TOKYO — Jade Carey redeemed herself from a disappointing performance in the vault final to come back the next day here at the Tokyo Games and win the gold medal on the floor exercise.
Wearing a red, white and blue leotard that sparkled in the lights of the Ariake Gymnastics Center, she flipped, twisted and danced her way to the top of the podium. Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari won silver and Mai Murakami of Japan won bronze.
Just a day before, in the vault final, she tripped during her run-up to her first vault. She had planned to do a Yurchenko 2½, which is 2 ½ twists in the air and one flip, but could only flip once, with no twists.