Gymnastics News: Bulimar Out, Tan Sixin Retired, Mexican National Team Named

The race for a team medal at this year's World Championships has just gotten a little bit easier with the announcement that Diana Bulimar is out. Diana's knee gave out according to MCSMaria's blog and was flown to Vienna for immediate treatment. This comes as a shock news especially given that she had recently announced that she had overcome her fear of vault and because she had missed last year's world due to an injury. Diana is now becoming the Romanian Vika Komova - she just can't catch a break.

Without Diana Bulimar on the Romanian team there are very little chances that the team can seriously compete for a medal. The team was already over reliant on Larisa and Diana for the bulk of their scores. Without Diana the team will need to add for apparatus rotations to the team and I don't know where they can find them. On the positive side this will make it that much easier for the Russians and British girls to medal.

Let's wish Diana a quick recovery, which the reports are saying the injury is nothing serious but will definitely keep her out of the Worlds.

With the Youth Olympic Games fast approaching, Triple Twist Gym Blog did a run through of where all the top gymnasts, that were competing there, are now. The most surprising gymnast on that list was Tan Sixin, not for being on the list but for being marked as retired. Tan was not a great all arounder but was a great beam worker something that the Chinese team is not in short supply. She was a reserve for the 2012 Olympic games yet never saw any significant international competition - save for the 2011 Worlds. Sad to see her go so quickly into her career.

The Mexican national team has been named for the Worlds - a bit too early to be naming World teams. The stand outs on the team are definitely veteran Elsa Garcia and Alexa Moreno. Elsa was last seen last summer when she won the silver medal at the Universiade Games in Kazan on the floor apparatus. Alexa Moreno is a even finalist on floor back in 2011 and performed well at the Universiade but did not take home a medal.

It shall be interesting to see if any of these ladies have improved their difficulty levels to challenge for medals. The team is not a medal contender but rather a team that is working with veterans and new additions. In all honesty the team is a good ten to twenty years from becoming a competitive team if the organization gets its things together. In previous years fighting between the coaches and decisions on representatives have caused uproars.