Editor’s note: Simone Biles made her third Olympic squad, highlighting the U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team for the Paris Games.
MINNEAPOLIS – Shilese Jones is out of the rest of the Olympic trials.
Jones injured her knee on vault in pre-meet warmups on Friday night, and scratched all but uneven bars. USA Gymnastics said the decision to not compete Sunday was made after she was re-evaluated Saturday.
The five-woman team will be named after Sunday’s competition.
Jones seemed to foreshadow the announcement, posting an Instagram story of herself with Beacon, the therapy dog who comes to USA Gymnastics events, with the caption, “Don’t know what i’d do without Beacon.”
Jones had established herself as almost as much of a lock for the Paris squad as Simone Biles, winning all-around medals at the last two world championships. She arrived at trials nursing a shoulder injury that kept her out of the national championships earlier this month, but coach Sarah Korngold said she was ready to compete.
In warmups on Friday, however, Jones landed her vault and fell to the mat, clutching her right leg. Biles ran over to check on her, and Jones sat on the podium for several minutes before being helped backstage by Korngold and a medical staffer.
Jones was to start on vault, but scratched after testing her knee with a run down the runway. She managed to do uneven bars, and her 14.675 was the highest of the night on the event. She then scratched her remaining two events.
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