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China withdraws from women's all-around final
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-11-26 09:19 China's medal hopefuls have
withdrawn from the women's all-around final at the world gymnastics
championships here on Friday.
Chinese women's team have explained that
Olympic bronze medallist Zhang Nan and Zhang Yufei were both carrying injuries,
sustained during the women's qualifications on Wednesday.
While Yufei
would need a two-week rest due to a badly bruised ankle and definitely also miss
the floor apparatus final, Nan is now focusing on the individual apparatus
finals on the weekend, according to Chinese team leader Zhang
Peiwen.
Nan, also bronze medallist in 2003 world championships, told
media earlier this week that her back and groin injuries had
worsened since
she arrived in Melbourne.
Yufei had an awkward landing on vault during
the qualification and needed to be carried from the podium.
She returned
in the final rotation to complete all the four exercises on uneven bars but
again hobbled off the mats.
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