Vault champion Cheng Fei to miss London Olympics  

體操老將程菲訓(xùn)練中跟腱斷裂 無緣倫敦奧運會

記者15日從中國體操隊獲悉：帶領(lǐng)中國女子體操隊奪得北京奧運會團體金牌的老將程菲在此前一日的訓(xùn)練中意外受傷，導(dǎo)致跟腱斷裂，從而無緣今年的倫敦奧運會。

Beijing (CNS) -- Chinese athlete and three-time world vault champion Cheng Fei will give a pass to the 2012 London Olympics because of an Achilles tendon injury, the national gymnastics team announced on Friday.

The 24-year-old girl was a mainstay of her team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, and at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Cheng reached the summit of her career when she captained the national women's gymnastics team that won a gold medal.

Natural aging and injury problems resulted in Cheng's gradual drift away from competition, but she returned to the arena with the idea of making her mark in the Olympic Games once more. Last month she won the vault title at the World Cup in China.

On June 14 however, Chen was accidently injured during daily training and later had an operation to repair a ruptured Achilles. The operation itself went smoothly, said coach Lu Shanzhen, but her Olympic ambitions have been shelved.