16 Olympic Athletes Playing Their Sports As Kids Vs. Now In Tokyo

1.Gymnast Jordan Chiles as a child:

Chiles now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

She won a silver medal in the gymnastics team event.

2.Swimmer Caeleb Dressel swimming as a child:

Dressel now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

He won five gold medals in six different swimming events.

3.Surfer Carissa Moore as a child:

Moore now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

She won the gold medal for women's shortboard surfing.

4.Skateboarder Jagger Eaton as a child (right):

Eaton now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

He won the bronze medal for men's street skateboarding.

5.Swimmer Simone Manuel as a child:

Manuel now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

She won a bronze medal in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay.

6.Swimmer Katie Ledecky as a child:

Ledecky now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

She won two gold and two silver medals in various swimming events.

7.Diver Andrew Capobianco as a child:

8.Capobianco now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

He won a silver medal for synchronized springboard diving.

9.Boxer Troy Isley as a child:

Isley now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

He beat his first opponent from Belarus, but lost in his next fight to Gleb Bakshi of the Russian Olympic Committee.

10.Wrestler Adeline Gray as a child:

Gray now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

She won the silver medal in women's freestyle 76kg wrestling.

11.Team volleyball player Justine Wong-Orantes as a child (right):

Wong-Orantes now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

Wong-Orantes and the rest of her team are heading to the team volleyball semifinals against Serbia.

12.Rock climber Colin Duffy as a child:

Duffy now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

He was a finalist in sport climbing, but ultimately did not medal for the event.

13.Skateboarder Bryce Wettstein as a child:

Wettstein now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

She qualified for and competed in the women's park finals, but did not end up medaling in that event.

14.Basketball player Devin Booker as a child:

Booker now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

The men's USA basketball team is headed to the finals against France.

15.Karateka Sakura Kokumai as a child (right):

Kokumai now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

She competed in the women's kata, but lost against Italy's Viviana Bottaro in the second bronze medal match.

16.And lastly, tennis player Jennifer Brady as a child:

Brady now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

She ultimately lost against Italy in her women's singles match.