Update on Worley; Chellsie Memmel hurt
NEW WAVERLY, Texas -- USA gymnastics officials say that Shayla Worley felt a pop in her right ankle while warming up on the balance beam and may have broken a bone. Worley was wearing a boot on the ankle as well as using crutches when she left the gym.
On her second tumbling pass on floor exercise, Chellsie Memmel landed hard out of bounds and started to slip backward. As she tried to regain her balance, Memmel snapped her neck. She stopped her routine immediately and the gym fell silent.
As Jana Bieger stepped up to do her routine, Bela Karolyi came to Memmel's side and massaged her neck. As Memmel sat with her neck leaning on a mat Karolyi said, "She will be fine."
-- Diane Pucin
Photo: Chellsie Memmel on the balance beam during the Olympic Trials in Philadelphia on June 22. Credit: Stew Milne / US Presswire
