MyKayla Skinner is retiring from gymnastics as a silver medal winner at the Tokyo Olympics, an opportunity afforded to her after Simone Biles withdrew from the vault finals to focus on her mental health“I dedicate this medal to Simone.
I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for her,” Skinner said. “I told her I would be doing this one for her. She said, ‘don’t do it for me, do it for yourself,’ so technically it’s for all of us.”Skinner, an Arizona native, believed her retirement would begin a week prior as she shared a bittersweet note via Instagram describing her heartbreak over the end of her gymnastics career while remaining optimistic about the future.On Saturday, Biles confirmed she was pulling out of the event and Skinner would be
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