Shoko Miyata, captain of the Japan women’s artistic gymnastics team, has withdrawn from the squad for the Paris Olympics after violating the team’s code of conduct by smoking, the Japanese Gymnastics Association said on Friday.
Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the Japan women’s artistic gymnastics team, has withdrawn from the squad for the Paris Games after violating the team’s code of conduct by smoking, the Japanese Gymnastics Association said on Friday. JGA officials said Miyata arrived in Japan on Thursday after leaving the team’s training camp in Monaco for investigation, which confirmed the violation including drinking alcohol.
Hopes had been high for the Japan women’s gymnastics team, which was seeking to win a team medal at the Paris Games for the first time since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Miyata had been expected to lead a team comprised entirely of first-time Olympians and teenagers after she secured her Paris berth in May with a third consecutive NHK trophy. Coach Harada said that while Miyata’s conduct had been reckless, she had been under extreme pressure to perform at the highest level.
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