What events is MyKayla Skinner doing at the Olympics?

What events is MyKayla Skinner doing at the Olympics?

U.S. gymnast MyKayla Skinner performs on the vault during the gymnastics women’s apparatus final at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. TOKYO — U.S. gymnast MyKayla Skinner has won a silver medal in the individual gymnastics final for the vault – a competition she wasn’t expecting to take part in at the Tokyo Olympics.

Will MyKayla Skinner compete in the Olympics?

During Olympic trials in June, she achieved her dream of becoming an Olympian, but with an asterisk. Skinner would be a member of the Tokyo-bound team, but not the team. As one of the U.S. team’s two individual competitors, her scores wouldn’t count toward the team total and she wouldn’t be included in the team final.

Why was MyKayla Skinner eliminated?

Skinner finished with the fourth-best overall score (14.933) on vault, her strongest event. But because she finished behind fellow Americans Biles and Carey, she failed to qualify for the event final under the “two per” rule.

Did MyKayla Skinner qualify for finals?

Team USA believed that Skinner would have a better chance to medal as an individual over the team’s other options. However, the 24-year-old gymnast failed to qualify for any of the individual event finals. She acknowledged on Twitter that would likely be the end of her Olympic career.