<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="418425" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Team-USA">Team USA</keyword>'s <keyword id="5562485" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jade-Carey">Jade Carey</keyword> won gold in the women's <keyword id="8684" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="gymnastics">gymnastics</keyword> floor exercise on Monday.</li><li>The 21-year-old put together a near-flawless routine to win her first medal of the Tokyo <keyword id="6360967" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="olympics">Olympics</keyword>.</li><li>Just 24 hours before, Carey took a terrifying stumble on the vault and failed to medal in the even.</li></ul>Jade Carey has the Olympic hardware she's always dreamed of - and it's gold.The 21-year-old Team USA gymnast shined in the Tokyo Olympics floor exercise final to best Italy's Vanessa Ferrari and Japan's Mai Murakami and finish atop the podium on Monday.And in a stunning display of resilience, Carey accomplished her gold-medal feat just 24 hours after what her dad and coach, <a href="https://twitter.com/WillGravesAP/status/1422142775001161729">Brian Carey, described as</a> "maybe the worst day of her career."<div type="image" title="Carey poses with her gold medal after the floor exercise final." height="1583" width="2111" msid="84974149" hostid="261"></div>On Sunday, Carey competed in the women's vault final against <a href="https://www.insider.com/tokyo-2020-usa-gymnastics-grandma-mykayla-skinner-wins-silver-2021-8">fellow American MyKayla Skinner</a> and six other gymnasts from across the globe. The Phoenix, Arizona, native finished second in qualifying on the apparatus, and after international superstar <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-floor-routine-balance-beam-2021-7">Simone Biles withdrew from the event</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-mental-health-not-there-prompting-olympics-team-exit-2021-7">citing mental health concerns</a>, Carey was the favorite to take home the gold.But disaster struck for Carey during Sunday's final. She tripped and stumbled on the run-up to her first vault of the event, narrowly avoiding a disaster by <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2021/08/gymnastics-vault-bars-apparatus-finals-touch-warmup-skinner-carey.html">bailing on her planned Cheng</a> and instead opting for the much less complicated tucked Yurchenko.<div type="image" title="Jade Carey competes in the vault final at the Tokyo Olympics." height="1750" width="2333" msid="84974151" hostid="261"></div>She really had no choice, as the elder Carey pointed out on Monday."I told her she had to bail out or she might not be walking right now," he said, according to AP's Will Graves.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Will Graves (@WillGravesAP) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1422152774851039243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2021</a></blockquote>Though she landed safely on her feet, Carey took a major hit from the judges. Her 11.933 - thanks to the skill's paltry 3.300 difficulty score - all but assured that she was out of medal contention in the event where she is considered a specialist.While her next vault was a significant improvement on the first pass, it also fell flat. Thanks to a full two-point penalty, Carey earned a 12.900. Ultimately, she finished eighth of eight gymnasts in the final.<div type="image" title="Brian Carey (right) -&#xa0;Jade Carey's father and coach -&#xa0;comforts his daughter after her vault mishap." height="1665" width="2221" msid="84974154" hostid="261"></div>Somehow, Carey managed to bounce back to perform the floor exercise of her dreams a day later. Even without performing the most challenging skills in her arsenal, the future Oregon State Beaver leaned on a 6.300 difficulty score - the only such score higher than a 6.000 in the competition - to best the field on Monday.Her 8.066 execution score - an improvement on the 7.900 she earned in the qualifying event - didn't hurt, either. She comfortably took the top prize, earning 0.166 points more than the second-place finisher.<div type="image" title="Jade Carey places her gold medal around her father's neck." height="1667" width="2500" msid="84974156" hostid="261"></div>The floor exercise gold medal marks the first of Carey's gymnastics career, as she was not one of <a href="https://www.insider.com/usa-gymnastics-the-fighting-four-team-name-meaning-2021-7">"The Fighting Four"</a> athletes who <a href="https://www.insider.com/usa-gymnastics-sunisa-lee-jordan-chiles-grace-mccallum-silver-feat-2021-7">won silver for the United States</a> in the team all-around final.And though she's done with her slate for the Tokyo Games, Carey - and each of the six women's gymnasts selected to compete for Team USA - will return stateside with a medal around her neck.

American gymnast Jade Carey rebounded to win gold 24 hours after taking a terrifying stumble at the Olympics

