Jade Carey says she likely won’t compete elite in 2025: “I just want to take the year to come down a bit.” - Exclusive
The two-time Olympic gold medallist looks forward to her senior year at Oregon State University and beyond
Artistic Gymnastics
Two-time Olympic artistic gymnastics gold medal winner Jade Carey of the United States is looking forward to some downtime – finally.
The 24-year-old has been going nearly non-stop since capturing floor exercise gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021.
Her Olympic triumphs led directly into a star turn in Simone Biles’ ‘Gold Over America Tour’ and then into three seasons of balancing NCAA gymnastics at Oregon State University and elite gymnastics.
At the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Carey helped Team USA reclaim the women’s title before adding vault bronze to her medal haul. Now, she’s back on the road with Biles in the second edition of her nationwide tour.
“I think I just want to take the year to kind of come down a little bit,” Carey told Olympics.com Friday (20 September) ahead of the show in Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, later saying she "probably" wouldn't try for a spot at the 2025 World Championships.
Still, Carey has plenty to look forward to in her senior season with the OSU Beavers.
“I’m really excited for this season in college,” she said. “I think probably in the beginning, I’ll take it a little bit slow so I have a little bit of downtime. But you never know with me.”
During the 2024 season, as Carey prepared for her Paris run, she had planned a scaled-back approach. It’s one that she stuck to at first, initially performing on one or two events at a time as the season got underway.
She later added vault and floor to her schedule and increased her difficulty as the weeks rolled on.
“I feel like I can’t really [hold back]. I like to dive right in, but I’m excited to be able to really focus on my team this year,” said Carey. “I’m not doing elite this year, so I just have them to focus on and that’s it. I’m really excited to jump in with them and be a leader and help get them to where we want to go.”
The NCAA season begins in January.