Brenna Dowell is alternate. Will not compete.
details – Biles, Maroney, Ross will compete in the all-around at 2013 World Gymnastics Championships
Breanna is a terrific alternate. If any of the 3 AAs get injured, she could step in instantly.
I believe they hoped Brenna could stabilize her Bars in time. Hoped she could qualify to the Bar final. That’s not going to happen now.
Downside?
Mckayla is not nearly as prepared for Bars and Beam as she’d like to be. It’s not critical that she compete those here. But for 2014 Worlds and beyond, Marta doesn’t want to carry a specialist — if possible.
The official word from Marta:
“We have decided that Kyla Ross will be in the First Subdivision, Simone Biles in Third and McKayla Maroney in the fourth subdivision – they will (each) go on all four events,” Karolyi told us. “McKayla picked up the preparations very well and she showed much better consistency on those two events, so we felt that she definitely could be a contender in the All-Around scene and that’s why we decided this way.”
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