David Bridges
Brazilian gymnast Flavia Saraiva sported a bandage over her proper eyebrow throughout the ladies’s group gymnastics last on the Paris Olympics on July 30.
What was happening below the bandage, nonetheless, appeared worse than a small reduce.
The commentator introducing Flavia Saraiva saying “it appears to be like like she has a wound on her eye there”. Lol, what gave it away? #Paris2024 #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/3QB8mYyPvi
— Shae Roberts 🌊 (@shaedreams1) July 30, 2024
The athlete had a considerably bruised black eye together with a reduce on her face, all from a scary fall whereas warming up on the uneven bars. The 24-year-old slipped off the eight-foot-high bar whereas working towards her routine on the parallel bars, and subsequently kneed herself within the eye.
Even with the harm, Flavia managed to seamlessly execute her routine on the uneven bars for the precise occasion.
“She left to get medical consideration, however she is again,” NBC announcer Wealthy Lerner mentioned throughout the broadcast. “She’s robust.”
“There may be nothing worse than not simply falling in warmups however blanking out and having that second replay in your thoughts proper earlier than competing,” added analyst and Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez.
flavia saraiva nossa diva injustiçada, simplesmente perfeita pic.twitter.com/qtUyg2iqPT
— biaa (@dayaprker) July 30, 2024
As soon as bandaged up, Saraiva carried out her routine on the uneven bars on the Video games, scoring a robust 13.666. She went on to carry out a flooring routine to a French cabaret traditional, NBC Information reported.
Many followers rapidly took to social media to applaud the athlete for her means to shake off the mishap.
Flavinha Unstoppable 👏👏👏#ArtisticGymnastics Flávia saraiva #GinasticaArtistica #Paris2024 #OlympicGames #Olimpiadas2024 pic.twitter.com/KTd1jhiiKz
— Tiago Pereira (@QueriaSerVJ) July 30, 2024
One social media person commented, “I can’t imagine she helped Brazil win a bronze medal after that scary fall in uneven bars heat up. Flavia Saraiva is a warrior!”
One other mentioned, “That’s my f***ing hero.”
🇧🇷💛💚 pic.twitter.com/knHUyDpm45
— 21 (@21metgala) July 30, 2024
Flavia, who additionally competed within the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic video games, isn’t a stranger to overcoming accidents. The Brazilian gymnast had a number of ankle surgical procedures placing her standing in query for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“Each time I returned, I felt one thing totally different, one other foot harm,” she defined to Olympics.com. “I questioned ‘what’s my 12 months gonna be like?’ Many individuals know, however I needed to cease coaching. I mentioned, ‘What am I doing right here?’ I can’t compete in my greatest kind. I all the time wish to be among the many greatest.”
However even with that hesitation, Saraiva proved ok to assist Brazil medal towards the most effective competitors on the planet, ending lower than one level behind Italy to take residence the bronze. This was the primary group medal for Brazil in gymnastics.
Clara Hastings
