandez narrowly missed the individual floor event due to the two athletes per team rule. She readily qualified for the balance beam finals, finishing second in qualifiers.
And she ultimately won silver in the event, edging out Biles in the finals. Hernandez also helped the team to all-around gold with performances on the balance beam, floor, and vault. Since shining in Rio de Janeiro, Hernandez has made a name for herself outside of the gymnastics sphere.
She competed on — and won — "Dancing with the Stars" shortly after the games. She's also appeared on a handful of children's television shows, including "Sesame Street.
As if she wasn't busy enough, Hernandez wrote two books in the years immediately following the Olympics. And she's gathered quite a social media following — particularly on TikTok. Despite staying busy outside of the gym, Hernandez opted to pick up training once again after her two-year hiatus.
She added some flair to her comeback by making pop-culture references during her routines. Hernandez had her eye on the Tokyo Olympics, but a knee injury sustained during training kept her from qualifying for Olympic trials. Madison Kocian was only 19 when she competed in Rio de Janeiro. But unlike Hernandez, she went into the Olympic games with plenty of experience at the senior elite level despite her young age.
Known as a specialist on the uneven bars, Kocian won gold in the event at the World Championships a year before making "The Final Five. And it wound up being the only individual event she competed in at the Rio games. Kocian made the most of the opportunity, winning silver behind Russia's Aliya Mustafina. In doing so, she became the first American to medal on the uneven bars since Nastia Liukin won silver eight years earlier.
Kocian also carried the US on uneven bars for the team all-around event, helping "The Final Five" to gold. And she debuted for the Bruins' gymnastics team in January of the following year.
She helped UCLA win a national championship in That same year, she and Bruins teammate Kyla Ross told the public that they were survivors of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse. And after the COVID pandemic brought her senior season with the Bruins to an abrupt end, Kocian retired from competitive gymnastics.
She has since graduated from UCLA and plans to pursue a career in medicine.
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