The captain of the Japanese gymnastics team was sent home from France and will not participate at the Olympic Games later this month for allegedly breaking a team ban on smoking and drinking alcohol.

Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan’s Artistic Gymnastics Olympic squad, has exited the sporting event after smoking cigarettes, in violation of the team's code of conduct, the Japanese ...

PARIS, July 29 (Reuters) - Daiki Hashimoto turned heartache into unimaginable joy as he overcame a fall from the pommel horse to power Japan to the gold medal, edging China in a nail-biting gymnastics ...

Japan's women's gymnastics team will be without captain Shoko Miyata at the 2024 Olympics due to a code of conduct violation. The Japanese Gymnastics Association announced on Friday that Miyata, who ...

One week before the Opening Ceremony, the 19-year-old captain of Japan’s women’s gymnastics team has been sent home after she admitted to underage smoking and drinking. The Japan Gymnastics ...

Japan’s top female gymnast and team captain, Shoko Miyata, has been removed from the Paris Olympic team due to allegations of underage smoking in violation of the federation’s code of conduct. Miyata, ...

PARIS -- Longtime men's gymnastics rivals China and Japan appear headed for another tight finish at the Olympics. The sport's two superpowers surged to the top of qualifying at Bercy Arena on Saturday ...

Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata’s Olympic dreams came to a stunning end Thursday when she was sent home from training camp in Monaco for allegedly violating the team’s smoking ban. Miyata, the captain ...

Japan’s star gymnast, Shoko Miyata, the captain of the women’s team for the Paris Olympics, was sent home after an investigation concluded she violated the code of conduct by smoking cigarettes and ...

TOKYO, July 19 (Reuters) - Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, has withdrawn from the squad for the Paris Games after violating the team's code of ...

Shoko Miyata competes in the Women's Floor Exercise on day three of the Artistic Gymnastics NHK Trophy at Takasaki Arena on May 18, 2024, in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan. Credit - Kiyoshi Ota–Getty Images ...