US gymnastics star Skye Blakely in tears after practice injury puts Olympics in doubt

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US gymnastics star Skye Blakely in tears after practice injury puts Olympics in doubt
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U.S. gymnastics Olympics hopeful Skye Blakely suffered an apparent leg injury during training in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

While practicing a floor exercise, Blakely “landed short on a tumbling pass”, and had to be helped off the floor, ultimately leaving in a wheelchair,Skye Blakely of WOGA Gymnastics performs on balance beam during day one of the women’s 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Dickies Arena.There has not been an immediate update on Blakely’s status for the Olympic trials, which start Friday.

All-around silver medalist Skye Blakely, left, gold medalist Simone Biles, center, and bronze medalist Kayla DiCello pose on stage while being honored during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Sunday, June 2, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas.Katherine Johnson Clarke, who won silver and bronze medals in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and is a former commentator for ESPN and ABC, expressed her sympathies to Blakely.

“Stop the world, I want to get off. My heart, broken as it is into a million pieces, goes out to Skye and her family,” “It goes out to our entire extended gymnastics family, as we all feel this pain so intensely and deeply. Damn you, fate, damn you!”Famed polling expert Nate Silver makes bold claim about 2024 election: 'Not a toss-up'

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