Fun fact: when Angelica Bengtsson’s pole broke, a French pole vaulter offered her own pole to her, even though she had yet to compete herself. True sportsmanship right there!
Fun fact: when Angelica Bengtsson’s pole broke, a French pole vaulter offered her pole, even though she had yet to compete herself. True sportsmanship right there!
Hi Dr. Mike, I am a pole vaulter, and one of things they told us when we signed up was, this is an extremely dangerous sport and you can die or get seriously injured. That didn't deter us, but it certainly is nerve wracking. The box, which she landed in, is rightfully named the "ankle breaker" in my team, as a wrong shuffle step can make you twist your ankle if you fall in. There is also the potential of being 'rejected' by the pit, in which you are catapulted (by bending the pole) away from the matt (pit) and slammed into the ground, which is an extremely painful and not recommended experience. Thanks for these videos though, I have learned a lot!.
@@vijethcm Pole vaulting is 100% more mental then it is physical strength. Don't get me wrong, it takes a lot of training, muscle memory, and perfect timing to propel yourself into the air and then upside down. But a lot of that is letting yourself go, I guess, you have to trust that it is going to be okay. (I'm scared it will break too though. 😬)
If I knew her name I'd look up what happened, but if I had to guess from her reaction, she probably broke her nose and got knocked out by the landing but most likely not much more than that
To be honest I was worried about her neck. I was in a car accident this year and sprained my cervical spine. That was just a rear-end collision, now picture your entire body weight on your neck!
@@velmad3894 It was just such an understated response that it's almost funny. I'm not sure if the commentator was British or not, but it sounds like a very typically British understated response.
I feel like it should be mentioned for those who don’t know that Kerri Strug’s coaches are known for their abusive behavior towards their gymnasts. A clip of Kerri’s vault was shown in Simone Biles’ Netflix documentary and every expert interviewed agreed that while it was admirable at the time, it was incredibly dangerous and Bela and Marta absolutely shouldn’t have encouraged Keri to do the second vault. They were putting medals before the health and safety of their athlete.
And even more, she was told that the US needed it. They didn't. At the same time as the vault was happening, Russia was on the floor. They didn't perform cleanly on floor and it turns out that Dominique Moceanu's score would have been enough and Strug could have not vaulted.
Also there was a little political thing going on called the Cold War, and the athletic rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union was very much a proxy battle. I think of injured athletes from those Olympics as wounded warriors.
a winter olympics version of this video would also be very interesting! i mean you could fill a whole video just with alpine ski racing accidents and injuries...
I dont know that it was at the Olympics, but i always think of Jessica Dube's face being sliced during side by side camel spins. And that only scratches the surface of horrible skating injuries
9:19 my poor 7yo son tore his hamstring the day before his first year of little league started this year. he missed the entire season, but he rode the bench like a champ and cheered on his team mates anyway
As for the gymnast with the torn ligament: Her trainer was Bela Karoli. She didn't want to do it - she was in a massive amount of pain, but he forced her to do the second jump. She had a third degree lateral sprain with tendon damage. I don't know how she did the second jump. It was still the cold war, Karoli defected in the US and their only competitors had been Russia, which he really wanted to best. In general: The hidden history of gymnastics is die hard abuse, all kinds: sexual, physically and mentally. The whole branch really needs a thorough audit and a big overhaul in personnel.
@TanteJay you are incorrect the Karolyi's were Kerri Strug's Coaches not her trainer they also Coached Nadia Comaneci Julianne McNamara Mary Lou Retton Kim Zmeskal and Dominique Moceanu among others and were team Coordinators until Rio in 2016. Nadia was coached by them from 1968 until she retired in 1981 aged 20
I just want to talk about the HIV positive athlete in the pool. Maybe you are too young to remember this, but I remember when Princess Diana held an AIDS patient, and the world lost its collective mind because everyone was so terrified by how contagious the disease was. We've come a long way since then in understanding HIV/AIDS
The athlete is Greg Louganis. His bleeding in the pool was definitely a concern but he didn't disclose that he had HIV at the time. It wasn't until 1995 that he said anything.
Hands down, she was a classy lady. She was one of the first people to touch AIDS sufferers with bare hands. When Louganis cracked his head on the diving board, it wasn’t yet released that he had HIV.
He mentioned that it can't be transmitted in pools, which, yes, we didn't know, but he didn't notice everyone in the photos working on him weren't wearing gloves.
@@speakstheobvious5769 this doesn't change anything about what the original commenter said though? if HIV could be transmitted through pool water then sure it'd be valid concern, but this info wasn't known in the 90s and most of the negative discourse around HIV/AIDS was just because of homophobia
I had such a crush on Greg Louganis as a teen, starting with the 1984 LA Olympics. What a graceful, amazing talent! Every time I see the video of him hitting his head on the board in 1988, it hurts. A positive HIV status was a huge deal and a death sentence in 1988. I am so glad that Mr Louganis is still alive and kicking. Much respect.
