Japanese Gymnast Expelled from Olympic Team for Smoking Cigarettes and Drinking
Just days before the 2024 Paris Olympics, 19-year-old Shoko Miyata was removed from the Japanese gymnastics team. The expulsion came after Miyata admitted to smoking and drinking in her private time, activities that are not only against the Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA) rules but also illegal for individuals under 20 in Japan. This decision followed…