Hezly Rivera's dad hilariously wore heart monitor during qualifiers

The father of USA gymnast Hezly Rivera, Henry, wore a heart monitor during her final routine of qualifiers at the 2024 Paris Olympics and he was going through it!

Jul 25, 2024; Paris, France; Hezly Rivera during a practice session before the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Bercy Arena. / Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Hezly Rivera was one of the great stories surrounding the United States Olympic gymnastics team entering the 2024 Paris Games.

At only 16 years old, she is the youngest American Olympian and a surprise member of the veteran United States gymnastics team. Rivera was a longshot to make the squad, but she took the National Championships and Olympic Trials by storm and earned a spot.

Now, she is on the biggest stage in the sport.

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On Sunday, Team USA competed in qualifiers for the team all-around competition and Rivera competed on the balance beam and uneven bars. After a shaky performance on beam, Rivera closed out her day on the bars.

That's when NBC made a brilliant broadcasting decision: have her father, Henry, wear a heart monitor. He wore the heart monitor during her uneven bars routine and the broadcast shows he was going through it.

Ok. Putting a heart-rate monitor on gymnast Hezly Rivera’s Dad was brilliant TV from @NBCOlympics. He was at 164 BPM as she was about to start. That’s like he was all-out sprinting.

— Bill Spaulding (@BillSpaulding) July 28, 2024

The average heart rate rests between 60 and 100 bpm.

At 164 bpm, it's like Henry was going through an intense workout. During her routine, his heart rate reached its peak at a shocking 181 bpm while sitting anxiously in his seat.

In case you thought watching gymnastics was intense at home, this is your proof that nothing compares to watching a family member put it all on the line.

Rivera scored a 13.900 in the uneven bars and helped the United States record the top overall score to advance into the medal rounds of the team all-around.

16-year-old Hezly Rivera’s #ParisOlympics debut is a day she’ll never forget. 🙌

📺: NBC, E! and Peacock pic.twitter.com/G099aTAcKR

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) July 28, 2024

Up next for the USA gymnastics team is the women's team final on Tuesday, July 30. The final begins at 12:15 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

The women's all-around will be on Thursday, August 1, before individual events begin on Saturday, August 3.

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Women's Olympics gymnastics schedule

Jun 30, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Sunisa Lee, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles pose for a photo after being selected for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women's gymnastics team during the U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center. / Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports

Tuesday, July 30: Women's team final at 12:15 p.m. ET

Thursday, Aug. 1: Women's all-around final at 12:15 p.m. ET

Saturday, Aug. 3: Women's vault final at 10:20 a.m. ET

Sunday, Aug. 4: Women's uneven bars final at 9:40 a.m. ET

Monday, Aug. 5: Women's balance beam final (6:38 a.m. ET) and women's floor exercise final (8:23 a.m. ET)

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