Gymnastics

“So many risks.”

“okay wooowwww. gymnastics is byy far one of the most dangerous sports. i mean anythingggg you do..is dangerous. no joke. you make one little slip or mess up & your seriously injured..if not dead. & its also a majorly hugeeee mind game!”

“gymnastics is more dangerous because not only are you flying on the air above the floor, your also flying in the air above a 4 inch thing, bars, and a vault. also swinging on bars etc etc. cheerleading is dangerous but gymnastics is more.”

“Gymnastics should be number 1 most dangerous sport!!! Because... try doin flips on a 4 inch beam. Fliping off a high bar 4 a dismont. Running towards a metal vault that doesnt move not knowing uyou could slip and crack your head off of it. And for floor knowing if you'll make the flip or trick you are doing. Try not to die during this sport and take my advise and be carefull!!!!<33”

“gymnastics can be dangerous but it can also be fun. I broke my shoulder and got back up and did the trick again.”

“no one realizes how life threatening gymnastics is because it isnt all that popular. the only time people see gymnastics most of the time is at competitions and the gymnasts make it look it easy but if you let go the slightest bit early on like a shootover on bars then you could land on your stomach on the bar or slip you probably could die!!! gymnastics is the most dangerous sport for sure!!”

“are you CRAZYY
gymnastics is the most dangerous spaort there isss.....
you try to flip on a 4 inch beam and not know if you are goibng to land it or never be able to walk again. i was a gymnastics for 12 years and its the most dangerous sport ever. i broke bones including my ribs, ankle, and wrist.”

“Gymnast...almost 11 years...seen kids do double backs off beam and land on their heads and not be able to move. A girl was doing full twisting yurchenkos into the foam pit and broke both bones in her shin. I pulled in on double backs on bars and hit my feet (some serious soft tissue damage) and my head.

DANGEROUS AND PAINFUL ALLLLLL THE TIME

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“i quit gymnastics because i broke my neck in several places i am now paralized forever”

“gymnastics is insanely crazy.
i agree that only the stuff you see is simple competitions
but training for competitions is dangerous, trying a new thing, you never know what can happen. and plus gymnastics has many chronic injuries as well.”

“i am in gymnastics and ya it most defintely one of the most dangerous sport. I mean you cant tell what going to happen. I saw a level 6 brake her arm while swinging on the high bar ready to let go for her dismount. I am level 7 but i was right there standing besides the bar and it didnt look like no clean brake to me.”

“i have been doing gymnastics for 7 years and i know many of my friends that have injuries that will last a life time i have broken my hand and my ankle and i have tendonitis in my wrist and my knees that never goes away either so im very certain that gymnastics is one of the most dangerous sports out there”

“Gymnastics should be # 2 because in cheerleading they might throw people up sometimes and tumble, but in gymnastics wetumble twice as high plus we even do handsprings and other flips on a 4 inch wide beam. On bars we do flips and do tons of stuff that colud kills us. Last, on vault your running full speed and flipping over something that won't move w/ u but you can sure run into it. Also I broke my wrist tumbling!!!”

“I have been in gymnastics for six years now and I think that it is the most dangerous sport to me. I mean my friend went to a gym meet and the bar was not tightened and so the bar broke and my friend broke her shoulder and her knee! And like any thing you do you could get hurt! And boys you think it is only because we are girls that it is dangerous, but I want to see you do a double full!”

“i feel for all the gymnasts out there....i've been a participant of this lovely sport for about 9 years now and i think half the time i'd rather kill myself before i do sumthing new because you never know what can happen.”

“I have been a gymnast for 11 years...and I compete at a very high level. Most people say that gymnastics is a sport due to the fact we wear leotards and "dance" around...but truth of the matter is I would trade ne person out there one of my practices for one of theirs just to show them its the hardest and most dangerous sport out there. I have fractures in my spine from all the impact from landings. But basically I would love to see all the haters out there try what I do...and see how much of a sport it really is...one wrong motion and you can be paralyzed or for that matter die....think about that.”

“I have done gymnastics for four years now. that does not seem like a lot but me tons of other people get hurt REALLY badly! some of my friends think that cheerleading is the most dangerous but if I was to put one of them out there to do what I do, they would change their mind about the most dangerous sport! gymnastics should totally be NUMBER ONE!”

“I did gymnastics for 13 yrs. I had 2 compressed vertebras, a broken tailbone, broken toes and fingers, torn tendons in ankels and seperated shoulder. I was level 9 when I went to High school and would have gotten to Nationals in Uneven Bars if I hadn't had done the vertebra issue. It is the most dangerous sport!”

mlkeene

“I was in gymnastics for 9 years and had many minor injuries, but also had some serious ones. Such a difficult sport, and super dangerous. When I was 14, I fractured my wrist so badly that they thought they were going to have to amputate it from my elbow down. Luckily, I managed to go through 3 emercency surgeries and come out of my 4 day hospital stay with my arm! I know a lady who had to have both knee caps replaced, due to all the damage from gymnastics over the years. I have weak wrists and knees now, but I'd do it all over again if I could! I recommend this sport for males and females. It teaches you discipline, balance, flexibility, coordination, team work, etc. It is demanding, but well worth it.”