Isabelle Severino — torn Achilles tendon

Looks like Isabelle Severino will not be participating in her third Olympic Games.

The 2005 European floor champion, a few days shy of her 28th birthday, tore her Achilles tendon warming up a full-in on floor during European Championships team qualification today, International Gymnast Magazine reported.

It’s a huge moral loss for France. Severino, a stalwart of the French national team for more than a decade, is also a highly capable all-around competitor. She’s taken the path less traveled in her career, working for Cirque du Soleil before returning to elite gymnastics for the 2004 Olympic Games. Severino was also the acrobatics behind Missy Peregrym’s Haley Graham in the 2005 gymnastics movie Stick It.

Romania, despite an injury to Cerasela Petrascu, was the highest team finisher in the qualifying round, blowing Russia off the mats by more than five points. Russia was without veteran Yulia Lozhechko, who reportedly is suffering from the flu.

Tags: Cerasela Patrascu, Isabelle Severino, Missy Peregrym, Yulia Lozhechko