John sent us the bad news about a medal contender:
… In the women’s competition Sandra Izbasa suffered an injury during warm-up, just a few minutes before the start of the competition. The European floor champion could not continue, heading to Bucharest for medical checkups. …
UPDATE: northernriver reports the injury turned out to be not serious.
earlier this season – source
Steliana Nistor easily won the All-around.
Nicolae Forminte, the head coach of the Olympic team, already knows what gymnasts he will rely on in view of the Olympic Games in Beijing, scheduled in August. ‘In Romania the birthrate did not grow spectacularly overnight, so I could not select other girls,’ the head coach joked. …
Of course he’s talking about the rumours of age falsification of He Kexin from China. This is the pot calling the kettle black. Romania has been as guilty as any other nation in the past.
(via Nine O’Clock)
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