Japanese gymnastics captain out of Paris Olympics for drinking alcohol, smoking

The captain of the Japanese gymnastics team was sent home from France and will not participate at the Olympic Games later this month for allegedly breaking a team ban on smoking and drinking alcohol.

Shoko Miyata, 19, who is the captain of her country’s women’s artistic gymnastics team, left Japan’s training camp in Monaco on Thursday after an investigation found that she allegedly violated the Japan Gymnastics Association’s rules, CBS News partner BBC reported on Friday.