Gymnasts Update

Anna Li will be giving elite gymnastics another try following her graduation from UCLA this summer. This is great news because the US definitely needs bar workers. Kytra Hunter is apparently injured right now, as is Lauren Mitchell, so neither of them will be at Pacific Rim Championships.

The Australian team will be:
Georgia Wheeler
Emily Little
Larrissa Miller
Amelia McGrath
Georgia Rose-Brown
Emma Collister

The rumored Chinese team is:
Huang Qiushuang
Wu Liufang
Jiang Tong
Tan Sixin
Zhou Qiaohong
Zeng Siqi

The US's provisional team is:
Rebecca Bross
Bridgette Caquatto
Kayla Williams
Lexie Priessman
Jordyn Wieber
Sabrina Vega
However, this is pretty meaningless, as Marta will just choose whomever she wants a couple of days before the meet.

Caster Semenya has agreed not to run until the results of her gender test come back. Her first meet should be in Zaragoza June 24th. This is getting ridiculous. Let the girl run!

Finally, just because we all need humor in our lives:

On Shawn Johnson's Knee

Dancing with the Stars champion (and Olympic gymnast) Shawn Johnson suffered a "minor" knee injury while skiing last month. The minor injury was a partially torn ACL and a torn meniscus. As someone who did the same thing, I can assure you there is nothing minor about the injury. I am far from an elite athlete, but was told if I ever wanted to participate in sports again, I should have a complete ACL reconstruction. Her agent said that most people would not have even had the surgery. That's only true if most people never want to ski or play soccer for fun again. She has a long recovery ahead of her and I wish her the best of luck.

In other news Ivana Hong is rumored to have also suffered a torn ACL at Martha's latest "please break me" camp. Kytra Hunter was named the alternate for the Scam Cup along with Danell Leyva for the men.