Sports Illustrated Kids - USA (2022-03 & 2022-04)

WARMUP

Future

Star

BIRTHPLACE: ALLEN, TEXAS

BIRTH DATE: JULY 2 8, 2006

SPORT: GYMNASTICS

Underneath a cool, calm exterior,

Katelyn Jong still gets anxious. You’d

backflip) on the balance beam for

the first time last May. “I try my

best to keep my composure,”

Katelyn says. “I don’t think

about anything else that might

distract me.” In 2021, she won

four golds (team, all-around,

vault, and uneven bars) and a

silver on the beam at the Junior

Pan American Championships.

A U.S. national team member, she

will make the jump to senior-level

competition this year.

JONG

KATELYN

Photographs by

Greg Nelson

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