Valorie Severns This Olympic season, the United States took home a total of 86 medals, 28 of them being gold. With breaking and setting new world records, it seems as if the US Olympic results could not get better. Olympic training athletes spend countless hours upon hours working towards their dream, to compete in the world wide Olympics. The lucky ones will reach their goal and will bring home gold, creating tons and tons of celebration nationwide.
Hundreds of female and male swimmers train to make the national swimming team. Once they make the national team, they have a pretty good chance of making the Olympic team as well. Swimmers must be at least 16 years of age, or turning 16 within the calendar year, to compete in the Olympics. The average age for men swimmers in the Olympics is around 24 and for women it’s around 22 or 23. Katie Ledecky is the youngest Olympian on the team at just 19. The US swimming team brought home an astounding 33 medals, 16 being gold. If you’ve seen any amount of news headlines or media, you would know that the Girls Gymnastic team dominates the game. Simone Biles is easiest the most well-known new member of the group with the fact that she has her own floor move named after her. She has a running start into a round-off back handspring then pulls a double lay half out, and nails it every time. This was one of the factors that won her 4 gold medals. Returning gold medalist Gabby Duglas has also had her own headlines, but not quite for the same reason. She had a controversial action when the picture sparked the internet of her not putting her hand over her heart for the national anthem. But in the long run, the US women’s gymnastics took home a total of 12 medals, 4 being gold as well. US Olympic teams definitely represented by taking athletes as a whole and showing people across the world what the US brings to the table. Hard training athletes each year work towards showing and competing for gold, and bringing home gold, to the home of the brave.
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