If the United States Olympic gymnastics trials proved anything, it was that the arena ceiling at the Tokyo Games had better be high. There will be fast-flying flips and tornado-like twists that will need as much air as they can get.
Gymnasts will unleash their most daring routines in an attempt to win a gold medal, and the margin for error will be narrow — even narrower than the 4-inch balance beam that many gymnasts already find precarious. One slip. One extra step on a landing. One fall. Seemingly tiny mistakes could mean the difference between making it to a final, or winning a medal, in every one of the events.