South African artistic gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz sustained an injury in the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics qualifying round on Sunday morning, 28 July, at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The two-time uneven bars gold medallist in the FIG World Cup series was to compete in the all-round, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise, Uneven Bars and Vault.
However, she could not finish the qualifying round and has been left in a blur situation after she injured her right foot during her floor routine.
In the Uneven Bars, she earned a 13.733 score, soaring past Ukraine’s Anna Lashchevska's 13.033 and Switzerland’s Lena Bickel, who earned 12.266.
🇿🇦 Caitlin Rooskrantz had her first run at #Paris2024 scoring 13.733 in the Women's Qualification - Subdivision 1 - Uneven Bars 👏
— SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) July 28, 2024
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In the Beam Balance, the 2022 African all-round champion scored 11.333, and in the Floor Exercise, she came out with 10.866. The injury sidelined her from taking part in the Vault.
Gymnastics South Africa and Team SA have confirmed the news on their social media pages, indicating that it is still unclear if she will continue in the competition.
“Update on Caitlin Rooskrantz: Due to an injury sustained during her floor routine, Caitlin did not take part in the vault event. The extent of her injury is currently unknown until further assessment. We wish her a speedy recovery and are super proud of her achievements at #Paris2024 thus far,” Gymnastic South Africa posted.
SA gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz has been forced to withdraw from the all-around competition at the Olympics after suffering an injury to her right foot during the floor exercise on Sunday. It is unclear as yet whether she will play a further part in these Games. pic.twitter.com/nOrO36voKa
— Team South Africa (@OfficialTeamRSA) July 28, 2024
“SA gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz has been forced to withdraw from the all-around competition at the Olympics after suffering an injury to her right foot during the floor exercise on Sunday. It is unclear as yet whether she will play a further part in these Games,” Team SA also posted.
Rooskrantz has represented South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first South African gymnast to qualify for the Olympics without a continental quota.
The 22-year-old talented South African gymnast is also the 2022 Commonwealth Games Uneven Bars bronze medallist, securing South Africa's first gymnastics medal at the Commonwealth Games since 2010.