Valentina Rodionenko has confirmed that Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina has successfully undergone surgery on the meniscus in her right knee. "The operation went fine. We'll see when Aliya will be back. We hope that it will be all right. All the gymnasts really miss Mustafina and it is hard without her."
Picture courtesy of Aliya Mustafina's personal Instagram.
Hmmmm, I think is is great how wonderful of a leader Mustafina is, but at the same time, it seems unhealthy that the gymnasts are having a hard time without her. Sure, the team total isn't as high and it may be a little disheartening without their leader, but should the individual gymnasts' performance and preparation really be affected that much? I can hardly imagine this happening if, say, Simone Biles got injured and was out.
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