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Gabby Douglas , a three-time Olympic champion, said she was “heartbroken” for Shilese Jones after the young gymnast had to give up on her Olympic dream due to an injury.for the U.S. gymnastics roster for the Paris Olympics , but the 21-year-old injured her left knee during the U.S. Olympic Trials.
as Jones was not the only frontrunner whose Paris 2024 dreams came to a premature end. Two-time World Team champion Skye Blakely tore the Achilles tendon in her right leg during training, while Tokyo Olympics alternate Kayla DiCello ruptured her left Achilles tendon on the vault. “She's very sweet, very down to earth. So it's exciting to see what she's gonna do,” she said of Rivera, who will be the youngest member of all sports in the Team USA delegation headed to the 2024 Games.
“We were never really allowed to play in front of the cameras after the routine. We always had to be very professional and now you can kind of have more freedom to do what you want.”Douglas has teamed up with Ancestry, an online family history resource, to take an AncestryDNA test to see how her genetics may influence her athleticism.
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