Injuries

Injuries are a sad reality of the sport and they happen on a pretty frequent basis. This page will track all injuries of current gymnasts. Gymnasts will be removed from this page when they return to competition, whether international or domestic, or if they medically retire.

Short Term

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	Recovery	SRC
Sunisa Lee	USA	ankle	6/18/20	resumed training by 7/21/20	[1][2]
Jordan Chiles	USA	wrist surgery	10/4/19	resumed training by 10/22/19	[3][4]
Shilese Jones	USA	unknown	9/21/19	resumed training by 12/13/19	[5][6]

Long Term

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	Recovery	SRC
Kelly Simm	GBR	torn rotator cuff	6/5/20	started rehab as of 7/3/20	[7][8]
Claire Pontlevoy	FRA	torn ACL	2/8/20	minimum nine months	[9]
Asuka Teramoto	JPN	torn Achilles tendon	2/7/20	resumed training as of 6/8/20	[10][11]
Amelie Morgan	GBR	broken wrist	1/23/20	resumed training as of 7/6/20	[12]
Jade Barbosa	BRA	torn ACL	10/5/19	resumed training as of 6/25/20	[13][14]
Yamilet Peña	DOM	unknown	10/4/19	resumed training as of 6/26/20	[15][16]
Carolyne Pedro	BRA	unknown	9/30/19	resumed training as of 2/16/20	[17][18]
Angelina Simakova	RUS	unknown	9/24/19	expected to return 4/4/20	[19]
Kirsten Polderman	NED	torn ACL	6/16/19	resumed training as of 1/24/20	[20][21]
Tabea Alt	GER	back pain	6/15/19	rehab training as of 6/28/20	[22][23]
Leonie Meier	SUI	torn ACL	3/28/19	expected to return 3/20/20	[24][25]
Dipa Karmakar	IND	knee injury	3/16/19	resumed training as of 6/25/20	[26][27]
Larisa Iordache	ROU	torn Achilles tendon	10/4/17	resumed training as of 6/11/20	[28][29][30]

Unknown

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	SRC
Aliya Mustafina	RUS	torn ankle ligament	6/3/19	[31]
Axelle Klinckaert	BEL	knee injury	4/2/19	[32]
Michelle Timm	GER	unknown	3/5/19	[33]

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