Female gymnasts more commonly suffered major injuries compared with men, and more commonly underwent surgery after injury (24.4% of female injuries required surgery vs 9.2% in males).
The anatomic region most often injured in men was the hand and wrist (24%). The anatomic region most often injured in women was the foot and ankle (39%). Overall, injury rates were highest in freshman-eligible athletes.
I don’t think there’s any other sport in the world where you see one team support another as much as we do in gymnastics. Pretty awesome seeing the whole @GopherMGym team get hype for me after my vault 🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/VdUaagurX7