The Daily Populous Friday July 19th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by telegraph.co.uk and submitted by TheTelegraph

The star of Japan’s women’s artistic gymnastics team has been sent home from the final training camp ahead of the Paris Olympic Games for smoking.

Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the team, was missing from training on Wednesday, although Japanese Olympic officials would only confirm to reporters that she was absent “for certain reasons”.

According to Japanese media reports, Ms Miyata has left the team’s training base in Monaco after being seen smoking, in violation of the team’s code of conduct. Under Japanese law, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 20 to smoke.

The Japan Gymnastics Association has announced it will hold a formal investigation in conjunction with Juntendo University, in Tokyo, where she is a student.

Her departure casts a shadow over the team’s chances of winning a medal at the Games, which opens in the French capital on Friday. The last time Japan’s women won a team medal for gymnastics was when Tokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964.

cgilber11 on July 19th, 2024 at 12:02 UTC »

Important to note that it was Japan’s decision. Not the Olympic committee. It was against the team’s code of conduct.

Code of conducts exist for a reason, but a first-offense warning was probably all they needed.

Miserable-Tension-58 on July 19th, 2024 at 09:05 UTC »

“Smoking and under aged drinking”

TheTelegraph on July 19th, 2024 at 08:13 UTC »

The Telegraph reports:

The star of Japan’s women’s artistic gymnastics team has been sent home from the final training camp ahead of the Paris Olympic Games for smoking.

Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of the team, was missing from training on Wednesday, although Japanese Olympic officials would only confirm to reporters that she was absent “for certain reasons”.

According to Japanese media reports, Ms Miyata has left the team’s training base in Monaco after being seen smoking, in violation of the team’s code of conduct. Under Japanese law, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 20 to smoke.

The Japan Gymnastics Association has announced it will hold a formal investigation in conjunction with Juntendo University, in Tokyo, where she is a student.

Her departure casts a shadow over the team’s chances of winning a medal at the Games, which opens in the French capital on Friday. The last time Japan’s women won a team medal for gymnastics was when Tokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/07/19/japans-olympic-gymnastics-captain-sent-home-for-smoking/