MINNEAPOLIS — No person pictured Paris with out Shilese Jones.
Group USA suffered a slew of devastating accidents in fast succession on the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, together with one that may take Jones out of the Paris Video games.
USA Gymnastics introduced Saturday that, after analysis, Jones won’t be persevering with by way of to the ultimate day of trials Sunday, slashing her hopes of creating the Paris workforce.
Jones, a 21-year-old from Seattle, was a near-lock for the Olympic workforce after profitable six world championship medals up to now two years.
Whereas warming up on the vault at Friday’s trials, Jones landed quick and instantly cradled her knee.
She is the third frontrunner for the Paris workforce to endure a season-ending damage this week in Minneapolis. Skye Blakely ruptured her Achilles in coaching on Wednesday and Kayla DiCello suffered the identical damage on the high of Friday’s competitors.
Jones acquired medical consideration after her vault and was carried off the competitors flooring, however all gave the impression to be properly when she re-entered the world. She tried one other warm-up vault, however balked, unable to finish her run.
Nonetheless, Jones rallied by way of seen grimaces of ache and hit her finest occasion, the uneven bars. She earned the best rating of the night time with a 14.675.
Jones carried out a barely simpler routine than common, omitting a troublesome talent, a laid-out Jaeger, on the high. The dismount was stable, however she limped off the ground after the affect to her injured knee.
After that routine, she scratched the remainder of the meet.
Jones additionally withdrew final month from the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Price, nursing an unrelated shoulder damage. She filed a petition with USA Gymnastics to compete at trials, which was authorised.
In 2021, Jones simply missed the Tokyo Olympic workforce, ending in tenth at trials. Later that yr she misplaced her father, who had inspired her to strive as soon as extra for an Olympic berth.
Her solely all-around displaying this yr was the Core Hydration Basic in Might, the place Jones solidified herself as Group USA’s strongest asset behind Simone Biles, ending second within the all-around competitors and profitable the uneven bars.