Shilese Jones performed well on the uneven bars Friday night, but did not compete on any other apparatus. MINNEAPOLIS — Not long ago, Shilese Jones headed toward the Olympic summer in an enviable position. After winning all-around medals at world championships the past two years and showcasing consistency one meet after another, Jones seemed virtually certain to receive a spot on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team that will compete in Paris.
Jones needed to be helped out of the arena to receive medical attention, yet not long after, she managed to perform a strong routine on bars with her left knee wrapped. Her specific injury has not been disclosed, and she skipped the other three events. The Olympic team will not be named until after the women perform again Sunday night. But the certainty around Jones’s Olympic berth has vanished.
Jones already had been navigating a nagging shoulder injury that flared up last month, forcing her to withdraw from the national championships. The small tear in her labrum has been an ongoing issue that is usually manageable. But suddenly, just after her excellent performance at the U.S. Classic, Jones said she could hardly raise her arm.Jones, her coach and the U.S. high performance staff agreed the safe option was for Jones to skip nationals and try to heal in time for these trials.
After nationals, Jones rested for about a week and then slowly worked back to practicing full routines. She hadn’t performed as many repetitions in training as she and Korngold would have hoped, but they had optimism entering the trials. Korngold insisted Jones’s shoulder pain has subsided. Endurance was all she was lacking.End of carousel
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