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U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles relishes Olympic silver
LOCATION: UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIFORNIAU.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles isrelishing her team’s Olympic silverNAME: JORDAN CHILES, OLYMPIC MEDALISTYes, we won silver – we didn’t just get silver – we won silver… we’re all so dedicated and so strong and that people should realize how much we’ve gone through to understand that we still are silver medalists. And these are gold in our eyes, no matter what even happened, those are still the gold in our eyes.”Chiles filled in for Simone Bilesafter she dropped out of the team finalShe says she’s proud of Bilesfor standing up for mental health”…As gymnasts, mental health is something that is very, very needed, because if we don’t know where we’re going, we can get injured… When I look back, I’m like in awe because putting your feet into somebody’s shoes that are that huge, especially her, is just like, wow… And she just cheered her brains out for us. She was the biggest support that we ever had, especially for a lot of us, she was our idol. She’s still our idol. So having that moment with her was an amazing thing.”Chiles almost quit gymnastics in 2018Now she says she’s definitely considering competing in Paris 2024