Professional rhythmic gymnasts Alisa Kano and Natalie McGiffert had their sights set on gold before, but now they’re set on getting degrees as full- time students at Loyola.
Kano, 21, and McGiffert, 19, were members of the U.S. National Team, which qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after beating Brazil — the host country of the 2016 Olympics — at the World Championship in Stutt- gart, Germany.
The win automatically qualified them for the Olympics. This gave the U.S. its first earned Olympic spot in rhythmic gymnastics team competition. However, the team wasn’t aware that they automatically qualified; the results were announced in German.