![]() ![]() (Photo by Vincent AMALVY / AFP) (Photo by VINCENT AMALVY/AFP via Getty Images) USA's Mykayla Skinner competes in the vault event of the artistic gymnastics women's vault final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on August 1, 2021.(Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: Mykayla Skinner of Team United States competes in the Women's Vault Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Augin Tokyo, Japan.TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: (L-R) Silver medalist Mykayla Skinner of Team United States, gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Team Brazil and bronze medalist Seojeong Yeo of Team South Korea pose with their medals during the Women's Vault Final medal ceremony on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Augin Tokyo, Japan.ET., or catch the primetime replay at a more reasonable 7:30 P.M. If you’re really committed to gymnastics, you can watch the vault finals live on Sunday at 4:45 A.M. ![]() Rebeca Andrade from Brazil is also a top medal contender, and is coming off a silver medal win in the all-around competition, the first Olympic medal in gymnastics for the country of Brazil. According to NBC, Skinner and Carey both perform the same vault skills-the 2.5-twist known as an Amanar and a 1.5-twist front layout called a Cheng-and scored within three tenths of each other in qualifications. The vault competition is going to be fierce. Similarly to bars, no other American woman can sub in for her, so if Biles withdraws, it will just be Lee on the bars and Carey on the floor repping Team USA on Monday. Biles still has not announced whether she is withdrawing from her final two events, beam and floor. Suni Lee (who just won gold in the women’s all-around competition) will be the only American competing. gymnast who got the qualifying scores necessary in the bars event, which Biles is also sitting out this Sunday. Skinner can sub in for Biles because she got the scores needed to qualify earlier in the week. ![]() This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Skinner was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic Team, and narrowly missed her opportunity to compete in finals in Tokyo. and World competitions over the years, and two different NCAA championships for floor and vault, she hasn’t actually had a chance to compete for an Olympic medal. In her caption, Skinner also said, “The sport of gymnastics hasn’t been kind to me over the years.” This likely refers to the fact that despite winning countless medals in U.S. “I would have loved for my scores to count for the team and I would have loved to compete in event finals but I still did some of my best gymnastics here as an Olympian and that’s something no one can take away from me.” “Heartbroken is an understatement, but I am proud of myself for getting here after everything I’ve been through,” she wrote on Instagram. (Though she technically was not part of the team competition, she’s still on Team USA.) There’s no denying that gymnastics does a number on the body, making it a sport that trends really young. ![]() Olympic gymnastics team since 2004, according to. At 24, she’s already the oldest woman to make a U.S. In an emotional Instagram post on Tuesday, Skinner shared that she was closing the chapter of her gymnastics career, and with it, her dreams of winning an Olympic medal. ![]()
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