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Jordan Chiles
Name: Jordan Chiles
Age: 20
Profession: U.S. Olympic gymnast, UCLA Bruin
Hometown: Vancouver, Wash.
Guilty pleasure: Shopping
During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when star U.S. gymnast Simone Biles suddenly withdrew from the team final after suffering a case of the twisties on the vault, her teammate Jordan Chiles was called on to step in—but the 20-year-old was unsure whether she could deliver.