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

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She didn't train as an elite gymnast. I don't know what that means, but that's what has been said. I know there are different levels of gymnasts, but I don't really understand all of that.

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It's behind a paywall on The Athletic, but there was a recent article on Jade
Carey that touches on it and explains the challenges of doing both.

She was the gold medalist on floor at the last Olympics, and currently competes at Oregon State. She decided to compete for her college team AND train for the Olympic trials while most girls do one or the other. Sunni Lee and another girl from UCLA were on the last Olympic team and took the year off from college to exclusively train for the upcoming trials.

My very basic understanding is that the 10 point scale used in NCAA doesn't reward the most challenging skills so there's no point in doing them at an NCAA competition. All risk, no reward. You can get a 10 without doing them. In the Olympics, you obviously have to do the harder stuff. She's essentially having to do two completely separate training regimens in order to compete in both.