The Japanese women's artistic gymnastics team that was rocked a week before the start of the Olympics by the withdrawal of its captain for underage smoking and drinking, finished eighth on Tuesday in Paris as the Simone Biles-led United States won gold.The Japan team of Rina Kishi, Haruka Nakamura, Mana Okamura and Kohane Ushioku, all teen Olympic debutants, went around the four apparatus at Bercy Arena with just four members as compared to the five in the other finalists.The United States won with 171.296 points, followed by Italy on 165.494 and Brazil with 164.497.Japan logged 159.463 to …READ FULL ARTICLE