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="418425" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Team-USA">Team USA</keyword> <keyword id="8684" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="gymnastics">gymnastics</keyword> squad heading to this summer's Tokyo Olympics is beginning to take shape.</li><li><keyword id="11422756" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jordan-chiles">Jordan Chiles</keyword> and <keyword id="11422758" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sunisa-lee">Sunisa Lee</keyword> look poised to join <keyword id="1893821" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Simone-Biles">Simone Biles</keyword> as part of the four-person team event.</li><li><keyword id="5562485" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jade-Carey">Jade Carey</keyword> has already punched her ticket to Japan, though her role with the team remains uncertain.</li></ul>Simone Biles is all but certainly heading to this summer's Olympics.But the 2021 <keyword id="836511" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="USA-Gymnastics">USA Gymnastics</keyword> squad that'll accompany her to the games is still up in the air.With the US Gymnastics Championships behind us and the US Olympic trials on the horizon, we're finally starting to get a clearer picture of who will join Biles in Tokyo.But before we discuss the field and the top contenders vying for the few highly-coveted spots on Team USA, let's outline the structure of the team and how the selection process works.<h2>4 gymnasts will head to Tokyo to represent Team USA in the Olympics team competition</h2><div type="image" title="final five.JPG" height="2089" width="2785" msid="83407716" hostid="261"></div>Marking a significant shift from the five-woman squads that have been wildly popular at past Olympics - like the US' <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-fierce-five-usa-womens-gymnastics-team-2020-7">Fierce Five</a> and Final Five - new rules dictate that each country can only select four gymnasts to compete in the games' team competition.That quartet will be eligible to participate in individual events as well as the team all-around.Those four athletes will earn their spots on the Olympic squad through US Olympic trials, which are scheduled for June 24-27 in St. Louis. The first and second-place finishers will secure an automatic bid to Tokyo.Considering Biles has not lost a single all-around competition since she became a senior elite gymnast in 2013, she'll almost certainly chart her path to this summer's games via that top slot.<div type="image" title="simone biles" height="1666" width="2222" msid="83407721" hostid="261"></div>The athlete selection committee will hand pick gymnasts to fill the remaining two spots on the all-around team.Using the results from the US Gymnastics Championships as well as the US Olympic trials scores as their basis, the committee members will weigh a number of criteria to build the team.These include experience, consistency, team needs, and more, with the aim of building a complementary group with the greatest chance of winning gold in the team competition, according to the <a href="https://usagym.org/PDFs/Pressbox/Selection%20Procedures/w_20olympics_0423.pdf">USA Gymnastics Athlete Selection Procedures</a>.In other words, the committee will look to strategically select another two gymnasts who best fill in the gaps left by the top two US Olympic trial finishers. It also means that the committee won't necessarily select the next-best all-around finishers from trials.<div type="image" title="us gymnastics team" height="1664" width="2500" msid="83407728" hostid="261"></div>Here's an example: should Biles secure one of the automatic bids, the committee will prioritize a top uneven bars performer to compensate for Biles' (relative) weakness in that event.If the third or fourth-place finisher at Olympic trials is also weak on the uneven bars, they could potentially get passed over for a gymnast who is stronger on that front.<h2>Here's where it gets tricky - a maximum of 2 additional gymnasts will represent the US in individual events</h2>In addition to those initial four athletes, the US will have a maximum of two extra spots available to individuals whose scores will not contribute to the team all-around competition.The USA Gymnastics Athlete Selection Procedures state that the committee will chose which gymnasts fill these slots "based on the goal of maximizing medal potential in individual event competition."While these two athletes are technically eligible to compete in the individual all-around event, the committee is unlikely to prioritize a balanced star given <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-vault-skills-undervalued-safety-of-others-maintaining-competition-2021-5">Biles' dominance</a> in every all-around competition she's ever partaken in.It follows, then, that these USA Gymnastics competitors will likely be specialists in specific events - i.e. vault, floor, balance beam, or uneven bars.<div type="image" title="simone biles" height="1666" width="2222" msid="83407737" hostid="261"></div>One such gymnast has already punched her ticket to Japan.Jade Carey - a 21-year-old Phoenix native - clinched one of the US' two individual slots for the Tokyo Olympics back in April 2020. By skipping the World Championships in 2018, Carey was able to qualify via her stellar performances at four World Cup competitions between 2018 and 2019.A member of the US team that won gold at the 2019 World Championships, Carey is best known for her brilliance on vault - the event in which she's earned two silver medals at Worlds.She's also won World Championship silver and Pan American Championship gold on the floor exercise, making her something of a specialist in both events.As <a href="https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2021/06/08/which-women-will-make-the-u-s-olympic-gymnastics-team/">NBC's Alex Azzi recently noted</a>, Carey's strategic path to an Olympics slot "made sense" when she and her dad first birthed the plan "given that she wasn't a particularly strong all-arounder" at the time. But Carey has improved her standing on the balance beam and uneven bars since then, and even finished 11th and eighth, respectively, at this year's US Gymnastics Championships.<div type="image" title="jade carey brian carey" height="1666" width="2223" msid="83407745" hostid="261"></div>For this reason, Carey is still expected to compete at the upcoming US Olympic trials despite already securing an individual spot.According to her father and coach, Brian Carey, Jade will use trials "to show that she's ready" for a spot on the four-person squad competing in the team event in Tokyo, <a href="https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2020/04/14/jade-carey-qualifies-olympics-gymnastics/">NBC Sports</a> reported in April 2020.<h2>So who's headed to Tokyo on behalf of USA Gymnastics?</h2>The short answer is we don't know yet.The longer answer is that the results from the 2021 US Gymnastics Championships give us a clue as to how things may shake out at US Olympic trials.Assuming Biles takes gold at US Olympic trials - and that's a pretty safe assumption given her undefeated status in all-around events - the rest of the field will be competing in St. Louis for the lone remaining guaranteed spot at the Tokyo games.Based on recent performances, that spot will likely go to one of two apparent frontrunners: Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles.<div type="image" title="sunisa lee" height="1666" width="2223" msid="83407750" hostid="261"></div>Lee, an 18-year-old St. Paul, Minnesota native took second place behind Biles in the US Championships all-around in early June. She earned a silver medal on the balance beam and finished fifth on the floor exercise, but Lee shined brightest on the uneven bars, where she won gold by a nearly half-point margin.Her strengths on beam and bars compensate well for Biles' (again, relative) weaknesses, while her weaknesses on floor and vault perfectly complement Biles' strengths - making Lee an extra compelling candidate for USA Gymnastics regardless of whether she clinches an automatic bid at Olympic trials.Chiles - who finished exactly half a point behind Lee to take third in the all-around at the US Championships - is much more comparable to Biles in her overall consistency.The similarities don't end there. Recognizing her potential to emulate the four-time Olympic gold medalist, Chiles moved across the country from her hometown of Vancouver, Washington, to train at Biles' World Champions Centre gym in Spring, Texas, a few years back.<div type="image" title="jordan chiles" height="1666" width="2223" msid="83407752" hostid="261"></div>The 20-year-old finished top-five in every individual event at the 2021 US Championships. In addition to her third place all-around finish, Chiles took bronze on the vault as well as fourth on the balance beam, uneven bars, and floor exercise.Considering the team all-around final at the Olympics will require three out of the four chosen gymnasts to participate in each event, Chiles' universal skillset would make her a valuable addition to the group.<h2>The final spot on the 4-woman all-around team is the most competitive of all</h2>With Lee and Chiles emerging as favorites to join Biles as the leading gymnasts selected to represent the US in Japan, a large field of contenders remain for both the remaining slot on the all-around team and the two additional individual spots.<div type="image" title="emma malabuyo" height="1565" width="2087" msid="83407754" hostid="261"></div>Towards the top of the list to fill that final spot is 18-year-old Emma Malabuyo.She just missed the podium at US Championships, finishing four points behind Chiles to take fourth place in the all-around. Malabuyo, like Biles and Chiles, is fairly consistent across her events - she finished sixth on beam and seventh on floor and bars.Vault stands out as a weak point in her repertoire, as she placed 18th in the event.That could be a problem for the US in Olympic team competition; Biles and Chiles both made the podium on vault, but Lee finished in 13th. Assuming those three are selected to the team, Malabuyo's addition would leave the US vulnerable in that event.While, Biles' dominance on vault could very well compensate for that issue, there are other contenders who pose less risk on that front. Leanne Wong, who finished a slim 0.30 of a point behind Malabuyo to place fifth in the all-around at US Championships, is one such option.<div type="image" title="leanne wong" height="1666" width="2222" msid="83407756" hostid="261"></div>Wong finished fourth in the vault exercise at the US Championships while making the podium on the floor, finishing third. And the 17-year-old still holds her own in the other events, albeit not as consistently as Malabuyo - she placed 10th on beam and 15th on the bars.Wong appears to be the strongest complement to a Biles-Lee-Chiles core. With her on the team, the US would boast three of the top-five finishers at the US Championships in every individual event.Still, there are other gymnasts contending for both the final team spot and the other two spots reserved for athletes competing exclusively in the individual events.Carey - who, as mentioned above, already secured her individual bid - is still striving for the team competition.<div type="image" title="jade carey" height="1666" width="2222" msid="83407757" hostid="261"></div>But here's where it gets complicated - again.Should Carey qualify for and accept a position on the four-person team, the US would be forced to renounce one of its two individual slots; the selection committee would not be allowed to fill her vacant spot.It's unlikely that the decision-makers for Team USA would voluntarily put themselves in the position to forgo an additional competitor in Tokyo. So if Carey has any realistic shot at competing for the team, she'll likely have to qualify by finishing first or second in the all-around at Olympic trials. She finished sixth overall at the US Championships, so an automatic bid isn't entirely out of the question - but it would be a considerable upset nonetheless.Other possibilities for that final team slot are 18-year-old Grace McCallum and 16-year-old Skye Blakely - who tied for seventh in the US Championships all-around. Additionally, 24-year-old MyKayla Skinner, 18-year-old Kara Eaker, and 17-year-old Kayla DiCello - ninth, 10th, and 11th place, respectively - will all be in contention.Notably, all five of those gymnasts were within 0.75 of a point of one another at US Championships, making the choice between them all the more difficult.<div type="image" title="mykayla skinner" height="1665" width="2220" msid="83407758" hostid="261"></div>Many of the quintet will be in the conversation for the remaining individual spot, too. As mentioned previously, the selection committee will likely prioritize a specialist here. Skinner fits the bill as the second-place finisher on the vault at US Championships, as does 19-year-old Riley McCusker, who finished second on the uneven bars.<h2>Ultimately, it will all come down to US Olympic trials</h2>With razor-thin margins between most competitors to this point, the powers that be at USA Gymnastics are likely to rely heavily upon the results from US Olympic trials. Unless catastrophe strikes, Biles will take the top spot. Lee and Chiles are likely to finish somewhere close - but not too close - behind her.The rest is really anyone's guess.<div type="image" title="us gymnastics championships" height="1667" width="2500" msid="83407760" hostid="261"></div>The final sprint for a spot in the Olympics will take place at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis.Viewers can <a href="https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/09/olympic-trials-tv-live-stream-schedule/">tune in to NBC</a> on June 25 at 8 p.m. ET and June 27 at 8:30 p.m. ET to watch the drama unfold and decide for themselves who deserves those highly-coveted tickets to Tokyo.

