The Gymblog posted a rundown of some of the big stars of our sport missing at Worlds in Stuttgart:
Anna Pavlova (Rus), Jana Bieger (USA), Justin Spring (USA), Ashley Preiss (USA), Chellsie Memmel (USA), Kyle Shewfelt (CAN), Pang Panpan (CHN), Ana Maria Tamarjan (ROM), Irina Isayeva (ROM), Marian Dragulescu (ROM), Shavahn Church (ENG).
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I’d hoped World and Olympic Champion Li Xiaopeng (CHN) would again be competitive. But he was out with, I think, an injured toe.
Are there more athletes injured out of World Championships than in the past?
I think so.
The demands of 10 counting skills on each routine is too difficult for an all-arounder, I feel. FIG should drop the number of counting skills to eight.
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