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Former Alabama Gymnast Qualifies for Olympic Vault Final: Roll Call, July 29, 2024
Former Alabama gymnast Shallon Olson helped make Olympic history for Team Canada on Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Olson is at her third straight Olympic Games with her home country, and for the third straight time, she qualified for the individual vault final.
Olson’s vault scored a 14.166, the seventh-highest overall score on the apparatus. She is one of eight gymnasts to make the vault final. But it didn’t stop there, Olson’s score helped Team Canada qualify for the final of the artistic gymnastics team event for the first time in 12 years.
The team final is Tuesday, July 30 at 11 a.m. CT on NBC. Olsen will compete in the vault final on Saturday, Aug. 3.
Olsen isn’t the only Alabama gymnastics representative in Paris. Luisa Blanco, representing Columbia in her first Olympics, qualified for the individual all-around final.
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