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Japan women's gymnastics captain out of Paris Games for smoking (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] alyth 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Japan’s top female gymnast and team captain, Shoko Miyata, has been removed from the Paris Olympic team due to allegations of underage smoking in violation of the federation’s code of conduct.

Miyata, 19, was sent home from an Olympic prep camp in Monaco, according to Japan Gymnastics Association. The legal smoking age in Japan is 20.

What is this garbage? In Monaco, you are allowed to smoke at 18. So she literally did nothing illegal and who cares anyway.

[–] 13esq 2 points 5 months ago

It seems silly to us but it's obviously something they consider to be extremely serious in Japan.