QUICKQUOTE: ROUGH DAY

Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, Aug. 7 2012 2:25 p.m. MDT

Russian gymnast Victoria Komova performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus finals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, in London.

Julie Jacobson, Associated Press

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Summary

"I don't know if I will continue sports. I will go back home take some time off and think through the situation. My parents say everything is OK, but I don't feel so." — A crestfallen Victoria Komova of Russia, the reigning world silver medalist who fell off the balance beam on Tuesday.

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