Jade Ashtyn Carey, 22, set a strong impression on the gymnastics world when she represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her Olympic experience was the apex of her career, but it postponed her enrollment at Oregon State University in 2017. She usually sets attainable goals and surpasses them more often that not and this time her goal is to beguile crowds at the City of Light.

With eight medals from Olympic and World Championship competitions, Jade Carey is the sixth most decorated female gymnast in American history. But in a recent interview, she hinted at goals that went beyond winning her favorite routines, hinting at an even bigger goal for the coming Summer Olympics.

Jade Carey divulges routine plans ahead of Olympics

If you look into the Olympic gold medalist’s medals collection apart from team wins, Carey has two clear strong events: vault and floor exercise. Taking about her prospects for 2024 Paris Olympics with Olympics.com, she said, “I’ve just seen myself improve so much, in the all-around especially, that I want to be able to go out there and show everyone that I’m not just vault and floor, that I can do everything and that I’ve worked so hard.”

Carey gets it from her father Brian, her gymnastics trainer, and since her parents owned a gym, she was familiar with the commitment. Her mindset is single-handedly one of her greatest strengths, as she boldly declared, “I want to get back [to the Olympics] and prove to myself that I can do it.” In her Games goal, her father, who accepted the position as assistant coach in Oregon State, will be her biggest supporter.

Carey simultaneously navigates in the worlds of NCAA gymnastics and elite gymnastics primarily Olympic training, and her calls father’s new role in it as “unexpectedly and fast.” Settled in with the dual commitment, Carey competed as an individual in the balance beam event at the 2023 NCAA Championship and won a silver medal. Subsequently, the elite year also saw Carey’s podium finishes.

The U.S. gymnastics champions on the same boat

Carey moved quickly from her Olympic victory to NCAA gymnastics, as did her fellow Olympian compatriots after Tokyo, including Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, and Grace McCallum.

Like Carey, Chiles and Lee are both considering returning to the Olympics, but they have opted to temporarily forgo their university studies in favor of focusing on their club gym training to get ready for Paris 2024. While McCallum has not stated that, she wants to rejoin the top competition.

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Carey qualified for the Pan American Games and returned to the meet for the second time with Yul Moldauer. Together, they won the 2023 Swiss Cup in November. Juggling two major gymnastics commitments, Carey acknowledges her strengths and sets eyes on bigger wins in upcoming season, with the biggest anticipation hanging in the air for the Olympics.

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