LOS ANGELES — Two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor had surgery to repair a torn Achilles’ tendon on Tuesday, a day after she said on “Dancing with the Stars” that she was dropping out of the competition.
May-Treanor appeared at the conclusion of Monday’s show on crutches and with a cast on her left leg to announce that she injured herself while rehearsing on Friday and would withdraw from the popular ABC dancing competition.
“I was like, ‘OK, I’m an athlete. Tape it up and get back out there,”‘ she said in a release issued by USA Volleyball. “I never thought in a million years, especially in ballroom, that I would hurt myself.”
The Olympic champion in Athens and Beijing with partner Kerri Walsh, May-Treanor had planned to take time off from beach volleyball to have children with her husband, Florida Marlins catcher Matt Treanor.
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