No matter how many 10.0s she earns, how many individual titles she takes or how many times she hits her routines without even a hint of a bobble, Utah gymnast MyKayla Skinner can’t do one thing — erase the disappointment of failing to be selected to the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team.
Her story is well known in gymnastics circles now: Skinner finished fourth at the U.S. Trials, so it would make sense she would be selected for the five-woman team. Instead, the committee passed over Skinner and selected two gymnasts who finished behind her, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian.