The suburban Chicago native, who secured his ticket to Paris after falling just shy of the 2020 Tokyo Games, didn't even hear his full name called at the Olympic trials over the weekend before bursting into tearsDeerfield gymnast Paul Juda's reaction when he learned he made the U.S. Gymnastics team for the 2024 Paris Olympics showed just how much that moment truly means for many athletes.
"I only had one goal, and it was to hit all my routines and leave here healthy," Juda told NBC at the trials."So, I'm happy to do that and more. Go, Team USA!"Stan Bowman, Joel Quenneville reinstated by NHL two years after sexual assault scandal Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyNine months after earning a bronze at the 2023 world championships — the men's program's first at a major international competition in nearly a decade — Juda and the rest of the Americans believe they're capable of even more this summer.