Gymnast Jordan Chiles says goodbye to UCLA while welcoming future possibilities - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Gymnast Jordan Chiles says goodbye to UCLA while welcoming future possibilities - Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

By Sarah Jones-Smith Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As U.S. Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles prepared for her final home meet with UCLA on March 14,. her sights were set far beyond that. Chiles, who earned her first perfect 10 on vault in January, started gymnastics at the age of 6. She says she recognized her talent immediately, but it wasn’t until she was 13 that she started envisioning a career in the sport and dreaming of going to the O…