A star gymnast has had to retire
from the sport after she broke both her legs and dislocated both her knees
during her floor routine at the NCAA competition.
Samantha Cerio, a gymnast at
Auburn University had to be carted out of Friday’s NCAA gymnastics regional in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on a stretcher after the accident. The 5-foot senior
from Huntersville, North Carolina, was attempting a handspring double front on
her first tumbling pass when she landed awkwardly and suffered the gruesome
injury.
Trainers and medical staff tended
to Cerio for almost 10 minutes before she was taken off the floor on a
stretcher.
Cerio later took to Instagram
late Sunday to announce that she will be retiring as a gymnast.
She wrote:
Friday night was my final night
as a gymnast. After 18 years I am hanging up my grips and leaving the chalk
behind. I couldn’t be prouder of the person that gymnastics has made me to
become. It’s taught me hard work, humility, integrity, and dedication, just to
name a few. It’s given me challenges and road blocks that I would have never
imagined that has tested who I am as a person. It may not have ended the way I
had planned, but nothing ever goes as planned.
Thank you Auburn family for
giving me a home and a chance to continue doing the sport that will always be
my first love. I am honored to have had the privilege to represent the navy and
orange AU for the past 4 years with my team by my side. Thank you for letting
me share my passion with you. Thank you for letting me be a part of something
bigger than myself.
War Eagle Always.
Watch the moment she broke her
leg in the video below.
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