Katrina sent us the bad news:
Add U.S. men’s gymnastics national all-around champion David Sender to the list of athletes who are injured as the U.S. Olympic trials begin tonight at the Wachovia Center.
Sender won the national title last month when Paul Hamm was forced to withdraw after getting injured the first day of competition. Wednesday night, Sender was planning to get an MRI on his right ankle after team officials determined it was not broken during an accident.
After finishing his practice session on the high bar, the bar was vibrating. He jumped up to tap the bar to make it stop. When he came down, his foot rolled off the mat.
“It’s one of those things you do every day in the gym,” men’s program director Dennis McIntyre said. “It’s really unfortunate.”
McIntyre said Sender wasn’t talking much: “He knows what’s on the line.”
Last week Jonathan Horton had a less serious injury scare. He rolled his ankle on a pommel mat.
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