Alison Gibson and Krysta Palmer are the first divers to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team.
Gibson, 21, and Palmer, 28, won the women’s synchronized springboard at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis on Thursday night, the first of four consecutive days of finals that determine the full team for Tokyo.
Gibson and Palmer prevailed by 28.32 points over Kassidy Cook, a Rio Olympian, and Sarah Bacon, the U.S.’ top individual springboard diver since 2019, totaling scores from preliminary, semifinal and final rounds this week.
Gibson, a 2017 NCAA champion at Texas, and Palmer, a former gymnast and trampolinist who began diving at age 20, will make their Olympic debuts after finishing 10th together at the 2019 World Championships.