We're starting to get a better picture of who will join Simone Biles on Team USA's Olympic gymnastics squad

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Simone Biles is returning to the mat for the US Classic, US Gymnastics announced Wednesday. </li><li>This will be her first competition since <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-drops-out-of-olympics-gymnastics-team-final-2021-7">taking herself out</a> of some events at the Tokyo Games in 2021.</li></ul>The GOAT is heading back to the mat. Simone Biles is making a surprise return to elite gymnastics competition after a two-year hiatus from the sport, <a href="https://usagym.org/legendary-olympic-gold-medalists-lead-star-studded-entrant-list-for-u-s-classic/">US Gymnastics announced on Wednesday</a>.The four-time Olympic gold medalist is set to compete in the US Classic alongside <a href="https://www.insider.com/suni-lee-interview-olympic-return-paris-2024-leaving-college-2023-1">Sunisa "Suni" Lee</a> — the <a href="https://www.insider.com/suni-lee-olympic-medals-locked-in-safe-snafu-2023-1">2020 Olympic all-around champion</a> — and Jade Carey on August 5 in Illinois. The competition, which is often seen as a lead-in to the national championships, will be Biles' first return to the mat since she <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-drops-out-of-olympics-gymnastics-team-final-2021-7">took herself out of competition</a> at the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/tokyo-2020">2020 Tokyo Olympics</a>.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles at Tokyo 2020." height="1348" width="2022" msid="101346922" hostid="261" sizebytes="146510"></div><a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-mental-health-not-there-prompting-olympics-team-exit-2021-7" rel="">Mental-health struggles</a> and a case of "<a href="https://www.insider.com/elite-gymnasts-say-simone-biles-lucky-she-didnt-get-injured-2021-7" rel="">the twisties</a>" — a phenomenon dreaded by gymnasts and divers alike that causes disorientation in the air — forced Biles to withdraw from a total of five medal events at the Tokyo Games. Should she choose to keep competing after the Classic and make a run to the Paris Olympics in 2024, however, the <a href="https://www.insider.com/olympic-gymnast-simone-biles-marries-nfl-star-jonathan-owens-2023-4">newly married superstar</a> could vie for even more gymnastics history.With her stunning comeback performance in her last event of the Tokyo Olympics — the balance-beam final — Biles <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-tokyo-olympics-balance-beam-return-leaves-star-smiling-2021-8" rel="">earned a hard-fought bronze</a>, tying Shannon Miller for most Olympic medals won by an American female gymnast with seven apiece. Another trip to the podium in Paris — either as an individual or with her USA Gymnastics teammates — would give the <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-gymnastics-photos-show-how-she-dominates-the-competition-2020-4">gymnastics legend</a> sole possession of the record.And she'd be doing it as Team USA's oldest female gymnast in at least 40 years; Biles would be 27 years old by the time she'd head to France for her third games of her illustrious career.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles biting a gold medal." height="2318" width="3090" msid="101346923" hostid="261" sizebytes="327656"></div>Kathy Johnson Clarke — an American gymnast who was three years younger when she competed at the 1984 Olympics — <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/08/04/olympic-womens-gymnastics-age/">told the Washington Post</a> she felt "ancient" compared to her gymnastics counterparts at the time.But if anyone in the sport can manage to do the unimaginable, it's Simone Biles: the gymnast who has become synonymous with <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike-vault-us-classic-2021-5">surmounting the impossible</a>.

Simone Biles is making a surprise return to elite gymnastics competition &mdash; and she could be aiming to make history at the 2024 Paris Olympics

<ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-drops-out-of-olympics-gymnastics-team-final-2021-7">Simone Biles withdrew</a> from Tuesday's <keyword id="6360967" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="olympics">Olympics</keyword> team all-around final due to <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-mental-health-not-there-prompting-olympics-team-exit-2021-7">mental health concerns</a>.</li><li>She subsequently pulled herself out of contention for the individual all-around competition as well.</li><li>Despite not participating in Thursday's event, Biles was in the stands to support her teammates.</li></ul><keyword id="1893821" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Simone-Biles">Simone Biles</keyword> may not be competing in the individual all-around at the Tokyo Olympics, but she was still on hand at Ariake <keyword id="8684" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="gymnastics">Gymnastics</keyword> Center on Thursday.The American superstar and most decorated gymnast in the sport's history <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-drops-out-of-olympics-gymnastics-team-final-2021-7">withdrew from the Olympics team all-around final</a> on Tuesday due to <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-mental-health-not-there-prompting-olympics-team-exit-2021-7">mental health concerns</a>.And after saying she would "hopefully" be ready to defend her 2016 gold medal in Thursday's individual all-around, Biles subsequently withdrew from that event, too.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles." height="1666" width="2222" msid="84859582" hostid="261"></div>Still, the 24-year-old was spotted up in the stands to watch <keyword id="418425" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Team-USA">Team USA</keyword> teammates Sunisa "Suni" Lee and Jade Carey fight for a spot on the podium.Lee - the youngest of <a href="https://www.insider.com/usa-gymnastics-the-fighting-four-team-name-meaning-2021-7">"The Fighting Four" squad</a> - was set to compete in the individual all-around after finishing third overall in the qualification round. But Carey was a last-minute addition, replacing Biles as the second American in the 24-person field.Biles was seated beside some of the other women's gymnastics athletes who traveled to Tokyo on behalf of Team USA, including <a href="https://www.insider.com/jordan-chiles-thought-replacing-simone-biles-in-team-all-around-was-joke-2021-7">Jordan Chiles</a>, Riley McCusker, and Mykayla Skinner. All were presumably cheering on Lee and Carey, but Biles was apparently supporting gymnasts from other countries, too.And she was doing it loudly enough to get picked up on NBC's broadcast.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Lauren Green (@Lauren_Green08) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1420720213780307968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2021</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Scott Bregman (@sbregman87) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1420719700900597764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2021</a></blockquote>In addition to both the individual and team all-around competitions, Biles qualified for each of the four apparatus finals in Tokyo.While it remains unclear if she'll compete, her next event - the vault final, where <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike-tokyo-olympics-podium-training-2021-7">she was expected</a> to try her <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike-vault-nerves-video-facebook-docuseries-2021-6">highly-anticipated</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike-vault-us-classic-2021-5">Yurchenko double pike</a> - is scheduled for Sunday at 4:55 a.m. ET.

Simone Biles was in the stands to support her teammates after dropping out of her second Olympics event

