Hezly Rivera - 14,275 Beam - 2024 Olympic Trials Day 2

[@pedropelaez]

She booked her ticket to the Olympics with this performance. She and Wong were probably the most likely 5th gymnast (behind Biles, Chiles, Lee, and. Carey). Hezly beat Wong all 4 nights of Nationals and Trials on bars and beam and that is where this 5th spot is needed (4th gymnast for bars and Likely 3rd gymnast on beam).

[@susandilaudo9534]

agree

[@annboberek9098]

@@susandilaudo9534 what was her difficulty?

[@tomorrocat]

I love her I'm so glad she's going 😍

[@MedzMoves]

As someone who was really routing for Wong I couldn’t have said it better. Ultimately Hezley is the right choice and deserves her spot. 👏

[@CarterBean-x7b]

I disagree Roberson should be taking a spot!!

[@jhere289]

Phenomenal, I can not believe she's an olympian. So unexpected but I am so so happy for her! Really peaked at the right time, probably the first time Valeri paced another gymnast fantastically other than Nastia.

[@Fishing2024-p6b]

Peaking at the right time. When needed most she can help the team. Kudos !

[@cocoroni1031]

She becomes Laurie 2.0 and steps up at critical time. Hope she keeps this consistency in Paris.

[@tc_0766]

That didn’t age well

[@saragrant9749]

She reminds me a lot of Kyla Ross- just calm, cool and confident. Exactly the type of mentality needed to qualify for the Olympic team!

[@pbdl476]

Impressive - beautiful routine under pressure!

[@cocoroni1031]

She hit after Suni fell and grabbed the beam. Such a pressure test.

[@Arecee]

Congratulations Hezley! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@melissawhite5116]

She did amazing!!!

[@kellyholliday5663]

Rooting for her!!!

[@sincere2722]

She way by far the best

[@gymwrestlix]

she’s awesome on beam

[@amycolucci6769]

Nj in the house yassss

[@dfdfdfdfdf]

I think she'll go to Paris.

[@artsylovelylady]

You thought right.

[@yokiyoka9823]

It's either her or Leanne. Possibly Joslyn, but Hezly and Leanne are lot cleaner form wise.. For that 5th spot..

[@SheridanCrane1974]

Hezley does have very nice lines that will score well. She seems a bit more reliable than Wong. if not on the team, then hopefully travelling alternate. I hope she gets on the team. she would be a nice addition!

[@ClarkJohnson-oq9ue]

Rivera beat Wong on beam and bars all 4 nights. She beat Roberson and Sumanasekera 3 out of the 4 nights. She also had the single highest score between all 4 of them. She also has a better bar routine than the other 3.

[@Elong.]

Hezly was in 2nd place for Day 2 (5th combined). Thats huge! She also had the best E score for both days. Jos’s competition was Jordan mostly or Jade.

[@neidyteran7675]

Felicidades, te veremos en Paris

[@analia3254]

whay am i first hearing bout her?

[@leykimayri]

Because she’s just 16 and she wouldn’t have won her ticket to Paris if 3 top gymnasts hadn’t been injured

[@djames425]

​@UziZokal That's not true...she's a first year senior, but competed internationally at Jesolo & got over a 14 on beam. She also has international experience as a junior, including worlds medals.

[@cocoroni1031]

Because she kept bombing and finally stop flopping after classic. She placed 24th in AA there.

[@Elong.]

@@cocoroni1031She was the 2023 Jr Natl champion, as a Sr she placed 3rd at the Winter Cup, 6th at Nationals (against everyone before they were injured) and 5th at Trials

[@sarahnorman3520]

Some of those series are going to get pinged in Paris unless the connections are quicker. Hopefully just nerves.

[@leykimayri]

Every single routine was heavily overscored yesterday, in real life (aka international judging) that would be at least -0.500 lower if not more since those connections would also probably not get credited.

[@tambam6744]

Hezly has already scored 14+ this year internationally.

[@Elong.]

There was some European judges there including the best D score evaluator on FX. Hezly competed at Jr Worlds and did really well.

[@HellenCarrethersWilliams-w4x]

She did better than Jocelyn she made the team and she's doing a wonderful job they're in Paris

[@Gardenroses12]

Great!!

[@RvRestoration]

I would not have put her on team, I think she is going to get hurt before hand and she isn't consistant but she is a good beam worker. I would have picked Tiana over her then put her on alternate

[@victoriadelatorre5941]

She is what the team needed her scores speak for themselves

[@Elong.]

Much better without Samantha’s commentary

[@ansonpang]

That is not a 14+ beam

[@ajimenez1719ify]

I know she had a great performance tonight but, I don't agree with her spot. I think Leanne should have been going. I think Miss Rivera is too inexperienced to have on an olympic team right out the door. I'm sorry but, I think that was a bad decision.

[@bryanthan9363]

Even if they didn’t choose hezly, joscelyn would have been chosen over Leanne, josc outscores Leanne on vault, beam and floor. Also, Leanne’s contribution on bar isn’t too significant to justify choosing her over hezly / joscelyn, a hit bar routine by Carey is only at most 5 tenths and most of the time less than 3 tenths apart. They chose in this order Hezly > josc > Leanne

[@ajimenez1719ify]

@@bryanthan9363 But Leanne is consistent. She can hit the set and we know that. Nobody really knows if Miss Hezly can bc she has never been to a meet that is that big before. Leanne and Jocelyn have both been to either a worlds or olympic games. I just think she is too young and too inexperienced and I'm afraid she may choke under pressure.

[@tambam6744]

@@ajimenez1719ifyLeanne is not consistent. Stop that myth. She has fallen so many time both domestically and internationally this quad. Where are you getting that she is consistent from???

[@ajimenez1719ify]

@@tambam6744 Are you upset about something? From what I've seen, she has been consistent.

[@cristianofrazao5562]

​@@ajimenez1719ifyyou haven't seen much I'm afraid