re: Why is Haleigh Bryant not on the U.S. Olympic team?

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So with that logic explain then how Leanne Wong is a likely USA Olympian…

Bryant is way better than Wong.

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Wong has been training elite and qualified as elite (can do it at a qualifying meet by achieving certain scores) in 2017 and I believe went to her first international meet as a Jr. at Jr. Pan Ams in 2018. She has competed internationally each year and became a Sr. elite in 2019. She never quit her elite training and has been competing in both NCAA and USA Elite gymnastics meets all along. If you've never qualified as elite before or trained elite routines, it would take around a year of training to do so and also competing at qualifying meets do be considered for the Olympic team.

I wouldn't say Bryant is "way better than Wong." I'd say Wong's NCAA gymnastics probably suffers because she's training elite. Yes, Bryant won. NCAA and elite are just 2 different things and Bryant was better at this meet. Wong beat Bryant during the season. They are both great gymnasts.