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="836511" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="USA-Gymnastics">USA Gymnastics</keyword> women's roster is complete for the Tokyo <keyword id="6360967" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="olympics">Olympics</keyword>.</li><li>Three athletes will join <keyword id="1893821" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Simone-Biles">Simone Biles</keyword> on the American squad competing in the team all-around.</li><li>Two additional gymnasts - Jade Carey and MyKayla Skinner - will head to Tokyo as specialists.</li></ul>The Tokyo Olympics are less than a month away, and the USA Gymnastics women's squad is finally complete.Six women - all younger than 25 years old - will vie for gold as they represent the United States on the world's biggest stage. Four of the six will compete in the team all-around competition as the Americans seek their third-consecutive gold medal in the event, while the other two athletes will head to Tokyo as specialists.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles." height="1719" width="2295" msid="83927026" hostid="261"></div>Simone Biles, the 24-year-old widely understood to be the greatest gymnast in the sport's history, headlines the young squad. Since dominating the <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-final-five-usa-womens-gymnastics-team-2021-6">2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro</a> to the tune of <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-bronze-medal-neglected-because-of-gold-rio-2016-2021-6">four golds and one bronze medal</a>, Biles <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-fear-keeps-gymnastics-fun-facebook-watch-docuseries-2021-6">has pushed herself</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-slow-motion-video-floor-routine-us-gymnastics-championships-2021-6">and the sport</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike-vault-nerves-video-facebook-docuseries-2021-6">to new heights</a> en route to becoming <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-dominates-worlds-tokyo-2020-olympics-2019-10">the most decorated gymnast</a> - man or woman - in the history of world championship gymnastics.Now, as she enters the final elite gymnastics competition of her illustrious career, <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-dominates-worlds-tokyo-2020-olympics-2019-10">Biles is primed to become the most accomplished Olympian of all time</a>. And she'll have the chance to do it alongside a close friend and teammate from her Spring, Texas, gym.<div type="image" title="Jordan Chiles (left) and Simone Biles." height="785" width="1047" msid="83927029" hostid="261"></div><keyword id="11422756" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jordan-chiles">Jordan Chiles</keyword> - a 20-year-0ld Vancouver, Washington, native - moved across the country from her hometown in 2019 to train at World Champions Centre. Since joining Biles at her family's academy, Chiles has catapulted onto the national scene and mold herself into a frontrunner for an Olympics roster spot.Her performance at the 2021 US Championships - where she finished top-five in every individual event - all but confirmed that she'd be heading to Tokyo. In addition to her third-place all-around finish, Chiles took bronze on the vault and fourth on the balance beam, uneven bars, and floor exercise.<div type="image" title="jordan chiles" height="1666" width="2223" msid="83927033" hostid="261"></div>She replicated that effort at USA Gymnastics Olympic Trials this weekend, finishing second on bars, third on floor, third on vault, fourth on beam, and third overall. She became an obvious choice for the selection committee to add to the four-woman team seeking all-around gold in Tokyo.Second place at trials went to Sunisa "Suni" Lee, giving her a guaranteed spot on that same four-woman squad. The 18-year-old took second place behind Biles in the US Championships all-around earlier in June. Lee earned a silver medal on the balance beam and finished fifth on the floor exercise, but she shined brightest on the uneven bars down in Fort Worth, Texas, where she won gold by a near half of a point.<div type="image" title="sunisa lee" height="1666" width="2223" msid="83927035" hostid="261"></div>Lee bested that already incredible effort on bars at this weekend's trials in St. Louis, where she outperformed Chiles - the second-place finisher - by a greater than two-point margin. The St. Paul, Minnesota, native also finished first on the balance beam to outscore Biles on the second day of trials. It's the first time anyone has bested Biles in a single day of all-around competition since 2013, <a href="https://twitter.com/nzaccardi/status/1409331684152053760?s=20">per NBC's Nick Zaccardi</a>.Grace McCallum rounds out the United States' four-person all-around squad. After tying for seventh in the US Championships all-around, the 18-year-old Isanti, Minnesota, native shined at trials with top-five performances on floor, uneven bars, and beam to finish fourth in the all-around and secure her spot on the squad via the USA Gymnastics selection committee.<div type="image" title="Grace McCallum." height="1666" width="2222" msid="83927037" hostid="261"></div>Jade Carey - a 21-year-old Phoenix native - clinched one of the US' two individual slots for the Tokyo Olympics in April 2020. By skipping the World Championships in 2018, Carey was able to qualify via her stellar performances at four World Cup competitions between 2018 and 2019. And though she hoped to secure a spot to compete in the team all-around event, Carey's 16th-place finish overall at Olympic trials was far from enough to push her onto the squad.Best known for her brilliance on vault - the event in which she's earned two silver medals at Worlds - Carey has also won World Championship silver and Pan American Championship gold on the floor exercise. As something of a specialist in both events, the 5-foot-2 gymnast will look to qualify and medal in the events that Biles has long had on lock.<div type="image" title="jade carey" height="1666" width="2222" msid="83927043" hostid="261"></div>The oldest of the group, 24-year-old MyKayla Skinner, earned a spot in Tokyo as the second specialist via the selection committee after her fifth-place finish at Olympic Trials. Like Carey, the Gilbert, Arizona native is known for her vaulting ability.Though she ranked top-10 in the other three events in St. Louis, Skinner excelled on the vault to finish less than half a point behind Biles this weekend. Expect the University of Utah alumna to make a splash in the event come Olympics time.<div type="image" title="mykayla skinner" height="1665" width="2220" msid="83927046" hostid="261"></div>Kayla DiCello, Kara Eaker, Leanne Wong, and Emma Malabuyo - who finished sixth through ninth at trials this weekend - will accompany the team as alternates in Tokyo. Should any of those six gymnasts suffer an injury or find themselves in a position where they couldn't compete, one of the four alternates would take her place.Women's qualification at this summer's Olympics begins Sunday, July 25. The team all-around final will take place two days later, with the individual all-around following two days after that.

The US women's Olympic gymnastics squad is complete - here's who is on Team USA

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1893821" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Simone-Biles">Simone Biles</keyword> has qualified for every single women's <keyword id="8684" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="gymnastics">gymnastics</keyword> medal event at the Tokyo <keyword id="6360967" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="olympics">Olympics</keyword>.</li><li>She managed the incredible feat despite an uncharacteristically <a href="http://insider.com/simone-biles-floor-error-finishes-second-gymnastics-qualifying-2021-7">weak performance at qualifying</a>.</li><li>Despite errors on all but one apparatus, <a href="http://insider.com/simone-biles-vault-skills-undervalued-safety-of-others-maintaining-competition-2021-5">Biles finished first</a> in the individual all-around.</li></ul>Simone Biles has qualified for every single medal event at the Tokyo Olympics.It's a stunning feat, made even more stunning in light of an Olympic rule that limits each country to just two athletes for each individual event final.But if you were to ask the GOAT herself, she'd likely be the first to tell you that Sunday's showing left much to be desired.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics women's gymnastics qualification event." height="1080" width="1440" msid="84738840" hostid="261"></div>"Obviously there are little things we need to work on," Biles said after the qualifying round, <a href="https://people.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-simone-biles-team-usa-uncharacteristically-sloppy-errors-qualifying-round/">per People</a>. "We'll go back and practice and work on that, just so we can do our best performance at team finals because that's what matters."As was all but a foregone conclusion years in the making, Biles finished atop the field in the all-around. But she relied heavily on her <a href="http://insider.com/simone-biles-vault-skills-undervalued-safety-of-others-maintaining-competition-2021-5">astronomically high difficulty scores</a> in nearly every apparatus to get herself there, as her execution scores took a hit thanks to her uncharacteristically sloppy performance in her Tokyo opener.Biles started on the floor exercise, which is arguably her most dominant event of any given competition. But even with two eponymous skills built into her routine, the 24-year-old international icon struggled to reach her usual top marks.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles." height="1666" width="2500" msid="84738841" hostid="261"></div>During the penultimate tumbling pass of her performance on the floor, Biles stepped out of bounds and picked up a massive point deduction. And while Biles has been known to teeter out of bounds from time to time due to the immense power on many of her passes, Sunday's error was more jarring than usual; Biles flew clean off the mat.The error resulted in a three-tenths point deduction and relegated Biles to second overall on the apparatus - a position she's rarely found herself in during her career.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles Olympic qualifying floor." height="1668" width="2223" msid="84738842" hostid="261"></div>She and her <keyword id="418425" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Team-USA">Team USA</keyword> counterparts moved on to the vault from there. Though Biles has a ground-breaking Yurchenko double pike in her arsenal for these games, she chose to save the highly-anticipated stunt for the finals competitions.Instead, Biles went with a Cheng - a half-twist onto the vaulting table and a straight-legged front flip with 1.5 twists off of it. She's pulled it off countless times throughout her illustrious career, but on Sunday, she once again put too much power into the skill and wound up stepping off the mat on the landing.She wasn't impressed:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-PettyOkino (@PettyOkino) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1419188928100421636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2021</a></blockquote>Her second vault, an Amanar, featured a roundoff back handspring onto the vault with 2.5 twists during a back layout. She completed it cleanly for a score of 15.4 - tied for the highest point value given to any vault performed during the qualifying round.It was just good enough to finish first; she edged out American teammate Jade Carey for the top spot by less than two-hundredths of a point.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles competes on the vault." height="1446" width="2500" msid="84738848" hostid="261"></div>On the uneven bars - her next event and the one considered her weakest of the four - Biles worked through her routine without issue. She earned a 10th-best 14.566 on the apparatus, but with four Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) athletes finishing ahead of her, Biles saw the aforementioned "two-per" rule work to her advantage and enable her to squeak into the final in the eighth spot.Biles rounded out the qualification round with the balance beam - the event that resulted in the lone bronze medal of her stunning breakout at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This time around, her performance was nearly flawless- aside from yet another high-powered dismount that left her stumbling many feet backwards.<div type="image" title="Simone Biles prepares for the balance beam." height="1589" width="2500" msid="84738855" hostid="261"></div>On the whole, Biles' outing was rather lackluster - relatively speaking, of course. But the embellishments wound up being unnecessary; she achieved everything she set out to without the glitz and wide margins her fans have grown used to. Biles will return to the gym in two days for the team all-around final. She and Team USA were favored to win gold heading into the games, but Sunday's second-place finish behind ROC may have cast some doubt on that advantage.Fans can tune in on NBC at 6:45 a.m. ET Tuesday to watch <a href="https://www.insider.com/team-usa-olympics-gymnastics-team-members-2021-6">Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Grace McCallum</a> compete for <keyword id="836511" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="USA-Gymnastics">USA Gymnastics</keyword>' third-consecutive gold medal in the team event.

