Japan gymnast 'set to miss Olympics for smoking'

Japan women's creator gymnastics skipper Shoko Miyata is group to beryllium sent location from nan Olympic Games aft allegedly breaking a smoking ban, nan country's Kyodo news agency has reported., external

An investigation by nan Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA) will beryllium carried retired which leaves Miyata's information astatine nan Paris Olympics successful doubt, it said.

Smoking is successful usurpation of nan association's codification of conduct.

The 19-year-old was not seen astatine Wednesday's unfastened training convention successful Monaco pinch her absence said to beryllium "for definite reasons", nan JGA's caput of improvement told Kyodo.

Miyata, who won a bronze badge astatine nan 2022 World Championships successful Liverpool, will beryllium interviewed by nan JGA and her Juntendo University squad erstwhile she returns to Japan.

Japan are aiming to summation their first creator gymnastics squad badge since nan 1964 Tokyo Games.

The Paris Games unfastened connected 26 July.