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gymnast Kayla Williams retires from Elite

July 27th, 2010 | Gymnastics, vault

Bit of a shocker. But not all that surprising considering the problems she’s had since World’s.

AND Alicia’s looking great, certainly a stronger candidate to make the USA World’s Team.

World vaulting champ Kayla Williams has made the decision to forego further Elite training and focus on preparing for college, according to coach Mary Lee Tracy.

Williams, the USA’s first, and to date only, World Champion on vault, tore her a plantar fascia tendon in her foot “one or two weeks ago,” according to Tracy, and decided yesterday to end her Elite career, even though the injury will not require surgical repair. …

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Kayla Williams of United States poses after she won the vault event during the Apparatus Finals on the fifth day of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 at the O2 Arena on October 17, 2009 in London, England. Kayla Williams of United States won gold, Ariella Kaeslin of Switzerland won silver and Youna Dufournet of France won bronze. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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#1 TP on 07.28.10 at 7:48 pm

Her parents were probably driving her nuts.

#2 Susanne Schaarup, Denmark on 10.12.10 at 3:48 pm

I am a danish tumbling gymnast and just suffered the same injury as Kayla. I am wery curious to know if- and which problems the injury gives her regarding function and especially gymnastics. (pain, collapse of the foot etc??) Do yoy know other gymnasts with the same injury-and how are they doing??? I would like to get in contact with those-urgently as i plan operation to return to gymnastics.

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