Simone Biles qualified for every Tokyo gymnastics medal event - but it was a far cry from her usual dominance

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On TikTok, a five-step diet-and-exercise challenge has gone viral over the past year. </li><li>The "75 Hard" challenge incorporates reading, eating, and fitness advice developed by a CEO.</li></ul>On TikTok, a 75-day diet-and-exercise regime is going viral, with creators documenting the challenge as they complete it day by day. The hashtag #75Hard currently has over 1 billion views on the platform. <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@abbieetayylor/video/7097709227682090283" data-video-id="7097709227682090283" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@abbieetayylor" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@abbieetayylor">@abbieetayylor</a> TODAY IS DAY 75 <a title="75hard" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hard">#75hard</a> <a title="75hardresults" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hardresults">#75hardresults</a> <a title="75hardfitness" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hardfitness">#75hardfitness</a> <a title="weightloss" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weightloss">#weightloss</a> <a title="loseweight" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/loseweight">#loseweight</a> <a title="beforeandafter" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/beforeandafter">#beforeandafter</a> <a title="weightlosstransformation" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weightlosstransformation">#weightlosstransformation</a> <a title="beforeandafterweightloss" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/beforeandafterweightloss">#beforeandafterweightloss</a> <a title="transformation" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/transformation">#transformation</a> <a title="fy" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fy">#fy</a> <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">#fyp</a> <a title="weightlossvideo" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weightlossvideo">#weightlossvideo</a> <a title="girlswhoworkout" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/girlswhoworkout">#girlswhoworkout</a> <a title="planetfitness" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/planetfitness">#planetfitness</a> <a title="lululemon" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/lululemon">#lululemon</a> <a title="gymtok" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/gymtok">#gymtok</a> <a title="gymlife" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/gymlife">#gymlife</a> <a title="10000stepsdaily" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/10000stepsdaily">#10000stepsdaily</a> <a title="dailysteps" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dailysteps">#dailysteps</a> <a title="applewatch" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/applewatch">#applewatch</a> <a title="activityrings" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/activityrings">#activityrings</a> <a title="eatclean" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/eatclean">#eatclean</a> <a title="cleaneating" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/cleaneating">#cleaneating</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Big Energy (feat. DJ Khaled) (Remix) - Latto &amp; Mariah Carey" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Big-Energy-feat-DJ-Khaled-Remix-7079193167857207297">♬ Big Energy (feat. DJ Khaled) (Remix) - Latto &amp; Mariah Carey</a> </section> </blockquote> The program was developed by Andy Frisella, the CEO of the supplement company <a href="https://1stphorm.com/">1st Phorm International</a>. It involves spending 75 days sticking to five rules: follow a structured diet (this can be any diet of the person's choosing), do two 45-minute workouts a day, one of which must be outside, drink a gallon of water a day, read 10 pages of "educational nonfiction" a day, and take a daily "progress picture."The regime has developed a reputation for being particularly intense online, as the rules are far more extensive and detailed than those of other popular short-term exercise challenges such as the <a href="https://www.insider.com/30-day-ab-challenge-review-2019-4">30-day ab challenge</a> or <a href="https://www.insider.com/plank-every-day-for-month-surprised-by-results-healthy-habits-2020-1">30-day plank challenge</a>.Short and intense exercise challenges <a href="https://www.insider.com/stairmaster-tips-hacks-tiktok-experts-explain-effective-2022-2">often</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/i-tried-rock-the-boat-tiktok-challenge-dangerous-for-beginners-2021-11">go</a> viral on social media, but <a href="https://www.insider.com/tiktok-trend-belly-exercise-abs-dance-experts-2021-4">experts have said that</a> "fad" weight-loss regimes can be ineffective and even dangerous, because they create "unrealistic expectations" for fitness and body transformation. <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@kgfitnesstoks/video/6978549883640859910" data-video-id="6978549883640859910" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@kgfitnesstoks" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kgfitnesstoks">@kgfitnesstoks</a> 30 pounds down &amp; never going back. <a title="75hard" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hard">#75hard</a> <a title="75hardchallenge" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hardchallenge">#75hardchallenge</a> <a title="weightloss" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weightloss">#weightloss</a> <a title="weightlossjourney" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weightlossjourney">#weightlossjourney</a> <a title="mentaltoughness" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mentaltoughness">#mentaltoughness</a> <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp">#fyp</a> <a title="gym" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/gym">#gym</a> <a title="motivation" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/motivation">#motivation</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ talking to the moon sickmix - Sickickmusic" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/talking-to-the-moon-sickmix-6947333417029733126">♬ talking to the moon sickmix - Sickickmusic</a> </section> </blockquote> The "75 Hard" challenge has come under similar scrutiny. While some participants say they've benefited from it, others say the trend promotes "diet <keyword id="11899151" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="culture" source="Orion">culture</keyword>" and makes people feel like they have to complete the challenge for the sake of the trend. A trainer told Insider aspects of the challenge are unnecessarily extreme and, while it may yield flashy results for some people, it could cause burnout instead of progress for most. <h2>A TikToker who completed the challenge said posting about it on social media helped hold her accountable</h2>Frisella's program became popular on TikTok in late 2021, with creators who typically post fitness content making <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ariifornaris/video/7076966811488570666?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">daily</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kerigan.denae/video/6953104521316814086?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">videos</a> to document their progress. Creators, who show their physical and mental improvements after the challenge, have <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kgfitnesstoks/video/6978549883640859910?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;q=75%20hard%20results&amp;t=1655380805771">often</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahinyellow/video/7087589976950738222?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;q=75%20hard%20results&amp;t=1655380805771">gone</a> viral. A video posted in March by one couple who <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@gabriellekayla/video/7080660156966538502?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">said</a> they lost 45 pounds combined after finishing "75 Hard" received 35 million views and 4 million likes on the platform.<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@gabriellekayla/video/7080660156966538502" data-video-id="7080660156966538502" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@gabriellekayla" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@gabriellekayla">@gabriellekayla</a> We lost 45lbs collectively!!!!!! @thedallasvincent <a title="75hard" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hard">#75hard</a> <a title="75hardchallenge" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hardchallenge">#75hardchallenge</a> <a title="75hardresults" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hardresults">#75hardresults</a> <a title="fitness" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fitness">#fitness</a> <a title="weightloss" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weightloss">#weightloss</a> <a title="workoutroutine" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/workoutroutine">#workoutroutine</a> <a title="gymoutfit" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/gymoutfit">#gymoutfit</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - " href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6969589677988891398">♬ original sound - </a> </section> </blockquote> Sydney Benjamin, a 26-year-old woman from California, told Insider she completed the "75 Hard" challenge in December 2021. While certain elements of the challenge were particularly difficult for her, such as having to exercise outside each day no matter the weather or finding time to do all the tasks when her schedule was busy, she said she enjoyed the program overall and would recommend it to others. "It felt very good to complete it, and my body probably felt the best it's ever felt in my entire life. I felt like I could do pretty much anything," she said.