Black Women Make History at US Gymnastics Championships
For the first time, Black women swept the podium at the U.S. Gymnastic Championships in the senior all-around competition held in Tampa, Florida in August.
Congratulations to Konnor McClain, 17; Shilese Jones, 20; and Jordan Chiles, 21. These young gymnasts are following in the footsteps of some of our greatest Black gynmasts, including Suni Lee, Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas.
17-year-old Konnor McClain earned the US all-around gymnastics title and a gold medal at the national championships. Her win is an amazing comeback after recovering from a stress fracture in both shins, a concussion, and the flu just two weeks ago.
“It’s so unreal,” McClain said after her brilliant two-day performance. “I’m still in shock a little bit.”
McClain won the gold medal on the balance beam and the top all-around rank with a score of 112.750 in her first senior national competition. Jones followed closely with a second-place overall score of 112.000 and Chiles placed third with a score of 111.900.
Event Scores
All-Around
- Konnor McClain — 112.75
- Shilese Jones — 112.0
- Jordan Chiles — 111.9
- Kayla DiCello — 110.95
- Jade Carey — 110.9
- Skye Blakely — 109.3
- Lexi Zeiss — 106.5
Balance Beam
- Konnor McClain — 28.9
- Ciena Alipio — 27.55
- Kayla DiCello — 27.35
- Jordan Chiles — 27.05
- Katelyn Jong — 26.55
- Leanng Wong — 26.55
Floor Exercise
- Shilese Jones — 28.35
- Jade Carey — 27.9
- Jordan Chiles — 27.85
- Konnor McClain — 27.75
- Kayla DiCello — 27.5
Uneven Bars
- Shilese Jones — 28.45
- Leanne Wong — 28.45
- Jordan Chiles — 28.35
- Nola Matthews — 27.8
- Skye Blakely — 27.75
Vault
- Jade Carey — 29.45
- Shilese Jones — 29.05
- Konnor McClain — 28.75
- Jordan Chiles — 28.65
- Amelia Disidore — 28.6
The next time fans can see McClain, Jones and Chiles together again will be at the 2022 World Gymnastics Championships to be held in Liverpool, England, beginning Oct. 29.