As to the whole hullabaloo about "Aaaah! HIV in the pool!", back then, some people were convinced it could be transferred by simple contact like a handshake. The science was still catching up, and the communication about the science was scant and buried in a lot of homophobia from non-journalism sources.
Unfortunately, Greg had a less than ideal childhood, and then he had a string of abusive relationships. His boyfriend at the time that he hit his head at the Olympics forced him to appear on a comedy show within like 12 hours of hitting his head.
To be shallow, he was and remains one of the most physically beautiful men I’ve ever seen. I was 10 for that Olympics and had such a crush while my mom totally had the hots for him!
I remember watching live Kerri Strug winning the Gold for USA. Looking back on it now, she definitely was forced into finishing due to the leadership at the time. But, damn, that was crazy watching it live. Also, my mother's side of the family was friends with Greg Louganis during her childhood. She distinctly remembers watching his accident happen in the whole family freaking out. Another one you could examine is Dominique Moceanu at the 1996 Olympics on beam. She falls straight on her neck.
She may have been forced, but I guarantee she didn't even think of not doing her second attempt. Even if they didn't force her, she would have done it on her own.
@@FUGP72 Back in 1996 the team final was also the final part of individual qualifying, only three gymnasts from each country could compete in the AA final, after Moceanu fell on both vaults that opened up the opportunity for Strug to be the third American, the vault she landed qualified her to the AA final, but obviously she was unable to compete, so Moceanu took the spot.
With many types of sport it's always a trade off and I'm pretty sure he understands that. If the sport that gets you going and makes you motivated to stay active also happens to be dangerous, you have to ask yourself: How dangerous is it? What happens if it goes wrong? Can I take some precautions to lower the risk? I'm pretty sure Doctor Mike saying "don't do this" won't stop anyone whose passion it is to do the thing. Same probably goes for him and boxing. Understand the risk, weigh it up against the likelihood of you otherwise not doing any sports at all and then go with the results. My doctor friend isn't exactly the happiest with me getting into pro wrestling, but she also said that she really likes how it makes me go to the gym and watch my diet, so there's that.
This makes me tear up every time. Not only is it so touching that his father helped him, like he probably did thousands of times over the years, but also the crowd's standing ovation. It's a reminder that no matter how it might seem, there really are a lot of compassionate people in the world. ❤️
Derek Redmond said that that race was his last ever no matter what the outcome. I also recall that he had been struggling with that leg for some time and the injury he had gotten during that race was just him reinjuring or doing something to an old injury. He didn't want his last race to be an unfinished by him giving up. When his father came down to help him he was pushed away by the officials but his dad said go away this is my son. Later in an interview the dad said that they had started his career together they were gonna finish it together. It wasn't about winning or losing but about finishing and proving your point and will to fight on. His dad at the last few feet let go of his son so that he could finish by himself. While that race was classified as a dq or DNF due to his dad helping him, Derek won the hearts of everyone even his opponents for his will to get up and finish what he started. That moment and event is what many thing as one of the top 10 events in modern day. As well as been a inspiration for many athletes in all sports about not giving up even when you know you will not win.
Anyone remember during the Winter Olympics when someone went off track during Luge practice and smacked back first into a metal support beam at like 100kmh and the news showed literal footage of him dying
Yes it horrified me as a little kid, he was from Georgia (the country) and I remember they held a moment of silence for him in the opening ceremonies, he died before he could officially compete.
The pole vaulter's injury reminded me of a pole vaulter who got injured during one of my highschool track meets. His pole bent and snapped like hers did, but it sent him flying forward over the mat. His legs hit the mat and caused his upper body to rotate really fast, slamming his head into the ground. He hit his head so hard he had a seizure and was unconcious at the hospital for 30 minutes, but I think he didn't have any severe lasting brain damage.
I simply got an elbow compression fracture when I fell off a porch while delivering Amazon. Good God that hurt. How do athletes stand it? The doc sent me to physical therapy and they made me better than new. Good doc, good therapists. Thank you to them.
I remember seeing Greg Louganis' accident and the subsequent fall-out from his HIV diagnosis. At the time, and until the 2000s, even, very little was known or taught about HIV and people were losing their minds over this. No one contracted anything by helping him. And at the time when he was competing, the stigma was unreal. I'm not at all surprised he didn't announce it beforehand. There is a chance the severity wasn't fully known at the time, but the chances that he would have recieved immediate medical attention are slim. I'm thankful we are now more educated on the topic, but a lot of ignorance about it still exists.
“We’re out of the pole clips so I am glad you got it out your system”😩😂😩😂 your reaction to some is soooo funny “They worked on him , I think they need him to a hospital stat” 😩😂
Regarding Greg Louganis' bleeding in the Olympic pool while HIV positive - the reason people were freaking out at the time was because the possible modes of infection were not well understood. And people were still quite homophobic.
I mean this is a reason to freak out since you can literally get HIV if this blood would end up in your nose/mouth/eyes/any wound on your own which can easily happen when you're trying to care for someone bleeding profusely and you don't wear mask and gloves
I remember people were upset that he let the medical staff treat his bleeding head without telling them about being HIV positive. In those days the medical staff didn't always wear gloves.