<div type="image" title="Sydney Benjamin's progress pictures" height="1000" width="1333" msid="92421509" hostid="261"></div>Benjamin, who has 427,000 <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sydney_benjamin">TikTok followers</a>, added that filming the experience on the platform provided extra motivation. "Had I not documented it on TikTok, I don't think I would have finished it, because there were like 400,000 people that were looking at me trying to complete this, and personally, I feel like I would have disappointed myself and other people had I not completed it," she said. <h2>The challenge has drawn a mixed response on TikTok</h2>Unlike many <a href="https://www.insider.com/30-day-ab-challenge-review-2019-4">other</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/stairmaster-tips-hacks-tiktok-experts-explain-effective-2022-2">viral</a> exercise trends, which promise weight loss as their primary result, Frisella's original <a href="https://andyfrisella.com/blogs/articles/what-is-75-hard">blog post</a> about the challenge, dating back to February 2021, said the "75 Hard" challenge was designed to boost "mental toughness" and to encourage people to "take control" of their lives, without mentioning weight. Still, some of Benjamin's viewers said they disagreed with her completing the challenge. <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@sydney_benjamin/video/7040360531353685295" data-video-id="7040360531353685295" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@sydney_benjamin" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@sydney_benjamin">@sydney_benjamin</a> Day 75✅ <a title="sydney75" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/sydney75">#sydney75</a> <a title="75hard" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hard">#75hard</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Sydney Benjamin" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7040360328848526126">♬ original sound - Sydney Benjamin</a> </section> </blockquote> "I got a lot of negativity, like, 'This is really bad for you,' 'You're promoting diet culture and fad diets,' and I feel like if they knew my intentionality behind it, it would be a different story," said Benjamin, who told Insider she was doing the challenge to lose weight, but was determined not to start from the beginning if she missed a day to avoid falling into an "unhealthy" mindset. In his blog post, Frisella stipulated that participants had to follow the rules for 75 days straight, and if they were not able to complete all five steps on any given day, they had to start the challenge again from day one. Benjamin told Insider she thinks the challenge can become "toxic" if people feel they have to keep starting it over and over again. <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellepicardfit/video/7093216445227715882" data-video-id="7093216445227715882" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@daniellepicardfit" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellepicardfit">@daniellepicardfit</a> PLEASE DONT DO 75 HARD!!!!! <a title="foryou" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryou">#foryou</a> <a title="75hard" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hard">#75hard</a> <a title="75hardchallenge" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hardchallenge">#75hardchallenge</a> <a title="fitnesstips" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fitnesstips">#fitnesstips</a> <a title="weightlosstips" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weightlosstips">#weightlosstips</a> <a title="weightloss" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weightloss">#weightloss</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - daniellepicardfit" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7093216423962528555">♬ original sound - daniellepicardfit</a> </section> </blockquote> Some TikTokers have spoken out against the challenge on TikTok with <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellepicardfit/video/7093216445227715882?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;q=don%27t%20do%2075%20hard&amp;t=1655382527285">similar</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@rebekka_reyn/video/7099139656993869098?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;q=don%27t%20do%2075%20hard&amp;t=1655382527285">criticisms</a>. <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@fitnessbyanni/video/7079805911518448942?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">One</a> March video, from a user who said the challenge was "too intense and perfectionistic," currently has 200,000 views and 16,000 likes on the platform. Frisella did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. <h2>Experts say extreme diet and fitness changes may set you up for failure and prevent real progress</h2>While the "75 Hard" challenge may get eye-catching results, it's more likely to cause frustration and burnout because of its unnecessary strictness, according to Noam Tamir, the founder and CEO of <a href="https://tsfitnessnyc.com">TS Fitness in New York City</a>."I think it could be great for some people, but for the majority of us, it's not so great," he said. "They've created this idea based on extremes, and I'm all about being sustainable."For instance, experienced athletes may benefit from the challenge of doing two 45-minutes workouts a day, but intense workouts could do more harm than good for fitness beginners.<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@danboteroo/video/7085851736627252523" data-video-id="7085851736627252523" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@danboteroo" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@danboteroo">@danboteroo</a> Day 1. All In. <a title="fypシ" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp%E3%82%B7">#fypシ</a> <a title="fitness" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fitness">#fitness</a> <a title="trending" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/trending">#trending</a> <a title="75hard" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hard">#75hard</a> <a title="inspiration" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/inspiration">#inspiration</a> <a title="motivation" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/motivation">#motivation</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - danboteroo" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7085851717179804462">♬ original sound - danboteroo</a> </section> </blockquote> "Ninety minutes of movement is good, but if you're doing two HIIT workouts a day, it's an easy way to create injury or overdo it. And rest days are super important," he said. Instead, he recommends aiming for a workout schedule you can stick to consistently to build good habits. As little as one workout a day, <a href="https://www.insider.com/workout-less-for-maximum-muscle-building-gains-trainer-advice-2021-10">two days a week is enough to build muscle</a>, a strength coach previously told Insider. Similarly, the diet and hydration components of the challenge are arbitrary and too strict, according to Tamir. A gallon of water a day may be too much for some people, and not enough for others, he said, and some diets can be unhealthy, overly strict, or imbalanced. <a href="https://www.insider.com/diet-eat-get-fit-time-summer-nutrition-experts-weigh-advice-2021-4">To work toward a healthier diet</a>, try adding an extra serving of veggies to each meal, or swapping out one processed food a day with a more nutrient-dense alternative, a dietitian previously told Insider. "I'm not a fan of diets, I'm a fan of proper nutrition," Tamir said. "The problem with a lot of fad diets is only a few people will keep up and the rest won't learn anything when it's over." <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@catie_oneill/video/6986595122968317186" data-video-id="6986595122968317186" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@catie_oneill" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@catie_oneill">@catie_oneill</a> Day ONE - I’ll be posting my progress everyday <a title="75hard" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hard">#75hard</a> <a title="75hardchallenge" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hardchallenge">#75hardchallenge</a> <a title="75hardresults" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/75hardresults">#75hardresults</a> <a title="mentaltoughness" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/mentaltoughness">#mentaltoughness</a> <a title="fitness" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fitness">#fitness</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Rylee Jade" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6827127056766077702">♬ original sound - Rylee Jade</a> </section> </blockquote> The requirement to take progress pictures is likely more of a marketing strategy than an accountability tool, he said. While the pictures can be motivating for participants (and their social-media audiences), it can put too much pressure on aesthetics over actual self-improvement. Finally, the daily pictures and the requirement to start over if you miss a day could backfire and create a sense of guilt and self-punishment that could prevent you from enjoying exercise and healthy habits in the long term."What people aren't seeing is how many people fail. I like to measure progress by whatever has the biggest influence on your life, and that might be how strong you feel or how much better your mental state is," Tamir said. <a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.</a>

TikTokers who do the '75 Hard' challenge say the intense workout routine has strengthened their bodies and minds &mdash; but it's not for everyone

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Send tips to <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a> or tweet me at <a href="https://twitter.com/BrentGriffiths">@BrentGriffiths</a>.Here's what we're talking about:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-mike-carey-ohio-gop-special-election-kingmaker-status-2021-8">A special election in Ohio will test Trump's political prowess</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-violated-labor-law-in-union-vote-nlrb-says-according-to-union-2021-8">Amazon's historic defeat of a unionization effort may not be final</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/5mln-girls-not-born-next-10-years-due-sex-selection-2021-8">Study estimates world will see a shortfall of 5 million girls over the next 10 years</a></li></ul>What we're watching today: President Joe Biden plans to meet with Latino community leaders to discuss the economy and voting rights and to commemorate the anniversary of the El Paso, Texas, mass shooting.With Phil Rosen.<hr />1. SO GOES OHIO?: Former President Donald Trump faces a key test in Ohio later today. Trump's endorsement is considered the GOP's golden ticket, but a stunning failure of a Trump-backed candidate in Texas last week has cast doubt on his brand's longevity.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-mike-carey-ohio-gop-special-election-kingmaker-status-2021-8">Here's what to expect in a special US House election primary</a>, per my colleagues:The field: Three state lawmakers - state Sens. Stephanie Kunze and Bob Peterson and state Rep. Jeff LaRe - will most likely divide support from "old establishment" Republicans whose support for Trump is variable. Trump endorsed the coal lobbyist Mike Carey, but he's expected to have to jockey against Ron Hood, a conservative former state lawmaker, for MAGA voters' support.<ul><li>Ohio Republicans say Trump doesn't have it in the bag: "Five-thousand votes could win this thing, no poll could properly catch the turnout, there's just no way to guess," one Ohio Republican consultant told my colleagues.</li></ul>Trump is trying to do his part: His post-White House political team has been fairly active, pouring in $350,000 from a super PAC run by the top Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski. Trump himself appeared at a tele-rally last night after a similar appearance last week.<ul><li>But not all Republicans agree with his call: Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky endorsed Hood. And former Rep. Steve Stivers, who held the seat, is backing LaRe.</li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-mike-carey-ohio-gop-special-election-kingmaker-status-2021-8">Read more about what Ohioans are saying about Trump's role in the race.</a><hr />2. Mask mandates are coming back in some areas: Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana reissued a statewide indoor mask mandate for nearly everyone as COVID-19 cases in the state hit <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/louisiana-has-more-covid-cases-per-capita-than-any-country-2021-8">the grim mark as the worst per capita in the world</a>.US hits its 70% vaccination goal a month late: CDC data indicates Biden's Independence Day goal of getting 70% of US adults to get at least one COVID-19 shot has been reached just under a month later than hoped, NBC News reports. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/02/covid-vaccine-us-reaches-bidens-70percent-goal-for-adults-a-month-behind.html">Experts say this is a good step but still isn't nearly enough</a>.<ul><li>Meanwhile, more businesses are adding vax requirements: Gym chains have become the latest companies to adopt mandates. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/equinox-soulcycle-will-require-covid-19-vaccines-for-members-staff-2021-8">Equinox and SoulCycle, which is owned by Equinox Group, will soon require members to provide proof of vaccination</a>.</li></ul><hr />3. White House says it can't extend eviction moratorium: The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, reiterated the administration's belief that it does not have the power to unilaterally extend a now-lapsed eviction ban without Congress. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-legal-authority-extend-evictions-moratorium-white-house-2021-8">The inability of the Biden administration and Congress to act puts at least 6 million renters at risk of eviction</a>.<hr /><div type="image" title="Lindsey Graham" height="2659" width="3989" msid="85003422" hostid="261"></div>4. Sen. Lindsey Graham tested positive for COVID-19: Graham, who was vaccinated, praised his decision to do so, pointing out that his mild symptoms could be much worse. Over the weekend, the South Carolina Republican attended a party with Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on the Democrat's houseboat. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lindsay-graham-possibly-exposed-joe-manchins-boat-party-covid-19-2021-8">Other senators could have also been exposed</a>.<hr />5. Another officer who responded to the Capitol riot has died: Kyle DeFreytag, an officer who served in the DC Metropolitan Police Department for nearly five years, died by suicide. He is the fourth officer who responded to the riot to die by suicide. <a href="https://www.insider.com/4th-officer-defended-the-capitol-kyle-defreytag-died-by-suicide-2021-8">More on the news</a>.<hr />6. Amazon's historic defeat of a unionization effort may not be final: The National Labor Relations Board official overseeing the union election at Amazon's warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, recommended that a new election be held after it was found the company violated labor law. Amazon plans to appeal. Regardless, the decision is not final. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-violated-labor-law-in-union-vote-nlrb-says-according-to-union-2021-8">Here's what happens next</a>.<hr />7. Trump will keep fighting to protect his tax returns: A lawyer for the former president promised to fight any effort by the Treasury Department to turn over Trump's returns to Congress after the Justice Department gave its OK last week, The Wall Street Journal reports. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fdonald-trump-to-fight-release-of-tax-returns-his-lawyer-says-11627937917%3Fmod%3Dhp_lead_pos10">Here's the latest in the long-running saga</a>.<hr />8. Texas Democrats received some backup for their voting-rights fight in Washington: More than 100 state lawmakers from across the country came to the nation's capital to push Congress and the White House to act. They are scheduled to rally outside the Capitol later today. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/02/dozens-legislators-other-states-join-texas-lawmakers-dc-lobby-voting-bills/">Federal voting-rights legislation has stalled in the Senate, but the state lawmakers are hoping to change that</a>.<hr />9. The world could see a shortfall of 5 million girls over the next 10 years: Sex-selective practices documented in southeastern Europe and Southeast Asia have already led to a higher ratio of males to females at birth since 1970. <a href="https://www.insider.com/5mln-girls-not-born-next-10-years-due-sex-selection-2021-8">A study estimates the disparity's impact and notes concerns over a "marriage squeeze."</a><hr />10. All the moments you missed at the Olympics: Simone Biles won bronze on the balance beam minutes ago in her highly anticipated return after withdrawing from five other events. Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing of China won gold and silver. <a href="https://www.insider.com/simone-biles-tokyo-olympics-balance-beam-return-leaves-star-smiling-2021-8">Biles was all smiles after nailing her routine</a>.Team USA dispatched one of its biggest rivals in men's basketball: Kevin Durant and his star-studded teammates staged a comeback against Spain. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/08/02/tokyo-olympics-2021-live-updates-highlights-day--2/">The Americans are on to the semifinals</a>.<div type="image" title="Jade Carey." height="1184" width="2369" msid="85003424" hostid="261"></div>Golden redemption: The American gymnast Jade Carey rebounded to win gold <a href="https://www.insider.com/jade-carey-wins-gold-on-floor-rebounds-from-vault-stumble-2021-8">24 hours after taking a terrifying stumble</a>.Team Belarus is under investigation after a sprinter accused it of retaliating against her: International officials are awaiting a full report from the Belarusian National Olympic Committee on sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's claim that her country retaliated against her after she criticized the national team, Reuters reports. Poland granted Tsimanouskaya a humanitarian visa and is letting her stay at its Tokyo embassy. <a href="https://www.insider.com/belarusian-olympic-committee-report-ioc-sprinter-refused-to-go-home-2021-8">More on the story rocking the Olympics</a>.Team USA defends shot putter who may have broken rules against protesting: Raven Saunders' raising of her arms and crossing them to show solidarity "for oppressed people" didn't violate the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee's rules against demonstrations, the organization has found. The IOC, which has stricter rules on protests than the US does, hasn't reached a decision on any punishment yet, USA Today reports. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/christinebrennan/2021/08/02/us-olympic-shot-putter-raven-saunders-didnt-break-rules-protest/5451081001/">More on the US's defense of Saunders</a>.Watch him whip and nay nay: Dressage has been in the Olympics for over a century. Horses often perform to dramatic ballads or classical compositions. Not Mopsie. The American rider Steffen Peters, who was previously a DJ, and his horse of a different color move to club bangers. <a href="https://www.insider.com/tokyo-2020-star-dancing-horse-mopsi-2021-8">Everything you need to know about the games' newest star</a>.<hr />Today's trivia question: Sticking with the games: The Olympics are often criticized for spawning stadiums that are rarely used again. But one stadium will be able to say it's hosted three different games. Where is it? Email your guess and a suggested question to me at <a href="mailto:bgriffiths@insider.com">bgriffiths@insider.com</a>.<ul><li>Yesterday's answer: Olympic torches and their accompanying flame have traveled by <a href="https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Documents/Document-Set-Teachers-The-Main-Olympic-Topics/The-Olympic-Flame-and-Torch-Relay.pdf">boat, plane, train, horseback, and camel</a>. (The tradition also has a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/14/sports/olympics/hitlers-berlin-games-helped-make-some-emblems-popular.html">horrendous history</a>.) While unlit torches had previously been sent into space, Russia opened another chapter <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/content/olympic-torch-highlights-station-spacewalk">when two cosmonauts took a torch on a spacewalk in 2013</a>.</li></ul>

