\n<\/p>\n
Artistic gymnast Jade Carey<\/strong><\/a> shocked fans at the 2024 Olympics<\/a> in Paris when she fell while performing a floor routine \u2014 an event in which she previously dominated at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. However, the 24-year-old athlete later explained that a mystery illness had thrown her off her game.\n<\/p>\n During the Women\u2019s Gymnastics Qualifiers on July 28, 2024, many fans of Jade noticed that the gymnast wasn\u2019t performing as well as she typically does in the floor routine event. A few jumps took her out of bounds, and her final leap even ended in a fall at the corner of the mat.<\/p>\n In a follow-up interview with Olympics.com<\/em><\/a>, Jade explained that she had \u201cnot been feeling well.\u201d Though she didn\u2019t state an exact illness, she clarified that it wasn\u2019t nerves holding her back.<\/p>\n \u201cI just have not been feeling well the past few days and haven\u2019t been able to eat or anything,\u201d she continued. \u201cI had, like, no energy today and didn\u2019t really have a sense of what was going on in my head. So, I just kind of wanted people to know that so, they know that there\u2019s actually something wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Jade also took to X<\/a> with a message for fans after the Qualifiers. \u201cI haven\u2019t been feeling the best the past few days, but I gave it everything I had today. thank you for all the support I have received. I\u2019m so grateful,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, on Instagram<\/a>, the athlete added alongside photos from her floor routine, \u201cNot the day I was expecting to have but I can\u2019t thank you all enough for the love and support. I am so proud of this team and what we accomplished today. We\u2019re not done yet.\u201d<\/p>\n Olympics.com<\/em> reported that Jade\u2019s father and coach, Brian Carey<\/strong><\/a>, missed the team\u2019s practice on July 25, 2024, because he was also not feeling well.<\/p>\n \u201cCoach Brian Carey is not feeling well today and will miss Women\u2019s Podium Training. He will return to the team soon,\u201d USA Gymnastics<\/a> wrote on X at the time.<\/p>\n In an interview with Today<\/em> on July 29, 2024, Jade\u2019s mom, Danielle Greenberg<\/strong>, shared that her daughter was \u201cdoing much better.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTrying to hydrate, get some food in, ready to go,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Though Jade did not get to compete in the floor routine, balance beam or bars in the team final on July 30, 2024, she did participate in the vault event. The gymnast had an epic comeback and earned a score of 14.800. Jade and her fellow women\u2019s Team USA members \u2014 Simone Biles<\/strong>, Suni Lee<\/strong>, Jordan Chiles<\/strong> and Hezly Rivera<\/strong> \u2014 ultimately went on to win gold in the team final<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking to Olympics.com<\/em>, retired gymnast Aly Raisman<\/strong>, who has detailed her own frightening health experiences in the past, praised Jade for powering through her illness to dominate in the team final.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the hardest things about sports is that no matter how much you prepare you, sometimes the morning that you wake up for a meet, you might not be feeling well. You might be jet lagged, you may not have slept well, and fluke things can happen. It\u2019s just so devastating to hear that she hasn\u2019t been feeling well,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope that she knows that she did an unbelievable job.\u201d<\/p>\n Aly continued, \u201cShe should be so proud of herself. Gymnastics is already hard enough when you\u2019re feeling your peak, at your best. So the fact that she said she hasn\u2019t eaten in a few days and has been sick and was able to perform at that level, is truly remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n As for how Jade was feeling at the team final, commentator Laurie Hernandez<\/strong> revealed that she had been texting with the gymnast that morning. According to Laurie, Jade said she was still feeling dizzy and hadn\u2019t been able to eat yet.<\/p>\n The Golden Girls<\/a> celebrated their gold medals on social media by making TikToks that they had pre-planned before their win. Jade was noticeably missing<\/a> from the now-viral videos, leading fans to ask where she was.<\/p>\n \u201cWHERE IS MISS JADE??\u201d, a fan wrote in the comment section of teammate Simone\u2019s TikTok posted later that day.<\/p>\n Simone replied, \u201cShe went to the bathroom & then we haven\u2019t seen her since.\u201d<\/p>\n Jade did not qualify to move on to the individual event finals after her floor routine, however, she will still compete in the vault final after landing third during qualifiers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWhat Happened to Jade Carey at the 2024 Olympics?<\/h2>\n
Jade Carey and Team USA Win Gold in Team Final at 2024 Olympics<\/h2>\n
Will Jade Carey Compete in Individual Event Finals?<\/h2>\n