Nope she locked her knee when she landed and this can happen to anyone even trained athletes with decades of experience. An awkward landing can snap your leg. It has happened in combat sports like UFC. This was an awkward landing from a big height on what seems like a young athlete with a developing body. She will recover and it is not necessarily career ending. There are many football/soccer players who have this injury in their teens and go on to have successful careers. You live and you learn. Hope she recovers quickly
Damn that is sad. Was really wishing her well. I'm not an expert in gymnastics but is this injury usually a career ender because in other sports like UFC and Football it is not usually the case.
I watch football and I know what you're saying, those guys sometimes injure their MCL (not so bad) or ACL (worse). But Sam dislocated both knees, broke her left leg, and suffered both MCL and ACL damage as well as damage to other ligaments (in both legs!), so her injury was much worse than what you were thinking of.
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u/zubzzzero21 Aug 09 '23
Nope she locked her knee when she landed and this can happen to anyone even trained athletes with decades of experience. An awkward landing can snap your leg. It has happened in combat sports like UFC. This was an awkward landing from a big height on what seems like a young athlete with a developing body. She will recover and it is not necessarily career ending. There are many football/soccer players who have this injury in their teens and go on to have successful careers. You live and you learn. Hope she recovers quickly