Shilese Jones withdrew from the US Olympic gymnastics trials on Saturday, a day after she injured her left knee on a warm-up vault and had to opt out of three apparatus. Jones, a world championships bronze medallist last year, landed awkwardly on the vault shortly before competition began and limped off with the help of her coach.

Skye Blakely is missing this week’s Olympic Trials after rupturing her right Achilles on Wednesday during practice. The 19-year-old top contender sustained the injury while practising a tumbling pass on floor exercise at the trial’s venue in Minneapolis. Blakely received medical attention and was later carried off the podium by staff, leaving the arena in a wheelchair.

After the first steps of her rehabilitation due to an injury that will prevent her from defending her Olympic gold in the triple jump in Paris 2024, the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas prepares "the return of the queen" with an eye on the 2025 World Athletics Championships, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday. 

Olympic gold medallist in the women's triple jump, Yulimar Rojas, has suffered an Achilles tendon injury that will force her to withdraw from the upcoming Paris Games, it was announced on Friday.