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France's Vericel pulls out with ankle injury

BEIJING
Sat Aug 9, 2008 10:10pm EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - French gymnast Cassy Vericel has pulled out of the Olympics because of an ankle injury.

The 17-year-old world floor bronze medalist hurt herself during training on the vault this week.

"I fell forward and felt a stab of pain," she told reporters on Sunday.

She will be replaced by 18-year-old Rose-Eliandre Bellemare. Women's qualifying is on Sunday at the National Indoor Stadium.

(Reporting by Sonia Oxley; Editing by Ed Osmond)


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