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DON’T GET IT TWISTED: Zhang Kexin of China performs in the women’s short program at the World Team Trophy figure skating competition. (Photo: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
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American Elizabeth Price competes on the beam during the Glasgow World Cup Gymnastics at Commonwealth Arena on December 8, 2012 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo: Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)
Eighty-six-year-old Johanna Quaas, the oldest active gymnast in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records attends the annual review show ‘Menschen 2012’ (People of 2012) aired on the public television broadcasting station ZDF in Munich, on Dec. 2. Below, Quaas at a recent training session. (Photo:MARC MUELLER/AFP/Getty Images)
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McKayla Maroney is not impressed with Barack Obama’s “McKayla is not impressed” face. (Photo: Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)
Good news: A cheerleader and stunt team member is in stable condition after falling on her head during a performance at an Orlando Magic game.
In a statement released by the Magic on Wednesday, the family of 31-year-old Jamie Woode says she suffered three vertebrae fractures and a broken rib. But there were no signs of neurological damage and she’s expected to make a full recovery.
Woode lost her footing and fell to the floor during a routine between the first and second quarter of the Magic’s 99-89 loss to the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.
Don’t try this at home: A girl practices a Mallakhamb pose while suspended from a rope at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir in Mumbai.
Mallakhamb is an ancient Indian sport which originated as a complementary exercise for wrestling, but is now practiced as a sport in itself. The name is a combination of the words “malla”, which means athlete or strong man, and “khamba”, which means pole. Athletes perform a variety of yogic and gymnastic poses while suspended from a rope or on a pole. Practitioners say that the sport not only develops a healthy and strong body, but also strengthens willpower and helps compose the mind. (Photo: REUTERS/Vivek Prakash)
The team from Canada performs during the rhythmic gymnastics group all-around qualifications at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
A sad way to end your Olympic debut: Canada’s Elsabeth Black twisted her ankle on her first attempt in the vault final at the London Olympics — and the pain forced her to withdraw from her second attempt — but it could not force her to be wheeled off the floor.
“No,” she said. “I don’t want a wheelchair.”
She limped off the floor with a suspected sprain, to end an Olympic debut still filled with more ecstasy than agony.
Days after making history by helping Canada reach an Olympic team final for the first time - where it exceeded all expectation with a fifth-place finish - Black and teammate Brittany Rogers finished last and second-last, respectively, on Sunday.
Oh Canada! Rosannagh MacLennan won the country’s first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics, after finishing first in the trampoline.
U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas comforts a crying second-placed Russia’s gymnast Victoria Komova after she won the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around final. Make it a pair of golds for Douglas, who added another gold to the one she won with the U.S. team two nights ago.
