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Skye Blakely was injured throughout podium coaching on the USA Gymnastics Olympic Trials on Wednesday afternoon, simply 4 days earlier than the U.S. girls’s crew is to be named for Paris 2024.
The 19-year-old fell to the ground after a double structure and was instantly tended to by medical workers, who gave the impression to be taking a look at her decrease physique. She was then carried off the rostrum and brought off the sphere of play in a wheelchair together with her face in her arms, visibly emotional.
USA Gymnastics didn’t have an instantaneous replace on Blakely’s standing earlier than girls’s competitors begins Friday.
Heading into trials, Blakely was projected to make the five-woman crew. She’s been a member of the previous two World groups that received gold, contributing on bars and beam – her finest two occasions. She introduced an upgraded Cheng vault to the U.S. championships earlier this month and went on to win silver within the all-around and on vault and bronze on bars and beam, seemingly locking up a spot on the crew barring one thing of this nature occurring.
Previous to the harm throughout podium coaching Wednesday, Blakely appeared excellent throughout all 4 occasions, exhibiting clear routines, caught landings on her dismounts, and the arrogance of a possible Olympian.
At Olympic Trials in 2021, Blakely was injured on vault earlier than the meet started. She was 16 on the time and never anticipated to make the crew.
This can be a creating story. We’ll present updates as they arrive.
