GymnasticsMONTREAL — Romanian star Larisa Iordache withdrew from the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Wednesday after suffering an injury during a warm-up. Iordache was seen in tears as she was led out of the competition arena in a wheelchair after sustaining the leg injury during a warm-up for the floor exercise. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) later cited the Romanian Gymnastics Federation as saying that Iordache had suffered a torn Achilles tendon. On Monday, Japanese star Kohei Uchimura, the six-time defending world all-around champion was injured in qualifying and withdrew. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, another seen as a possible medal contender in the women’s all-around, suffered a knee ligament injury and also withdrew.

Source: Viet Nam News October 04, 2017 20:48 UTC