Unlucky serve: A dance injury

Misty's out of "Dancing With the Stars. " And the minute she appeared on stage last night, 20 million viewers instantly knew as much. 

Misty May-Treanor, Olympic Gold medalist in beach volleyball, and a pretty good hoofer too, confirmed last night that she had ruptured her Achilles tendon during a Friday rehearsal for the Lindy Hop. Hobbling on stage with aid of crutches and her left lower leg in a cast, she confirmed what appeared to be a foregone conclusion as early as Saturday, when news reports claimed she had hurt herself, perhaps even breaking an ankle. She told viewers last night that she heard a "pop" and at first assumed she could continue dancing because "I thought, 'I'm an athlete. '" But, she added, it felt "like nothing was there ... I knew something bad had happened. "

"I never thought in a million years, especially in ballroom [dancing], that I'd hurt myself. " She said she would undergo surgery today, and that the recuperation would not likely affect her volleyball career because "I was planning on taking time off anyway. " She had previously injured her knee, she said. 

May-Treanor becomes the first to leave the hit show while in progress due to an injury. Country singer-songwriter Sara Evans left the show a couple of seasons ago, citing personal reasons. "DWTS" will announce tonight how it'll compensate for May-Treanor's early exit.

Misty did the Lindy Hop and heard a pop

After teasing us all night about whether Misty May-Treanor and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy would be dancing or not, the Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist came on stage at the end of Monday night's "Dancing With the Stars" on crutches with her left leg in a cast.

No more dancing for Misty. Hard to believe, but 82-year-old Cloris Leachman lasted longer than the 31-year-old athlete. So maybe dancing isn't a sport?

May-Treanor said she was planning on taking time off from volleyball next year, so she said the injury was "perfect timing" and that, after surgery, she eventually does plan to come back to her sport. No, not dancing.

There was more teasing too, such as will May-Treanor's injury withdrawal mean someone else (such as last-eliminated Kim Kardashian) get a second chance? We won't find out until Tuesday night's results show.

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