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July 6th, 2012 | Gymnastics, Olympics, psychology, rings, safety
Shun Fujimoto represented Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he won gold in the team competition.
Fujimoto achieved fame by continuing to compete in the team event right after breaking his knee during the floor exercise. He scored 9.5 on the pommel horse and 9.7 on the rings with a broken knee …
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… Later, when asked whether he would do what he did again, he replied frankly, “No, I would not.”
I ask gymnasts to NEVER hide injuries from their coach.
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Same Olympics Romanian Dan Grecu tore his bicep in prelims but still performed in ring finals the next day! The defending World Champ from 1974 had to leave out his bounce cross and placed third. Toughest gymnast ever.
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