USA's injured olympians

NBC Olympics has a huge set of galleries on the USA's gymnastics olympic hopefuls, including their London themed promotional shots and also a set of 'through the years' snaps and 'model olympian' fashion-style photos for each gymnast.

The hopefuls included the 2011 world teams, as well as Rebecca Bross, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin and new senior Kyla Ross.

One thing I did notice though is that they chose to take photos showing some of the olympic hopefuls injuries. One photo of Rebecca Bross shows the long scar on her knee following her patella dislocation at last years nationals. Another set shows Anna Li posing, complete with pink leg cast!

I'm far from saying that Anna Li or Rebecca Bross are out of the running for an olympic spot, far from it! But is this the image the USA wants to give to the world of it's olympic athletes?

Anyways, if you are a fan of gymnastics in the US the pictures are well worth a scroll through, especially the photos of these elite athletes back when they were tiny tots - such as Jordyn Wieber bouncing on  her bed and a tiny Shawn Johnson raiding the fridge! View them here.