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<div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/521f6390eab8eae16bff5370-1200-924/gravity-sandra-bullock.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="gravity sandra bullock" width="480" style="float: right;" /><a href="http://gravitymovie.warnerbros.com/index.html">Warner Bros.</a>The Hollywood Reporter described <keyword id="53664" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="sandra-bullock">Sandra Bullock</keyword>'s performance as "aces in by far the best film she's ever been in."</div></div><keyword id="11804" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="George-Clooney">George Clooney</keyword> and Sandra Bullock <a href="http://variety.com/2013/film/news/venice-blasts-off-in-high-style-1200590984/" target="_blank">arrived in Venice earlier this week</a> to present their space adventure thriller "<keyword id="87920" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Gravity">Gravity</keyword>" at the 70th Venice Film Festival.
Directed by Academy Award nominated director Alfonso Cuarón ("Children of Men"), "Gravity" dives into the unforgiving realm of deep space. After their shuttle is destroyed during a routine mission, a veteran astronaut (Clooney) and a space-rookie engineer (Bullock) spiral into the unknown, tethered to each other.
The trailer chilled with gravity-defying acrobatics, stunning visual effects, and lots of heavy breathing as the astronauts' oxygen supply — and hope of rescue — diminishes.
<a href="http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/gravity-review-venice-film-festival-1200589689/" target="_blank">Variety</a> praised, "It would be impossible to overestimate the difficulty of what Cuarón and his top-of-the-line crew have pulled off."<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/gravity/review/615139" target="_blank"></a>
But <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-gravity--george-clooney-and-sandra-bullock-float-freely-in-this-flawed-deep-space-spectacle-8787725.html" target="_blank">The Independent</a> found the epic space thriller to be "flawed," calling it "a visual triumph even if its storytelling is less than sure-footed."
Here's what else critics are saying:
You feel like you're in space.
<div class="image-container"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/518c4e9769beddf335000008-908-454/gravity-poster-1.jpg" border="0" alt="gravity poster" width="800" />Warner Bros.</div></div><a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/venice-review-alfonso-cuarons-gravity-starring-sandra-bullock-george-clooney-20130828" target="_blank">Indiewire:</a>
 
The film comes as close as most of us are likely to get to actually being in space (undoubtedly aided by the 3D: this is one film that’s really worth paying the extra bucks for to see in the format, whether the lens is capturing a tiny spinning speck in the distance or debris flying in your face).
<a href="http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/venice-review-sandra-bullock-dances-into-great-silence-in-alfonso-cuarons-astonishing-gravity" target="_blank">HitFix:</a>
When I stood up as the final credit rolled, I don’t mind admitting that I immediately had to sit down again, a Bambi-like wobble coursing through my limbs, as if I'd just re-encountered gravity myself.
It's not your average sci-fi flick.
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/gravity/review/615139" target="_blank">THR:</a>
Not at all a science fiction film in the conventional sense, Alfonso Cuaron's first feature in seven years has no aliens, space ship battles or dystopian societies, just the intimate spectacle of a man and a woman trying to cope in the most hostile possible environment across a very tight 90 minutes.
<div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/521f682269bedd4a557c8830-462-346/life-of-pi-with-vfx.jpg" border="0" alt="life of pi with vfx" width="480" style="float: right;" /><a href="http://fxrant.blogspot.com/">photo illustration by FXRant</a>"Life of Pi"</div></div>However, many are drawing comparisons to "Life of Pi."
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/gravity/review/615139" target="_blank"></a>
<a href="http://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/28/gravity-at-the-venice-film-festival-dread-and-awe-in-space/" target="_blank">TIME:</a>
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/gravity/review/615139" target="_blank"></a>
Both ["Gravity" and "Life of Pi"] are thrilling 3-D dramas of survival in a hostile environment, testaments to human grit and groundbreaking technical ingenuity. Both are the rare <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword> that need to be seen once for the “Wow!” factor and a second time to try figuring out how Cuar?ón and his technical savants managed to make the impossible seem so cinematically plausible.
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/gravity/review/615139" target="_blank">THR:</a>
No monsters pop out baring scary teeth, only adverse circumstances of such extremity that they place "Gravity" alongside "Life of Pi" and J.C. Chandor's contemporaneous "All Is Lost" as a survival tale requiring a heroically concentrated form of human resilience.
The narrative's simplicity balances — and is sometimes outdone by — the eye-popping visuals.
<a href="http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/gravity-review-venice-film-festival-1200589689/" target="_blank">Variety:</a>
It falls among that increasingly rare breed of popular entertainments capable of prompting genuine “How did they do that?” reactions from even the most jaded viewers, even as its central premise is so simple and immediately gripping that one might just as readily ask, “Why didn’t anyone do it sooner?”
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-gravity--george-clooney-and-sandra-bullock-float-freely-in-this-flawed-deep-space-spectacle-8787725.html" target="_blank">The Independent:</a>
The one problem with "Gravity" is that the plotting never quite matches its visual imagination. There isn’t the same urgency or plausibility here found in JC Chandor’s recent, similarly themed "All Is Lost" (which featured Robert Redford as a lone sailor whose boat is sinking.) At times, as the astronauts desperately battle fire, tangled parachute strings and malfunctioning machinery, matters risk becoming just a little banal and predictable.
Cuarón's long-awaited return to the silver screen was worth the wait.
<a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-08-28/film/alfonso-cuaron-gravity-review/?_r=true" target="_blank">Village Voice:</a>
Cuarón, just as Brian <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/related/to/Brian+De+Palma/" title="Brian De Palma" data-omni-track="Inform->Click|keyword[Brian+De+Palma]">De Palma</a> ("Mission to Mars") was, is alive to the empty-full spectacle of space and to the workday poetry of the words astronauts use to describe it.
<a href="http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/gravity-review-venice-film-festival-1200589689/" target="_blank">Variety:</a>
He’s the rare virtuoso capable of steering us through vividly imagined worlds and into deep recesses of human feeling.
Clooney and Bullock are magic on screen.
<div class="image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/521f684c69beddd2527c8866-474-355/gravity-sandra-bullock-george-clooney-2.png" border="0" alt="gravity sandra bullock george clooney" /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4pcg7bXgmU">YouTube screencap</a>Sandra Bullock and George Clooney's chemistry "pulses with understated feeling."</div></div></div>
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/venice-film-festival/10271540/Gravity-Venice-Film-Festival-2013-review.html" target="_blank">The Telegraph:</a>
[Clooney and Bullock's characters] are not two people you would naturally team up for a life-or-death mission — although Cuarón, who co-wrote the script with his son Jonás, assiduously avoids odd-couple clichés and romance under pressure.
<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/08/let-the-oscar-race-begin-i-gravity-i-is-good/279153/?_r=true" target="_blank">The Atlantic:</a>
The casting of Bullock and Clooney is key to how effective the film is in jangling our nerves; their familiar movie-star faces (visible mostly from underneath their helmets), warm voices, and easy, teasing rapport soothe us in several of Gravity’s harrowing moments, and make things even more disconcerting when their mission devolves into pure terror.
We're reminded why America loves Bullock.
<a href="http://entertainment.time.com/2013/08/28/gravity-at-the-venice-film-festival-dread-and-awe-in-space/" target="_blank">TIME:</a>
Cuar?ón offered the Ryan part (Bullock) to Angelina Jolie, twice, and then to Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lopez, Rachel Weisz, Marion Cotillard, Carey Mulligan, Blake Lively, Scarlett Johansson, Olivia Wilde — everybody. When these actresses see what Bullock has been given in the role, and the fiery commitment she gives to it, they should all whisper a sincere, Rick Perry-style “Oops.”
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/venice-film-festival/10271540/Gravity-Venice-Film-Festival-2013-review.html" target="_blank">The Telegraph:</a>
Bullock is the undoubted star and is seriously good here, giving Stone an inner steeliness that only the very deepest pangs of despair can unsheathe. "Gravity" teems with images of birth and rebirth, and from the cable that links Bullock’s character umbilically to Clooney’s, to the extraordinary shot of her hanging in an airlock in a state of amniotic suspension, Cuarón makes his heroine’s sex a core part of her heroism.
The ending plays out like an homage to Sigourney Weaver’s character Ripley in "Alien."
But we're not going to spoil it for you.
The consensus: "We have lift off." Right now, <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gravity_2012/" target="_blank">100% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes</a> say go. 
"Gravity" arrives in theaters October 4.
Watch the gut-wrenching trailer below:
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