Shoko Miyata has been sent home before the Paris Olympics for smoking, in violation of Japan Gymnastics Association rules.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata has been sent home and will not compete at the Olympic Games after breaking a team smoking ban.
The 19-year-old left Japan's training camp in Monaco on Thursday as officials investigated the alleged incident. The teenager - captain of her country's women's artistic gymnastics team - returned to Japan that night after the investigation concluded she had violated the Japan Gymnastics Association's rules."With her confirmation and after discussions on all sides, it has been decided that she will withdraw from the Olympics," Japan Gymnastics Association secretary general Kenji Nishimura told reporters in Tokyo.
"She was spending her days really burdened with so much pressure. I would implore people to understand that," said Harada. Miyata won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool and she had been set to lead a team of first-time Olympians in Paris.Celia Cruz's return to Cuba after 43 years in exileWhen is the right time to take money out of your pension?'Would you take silver now?' Kerr responds to quick-fire questions'Gobsmacking brilliance of High Noon at Troon will never fade'
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