Britain's Fragapane to miss Commonwealth Games with torn Achilles


FILE PHOTO - 2016 Rio Olympics - Artistic Gymnastics - Final - Women's Team Final - Rio Olympic Arena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 09/08/2016. Claudia Fragapane (GBR) of United Kingdom competes on the floor during the women's team final. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

(Reuters) - Four-times Commonwealth Games champion Claudia Fragapane has suffered a torn Achilles tendon in training and will miss next month's Games in Australia, British Gymnastics announced on Friday.

The 20-year-old is a floor exercise and vault specialist and won four gold medals during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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