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Red Rocks' MyKayla Skinner is still using her Olympic snub as motivation

No matter how many 10.0s she earns, how many individual titles she takes or how many times she hits her routines without even a hint of a bobble, Utah gymnast MyKayla Skinner can’t do one thing — erase the disappointment of failing to be selected to the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team.

Her story is well known in gymnastics circles now: Skinner finished fourth at the U.S. Trials, so it would make sense she would be selected for the five-woman team. Instead, the committee passed over Skinner and selected two gymnasts who finished behind her, Gabby Douglas and Madison Kocian.