SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean gymnast Lee Go-im will miss next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after fracturing her left arm during practice at an Olympic venue.
The Korean Olympic Committee said the 15-year-old will return to South Korea for surgery, and that Lee Eun-ju, who finished second in last month's national trials, will take her spot in the Olympic artistic gymnastics competition.
The high-school athlete had been the youngest South Korean to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Games.
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