Like many others, I’ve been awaiting news on how Christine Peng-Peng Lee‘s (minor) injury was improving. If healthy, I’d call her a shoe-in for the Canadian Team to World Championships. She has many different potential Bar and Beam routines with over 6.0+ start score.
Jenn Isbister:
Gymn.ca: Just a day or two before CBC was due to visit you for a profile piece for their 2011 Canadian Nationals coverage, you injured your knee. What happened, and how is the knee doing?
Lee: I was training on vault doing my new skill Yurchenko double twist and on my tenth vault my knee cap dislocated. I had landed awkwardly on the landing but also the mats were very wobbly so it was a combination of both. My knee is doing really well! I am very happy with how I am progressing we are still cautious with it but I am almost back to full training. I am doing watered down routines for trials but I am happy with where I am today.
I most definitely want to continue to compete Elite for Canada. The goal of going to the 2012 Olympics is what has kept me going during my hiatus. I am following my dream and I want to work hard and stay healthy so I can fulfill my goal to going to the 2012 Olympics in London.
Gymn.ca: What made you choose UCLA, and when will you start? What are you planning to study?
Lee: I chose UCLA because even though I had my back injury and I wasn’t training Miss Val always believed that I was going to come back and do gymnastics. She has been so supportive and I didn’t know if I was going to get any other offer as great as hers due to my back injury. Also, I love the atmosphere at UCLA and how the athletes get treated there, I love it. I will go to UCLA in 2012 because I want to focus on the Olympics that year. I haven’t quit decided what I want to study yet and I’m hoping the year off I will figure out my career choice/path.
read the entire interview on Gymn.ca
She’s simply wild on Beam, capable of near any skill. (VIDEO 2008)
Peng-Peng had the same injury as Chelsea Davis at Worlds Rotterdam.
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