For American gymnastics fans seeking a less dramatic 2024 quadrennial after the lasting trauma of the Tokyo Olympics, those hopes were summarily decimated as not one, not two, but three presumptive stars of the Paris squad went down one after another with injuries during last week’s Olympic Trials in Minneapolis. Yes, the grueling two-meet competition had its redemptive moments—more on those in a moment—but for the most part, it was an abject bloodbath, and I, for one, have aged approximately 900 years in less than a week because I watched.
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