Considered a favorite to make the team for the Paris Games, gymnast had to be carried off the floor.
MINNEAPOLIS — Skye Blakely, one of the top contenders to earn a spot on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team for next month’s Paris Olympics, suffered an apparent leg injury during a training session Wednesday. Her status for the trials, which begin Friday for the women, is unclear.
Blakely landed short on a tumbling pass, and she stayed on the floor while being evaluated by the medical staff. She had to be carried off the floor and then exited the arena in a wheelchair with her hands buried in her face.at the recent national championships, trailing only Simone Biles and solidifying herself as a favorite to make the five-member team for Paris.
The 19-year-old from Frisco, Tex., was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. teams at world championships in 2022 and 2023. She had shown improvement this season, particularly by debuting a new, difficult vault at nationals.At Olympic trials in 2021, Blakely suffered an injury while warming up a vault just before competition began.
If she is unable to compete at trials, Blakely could be allowed to submit a petition for a spot on the Olympic team, though she would need to be healthy enough to compete in Paris. To be eligible to do so, an athlete must have finished first or second in the all-around at nationals, and her score from nationals must be high enough that she would have placed first or second at the trials. Blakely earned a 113.850 across the two days of competition at nationals.
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