More on USA gymnastics: "Gymnastics-U.S. ready for battle despite Liukin setback"
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/061010/3/x9l3.html
Nastia: [quote]Even though the injury has severely affected Liukin's landing ability, U.S. women's national team coordinator Marta Karolyi decided to take a gamble on the double world champion's fitness and named her in a seven-member squad.[/quote]
[quote]The daughter of 1988 Russian Olympic champion Valeri Liukin, Nastia is prepared to risk her injury on the asymmetric bars, although she admitted her appearance might be limited to the team competition.
"I was a little disappointed but I'm still here on the team and I'm really excited to contribute," Liukin, twice U.S. national all-round champion, said.
"The competition is still days away and every day it's been getting better so we'll see how it goes but making it to the team competition is the first priority," she told Reuters.[/quote]
Maybe Nastia will do a Keri Strugg landing if her ankle is not healed in time?
Men's national team coordinator Ron Brant:
[quote] "The world championships is really the first time for all of us to see one another's routines and how they have designed routines for the new code," Brant told Reuters.
"It's not really created what we had hoped. It's hurt the men's side a lot in the all-round. This new code is not the way to go in men's gymnastics.
"Each event has a different maximum start score and each event is worth a different amount. I liked it when each event was worth the same amount." [/quote]
