Jordan Chiles Launches Bid for Third Olympics at Los Angeles 2028

What happened: Jordan Chiles has announced that she is returning to elite gymnastics and intends to pursue a place at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The Guardian reported that the 25-year-old revealed her decision in a video narrated by basketball great Michael Jordan, giving the two-time Olympian a clear target for the next phase of her career.

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The announcement puts Chiles on course to attempt a third Olympic appearance after representing the United States at Tokyo 2020, staged in 2021, and Paris 2024. She won team silver in Tokyo and team gold in Paris. Her record also includes extensive success in US college gymnastics with UCLA, where she won four NCAA event titles: floor exercise in 2023 and 2026, and uneven bars in 2023 and 2025. The Guardian says she became a 23-time All-American and recorded 19 perfect scores of 10 during her collegiate career.

Why it matters: Los Angeles would offer Chiles the rare opportunity to compete at an Olympics staged in her home country. Her decision also adds another established medal winner to a developing US comeback group. Six-time Olympic medalist Suni Lee announced her own return in July, while three-time medalist Jade Carey resumed competition in June. Simone Biles had not declared whether she would seek another Games at the time of the report.

Chiles also returns with an unresolved chapter from Paris. She was initially awarded bronze in the floor exercise, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport later overturned the scoring inquiry that had moved her into third place, and the medal was reassigned to Romania's Ana Barbosu. Chiles appealed that outcome and was awaiting a ruling when her comeback was announced. Her 2028 campaign therefore begins while that separate legal process remains open.

The road ahead: Declaring an Olympic ambition is the first step in a long qualification cycle. Chiles will need to rebuild elite routines, manage health and compete for selection in a deep US program before the Los Angeles team is chosen. Her recent NCAA title on floor shows that she remained capable of performing at a championship level in 2026, although collegiate and international elite formats place different demands on athletes.

What to watch: Chiles returned to UCLA earlier in the week as a student coach, according to The Guardian. The next significant indicators will be when she resumes elite competition, which apparatus she targets, and how her program develops alongside the returns of Lee and Carey. For now, the confirmed news is her intention to make the 2028 team; selection and competitive dates remain ahead.