Justin Spring goes for the carbs

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PHILADELPHIA -- Thursday night’s performance sensation, Justin Spring, lunched anonymously at Reading Terminal Market on Friday afternoon. The market, filled with food stands offering sushi, Mexican, Middle Eastern, peel-n-eat shrimp, fresh soft pretzels from Amish bakers and cheese steaks of course, was filled with the high-pitched chatter of gymnastics fans.

Spring was doing some carbo-loading. He ate pasta in happy aloneness. Spring put himself front and center of the team selection process with energetic routines despite an assortment of knee, ankle and back injuries. ‘I’m feeling great,’ Spring said.

-- Diane Pucin