Still expected to compete in the Olympics.
Chellsie Memmel, who missed the 2004 Athens Games, sat out most of the 2006 and 2007 seasons with injuries. She returned to form in 2008, finishing third at the U.S. Nationals and Olympic Trials.
BEIJING — Chellsie Memmel, one of the most capable all-around gymnasts on the U.S. women’s team, has sustained an ankle injury in practice, perhaps setting the stage for the most pressure-packed comebacks of all of Chellsie Memmel’s many comebacks.
Memmel, 20, of West Allis, Wis., the 2005 world individual all-around champion, apparently hurt herself Saturday. Full details were not immediately available. …
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