ByMichelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
PHOENIX — Just weeks after winning gold at the Olympics, gymnast Jade Carey has taken her tumbling talents to the diamond.
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Photos: Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey flips, throws 1st pitch for Diamondbacks United States gymnastics Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey, an Arizona native, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Photos: Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey flips, throws 1st pitch for Diamondbacks United States gymnastics Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey, an Arizona native, holds her gold medal as she goes out to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Photos: Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey flips, throws 1st pitch for Diamondbacks Olympic gold medal gymnast Jade Carey throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Aug. 30, 2021, in Phoenix. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Photos: Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey flips, throws 1st pitch for Diamondbacks Olympic gold medal gymnast Jade Carey does a front aerial while throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Aug. 30, 2021, in Phoenix. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Photos: Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey flips, throws 1st pitch for Diamondbacks Olympic gold medal gymnast Jade Carey does a front flip while throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Aug. 30, 2021, in Phoenix. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Photos: Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey flips, throws 1st pitch for Diamondbacks Olympic gold medal gymnast Jade Carey does a front flip while throwing out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Aug. 30, 2021, in Phoenix. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Photos: Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey flips, throws 1st pitch for Diamondbacks Olympic gold medal gymnast Jade Carey throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a game between the San Diego Padres and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Aug. 30, 2021, in Phoenix. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)
According to Arizona Sports, the 21-year-old Arizona native, who won the individual floor exercise final in Tokyo, turned a baseball tradition upside-down at Monday’s matchup between the Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres, performing a front aerial ahead of her ceremonial first pitch at Chase Field.
The news came less than two weeks after the Oregon State-bound gymnast was added to the lineup for Olympic teammate Simone Biles’ upcoming Gold Over America Tour, which kicks off Sept. 21 in Tucson.
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Jade Carey, of the United States, poses after winning the gold medal for the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Angelina Melnikova (Russian Olympic Committee) and Japan's Mai Murakami, both bronze, Jade Carey from the USA, gold, and Italy's Vanessa Ferrari, silver, stand together at the award ceremony after the women's floor exercise final Aug. 2, 2021, at the Tokyo Olympics. (Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics USA's Jade Carey competes in the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on August 2, 2021. (JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Jade Carey, of the United States, performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics USA's Jade Carey competes in the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on August 2, 2021. (JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Jade Carey, of the United States, performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics USA's Jade Carey competes in the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on August 2, 2021. (LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Simone Biles, of the United States, and teammates celebrates the gold medal of compatriot Jade Carey on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Vanessa Ferrari, of Italy, poses after winning the silver medal performs on the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Vanessa Ferrari, of Italy, performs in the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Mai Murakami, of Japan, left, and Angelina Melnikova, of the Russian Olympic Committee, pose after winning bronze medals on the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Mai Murakami, of Japan, performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Photos: Jade Carey wins gold in floor exercise final at Tokyo Olympics Angelina Melnikova, of the Russian Olympic Committee, performs on the floor during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
