Krysta Palmer became one of the first two divers to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team on Thursday when she won the synchronized springboard competition with Alison Gibson.
On Saturday, Palmer, who turns 29 on Sunday, ensured she will also compete in the individual springboard contest in Tokyo when she topped that event. And she will be joined there by 18-year-old Hailey Hernandez, who is 11 years her junior.
Tokyo will be the first Olympics for both divers.
“This is so unreal; I’m at a loss of words right now,” Hernandez told NBC reporter Kelli Stavast.