Washington gymnasts Shilese Jones, Jordan Chiles assist U.S. ladies win world staff title
Gymnasts from Washington performed a serious function because the U.S. ladies gained a sixth straight world staff championship Tuesday.
Shilese Jones of Auburn and Jordan Chiles of Vancouver helped the Americans prime the scoring in three of 4 occasions (vault, uneven bars and flooring train) in Liverpool, England. The Americans had an all-around complete of 166.564 factors and runner-up Britain had 163.363.
Jade Carey, Leanne Wong and Skye Blakely joined Jones and Chiles on the championship staff.
Jones is the 2022 nationwide uneven bars and flooring train champion. Jones and Carey will compete within the all-around remaining Wednesday.
“We’re capable of doing big things and more,” Jones mentioned.
A pair of falls on the stability beam in qualifying price Chiles a shot on the all-around title.
The United States, Britain and third-place Canada robotically certified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
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