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Shayla Worley seems unlikely for Olympic team
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Sloan recovered from March knee surgery with pizazz and steady improvement and earned her spot on the 2008 U.S. women's gymnastics team with a sparkling vault Saturday night and competent work on the uneven bars. (article 5)
NEW WAVERLY, Tex - With the final four spots on the United States Olympic women's gymnastics team hanging in the balance, an intrasquad meet here Friday at the women's national team training center began with tears. (article 3)
Shayla Worley, a member of last year's gold-medal-winning team at the world championships, left the gym sobbing after breaking her right leg during warm-ups. (article 3)
Considered all but locks after strong showings at last month's nationals and Olympic trials, Memmel, Peszek and Sacramone looked even better Saturday night to earn spots on the U.S. women's gymnastics team. (article 4)
Sloan, the alternate on last year's world championship team, upgraded herself with an impressive performance at the two-day selection camp. (article 4)
NEW WAVERLY, Texas Uneven bars is the event where the U.S. stands to lose big points to the Chinese. (article 6)
Worley broke her right fibula Friday just below the knee during warm-ups for the Olympic selection camp, essentially ending her chances of making the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team. (article 1)
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Source articles
- Worley out with broken leg (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/18/2008, 590 words)
- Shayla Worley seems unlikely for Olympic team (L.A. Times, 07/19/2008, 501 words)
- Broken Leg Ends Worley’s Olympic Gymnastics Dream (nytimes.com, 07/19/2008, 755 words)
- Four years later, Memmel, Sacramone make Olympics (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/19/2008, 1029 words)
- Bridget Sloan gets final spot on gymnastics team (L.A. Times, 07/20/2008, 771 words)
- Nowitzki not enough as Croatia beats Germany, 76-70 (latimesblogs.latimes.com, 07/19/2008, 325 words)
- She knows the pain of missing the cut (L.A. Times, 07/19/2008, 690 words)
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