SportsΒ·Posted on Aug 5, 202116 Olympic Athletes Playing Their Sports As Kids Vs. Now In TokyoThese photos show some serious commitment π by Simrin SinghBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Gymnast Jordan Chiles as a child: View this photo on Instagram 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: View this photo on Instagram Dressel now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: He won five gold medals in six different swimming events. 3. Surfer Carissa Moore as a child: View this photo on Instagram 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): View this photo on Instagram Eaton now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: He won the bronze medal for men's street skateboarding. 5. Swimmer Simone Manuel as a child: View this photo on Instagram 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: View this photo on Instagram 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: View this photo on Instagram 8. Capobianco now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: He won a silver medal for synchronized springboard diving. 9. Boxer Troy Isley as a child: View this photo on Instagram 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: View this photo on Instagram 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): View this photo on Instagram 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: View this photo on Instagram 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: View this photo on Instagram 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: View this photo on Instagram 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): View this photo on Instagram 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: View this photo on Instagram Brady now, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: She ultimately lost against Italy in her women's singles match.