I am very sad that Laura Lepisto had to withdraw from worlds, and I hope this isn't the end to her relatively short career. Lepisto and Korpi were starting to put Finland on the map for contenders at major competitions, and even had a change to score 3 spots at worlds, which will not happen now. I don't know if they will keep their 2 spots, but hopefully they will in case Lepisto does come back next year. I don't want her to be one of those skaters who always has some type of injury, so I think she should take it easy for a couple of months, heal completely, and then comeback strong next season.
However, this bodes well for the U.S. getting 3 spots back. Although it is always sad to see someone hurt, positives can come out of this. The U.S. now has a greater chance for those spots, as Lepisto was almost guaranteed to place higher than Flatt no matter how many triples she attempted. Now I can see Czisny placing at least 5th, and Flatt placing 8th, which gives us those spots. Flatt may even place 7th, depending on how Phaneuf, Korpi, etc. skate.
We can still appreciate Lepisto's skating, thanks to youtube. Here is her SP from Skate Canada in 2007, where she placed ahead of World Silver Medalist Mao Asada as an unknown:
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