Comments on: gymnastics injuries at World’s

By: molly

molly — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:36:53 +0000

i think that jessica was just really unlucky, like it said – its only her second ever world championshipd and shes 19. Most normal 19 yeah olds would be at collage. also if she wasnt talented enough she wouldnt have qualified for the floor final.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:21:14 +0000

There was a South Korean girl who appeared to blow out her knee on vault during podium training. Don’t know her name and never heard the outcome….

By: coach M

coach M — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:27:07 +0000

Nalla, she is definitely talented enough to be doing that. In fact, I think she was probably the most powerful tumbler out of all of the athletes in finals. It was a fluke accident and thank god it was her. she and bross are built like they could be on the college wrestling team if gymnastics doesn’t work out. She’s a tough kid, and a talented one, and enough about the injuries already. The splat from Yang Yilin was uncharacteristic too. In this photo it looks a lot worse then it did in competition. She pulled one twist around and one flip and then as she was landing the second flip she just lost the rotation and came straight down on her hands and knees — but it was not a bad fall in terms of potential life threatening injury.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:14:02 +0000

I watched the youtube video of Jessica Gil Ortiz and she IS talented enough to do the pass. Her foot slipped on take-off. It was her second pass and she mounted with a huge double layout(although horrible form)!!! It was a fluke accident. You can watch for yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL2dBkL_jn8

By: Nalla

Nalla — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:33:21 +0000

She fell because she isn’t talented enough to be trying those tricks. The code is killing the sport and now trying to take the gymnasts with them

By: Calítoe.:.

Calítoe.:. — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:50:39 +0000

Ana María Izurieta from Spain didn’t participate in the AA (she had qualified in the 11th place) because of a deltoid muscle contracture, or so they say.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:48:02 +0000

I was there, and everyone in the arena was worried when we saw that fall, but only a few hours later, Ortiz turned up at the event farewell party, looking great, and got a big cheer.

Also, that article mentions the podium, was 1.5m high – it was actually 0.9m (& 20cm mats), but yes, there were a few gymnasts who fell off the podium.

By: Kathryn in NZ

Kathryn in NZ — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:45:42 +0000

The Ortiz stack made it onto our 6pm and 10.30pm news here – must’ve been a slow news day. So that’s two mentions of Worlds in NZ media in a week – unheard of outside of the Olympics.
So much for GymsportsNZ plans to increase media coverage of NZ gymnasics, as nothing was in national media about Nationals. Shame, cos the event looks really good at Mystery Creek.