The first cringe injury of the Olympics happened to French gymnast Samir Ait Said who broke his leg on a vault during the preliminaries… and it’s hard to watch.
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What could be worse than that? How about the paramedics dropping the stretcher? Yeah, it happened. But Said’s tough. He’s already promising to be ready for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Dutch cyclist Annemiak Van Vleuten was possibly heading for a gold medal when she crashed HARD. She ended up in the hospital with a concussion and three cracks in her spine. Meanwhile, an Iranian men’s cyclist named Samad Pourseyedi hit a concrete wall.
Cycling crash. Nasty. pic.twitter.com/GaB5DT1XRh
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) August 7, 2016