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(22,651 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)...for ABC's Wide World of Sports.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)The poor man!
Martin Rogers, USA TODAY Sports 8:23 a.m. EDT August 7, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO Tragic French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffered further indignity after his devastating leg injury on Saturday Olympics staffers dropped his stretcher as they were loading him into an ambulance.
A worldwide audience was horrified when Ait Saids left leg snapped as he landed a vault during the mens qualifying competition, with the lower half of his shin dangling grotesquely after the bone audibly snapped.
His ordeal took another bad turn follow minutes later when he was removed from the auditorium to be rushed to a Rio hospital, where he remained late Saturday. As staff moved the 26-year-olds stretcher towards the edge of the ambulance floor, they appeared to lose control, sending it falling heavily to the floor.
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As details of his career history emerged, his plight became even more heartbreaking. Leading French gymnastics correspondent Anouk Corge of national sports daily LEquipe told USA TODAY Sports that Ait Said had suffered the same injury in the build-up to the London Olympics four years ago.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2016/08/06/injured-gymnast-put-stretcher-then-dropped/88354478/
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...and it happened to him before!!!!!
suffragette
(12,232 posts)handmade34
(22,756 posts)I feel the pain, sorry for him
happened to me once (not doing gymnastics though) ...compound... I passed out from the pain ouch!!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Almost nothing more painful than a broken bone. I hope he makes a swift recovery.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)I had my tibia crushed in an auto accident years ago. Thy had to reconstruct it with plates and screws.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Especially bad! Sorry to hear about your accident. Being no stranger to bone breaks and reconstructive surgery, it was one of the most unpleasant, painful experiences in my life. Hope you are better now!
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Thanks for asking!
dembotoz
(16,799 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)... it happens to a football player going against my beloved Buckeyes!
Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)How old is he? More important, how old was he when he broke his leg the first time?
I wonder whether too much is expected of young people before they are physically able for it.
mythology
(9,527 posts)Olympic level men gymnasts reach their peak well after Olympic level women gymnasts do. The upper body strength isn't there when they are 15 to 19.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)The poor man. I cannot imagine the pain he was going through.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Sorry: couldn't resist.
Ouch!!