After Biles Exit, MyKayla Skinner Earns Olympic Silver Medal

After Biles Exit, MyKayla Skinner Earns Olympic Silver Medal
Mykayla Skinner of Team United States competes in the Women's Vault Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2021. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
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TOKYO—She launched herself off the vault, stuck the landing and saluted, then MyKayla Skinner heard the roar from her teammates watching in the stands. One voice seemed louder than the rest—Simone Biles, rooting for Skinner in what would become a silver-medal winning performance.

“I knew she was going to be the loudest one in there tonight,” Skinner said.