Who is Jade Carey? Meet the gymnast stepping in for Simone Biles in the Olympics all-around final - CBS News

Jade Carey finished ninth in the qualifiers for the women's all-around gymnastics competition at the Olympics, behind two of her teammates.

A day after removing herself from the team final on Tuesday, Biles withdrew from Thursday's individual all-around competition to focus on her mental well-being, USA Gymnastics said.

The defending champion had said earlier this week that she felt "the weight of the world" on her shoulders at the Games.

She won gold in the vault and floor competitions in the 2020 Melbourne World Cup and the 2019 Doha World Cup and Baku World Cup, securing her spot in Tokyo thanks to a new rule that is entirely separate from the USA Gymnastics selection process.

"Winning silver on vault and floor really boosted my confidence and made me realize the Olympics is something I could go for.".

Carey was already set to compete next week in both the vault and floor individual competitions, but she was not a member of the four-person American team that placed silver behind the Russian Olympic Committee on Tuesday.

But now that she has a spot in the all-around, she is a medal contender.

In qualifiers, Carey scored 15.166 in the vault, 14.133 in the uneven bars, 12.866 in the balance beam and 14.100 on the floor.