It had far more to to with homophobia than modes of infection. It was already known by then the chlorinated water would have killed it. His participation, even without the injury, was being villified for his HIV status, i.e. that he participated at all even on the days before he was injured.
@@RijackiTorment Yes, it's homophobia to not want first responders to get HIV because they cared for an athlete who didn't disclose his status. Get over yourself.
Yes exactly! She wasn’t doing it for glory. The coaches pushed her to compete even though she said no. It’s awful that one moment ended her career, left her with serious injuries, and most of the public celebrates the win and ignores the truth of it.
Figure skating was like this last Winter Olympics that too, especially for the female athletes. Russia has somewhat perfected the rather disgusting strategy of teaching young girls to land quads using prerotation to take advantage of their flexibility. It's a high impact move and most of them wind up with back injuries and joint problems and are out of the sport by the time they hit 20, if not 18. The resulting scores are monstrous and hard to compete with but the cost is high.
It should also be pointed out that it was going to be her last Olympics anyway, and going out as THE woman to win it for the United States first EVER team gold, meant that she was almost certainly going to retire after this anyway. She knew she had to parlay this fame into life changing money right ten and there.
Those poor gymasts.. The American girl was one of those abused by Team USA. Not only horifically by Nassar, but the two people in charge of the whole operation did not see the girls as anything other than dogs to be trained and pushed to the absolute limit. I can't help but think the gymast who was knocked out and rolled over roughly by her trainer had a similar environment.
Kerri strug is a really visual case of how abusive the Karoli environment, especially since she didn't even need to do the vault, but Dominique Moceaneau being made to continue after hitting her head directly on the beam with no medical evaluation is just as horrific. But rolling that gymnast, wow, that is some of the worst injury care ive ever seen ...
Yay for the occupational therapist shout out!! 🎉❤😊 I am an OT and I always love hearing people mention OT and bringing awareness to this profession that most people don’t know about!
2020 Tokyo Olympics, Bassa Mawem French climber rupture its biceps during the qualification lead Route (and still gets qualified for the finals). You can find high-res videos on the internet, you can clearly see the biceps snapping and go up his arm. He recovered and is participating to the 2024 Paris Olympics in speed climbing.
As a former athlete I can tell you that we're use to training Through pain, that if we injure ourselves we just keep going to the best of our abilities... She's (the 1st gymnast) has trained for over a decade through falls & injuries ...it was completely muscle memory for her to get up like that.
roll outs are so scary to watch, as nile wilson said "thank you fig" for banning them (any flips with a roll out are banned for those unaware and fig is the governing body)
“Imagine you’re a young person and every time you go out to a party there’s lights and loud noises and you can’t even be comfortable.” Yeah that’s what autism does to me. It’s awful. I can’t have fun without wearing bulky headphones (earbuds are too painful for me) because of my light and noise sensitivity.
I understand, fellow autistic! My biggest noise trigger is when a balloon pops 😨. I don't get seizures from flashing lights, but some are just not fun to look at 😣.
I react like this because of a stroke, though I never really liked balloons popping, thankfully my husband truly understands because he's mildly autistic himself 😊
yea same here.... one of my parents whispered outside on the padio on our cruise ship cabin while talking with my other parent (they were talking about me) and i was very close too the farthest point in the room to the door outside and it was closed too and i could STILL hear them whispering.... and just last week alone one of my parent's who had called my other parent on the phone recently was talking smack about me threw the phone with my other parent and despite the phone not being on speaker and full and not full volume either i STILL heard exactly what she said when i wasn't nesscarily paying attention
Shock and determination are not the best mix, but when driven to do so, they can accomplish mighty things. I wish they did not, though, because others try too.
They can but that doesn’t mean they should lol. Someone with their arm taken off by a shark can keep swimming with shock but that doesn’t mean it’s good in any way
yea kids too i once fell down on the playground got a concussion blacked out for a few was confused because i had no idea what had happened because i didint know what a concussion was i got up after a few seconds of being confused and kept playing
So interesting. I was in HS when Louganis hit his head on the diving board then became a legend and here's young Dr. Mike just learning about it for the first time. 😅
I remember a girl on my swim team talking about a time her goggles fogged up and she ended up butterflying in to the edge of the pool and chipping her tooth.
I have a cousin who played soccer in high school, and I remember his one big injury that basically took him out of the sport was a spiral fracture in his leg. Went to kick the ball and missed, but all that built-up momentum just kept going. He called it "spaghetti leg" bc all he remembered seeing was his leg flopping around all limp up by his ear and he was just like "hey that's not supposed to be there."
Yeah the most prominent world leaders were on TV saying things about AIDS that were already known to be false, and not just false, but from bad publications, intentionally faking data, paid for by religious, and conservative, political groups, in an effort to recriminalize homosexuality.
Yeah, I can see why he would have been in a tough spot. Cause on one hand he'd want to make sure others were safe, but on the other hand people with hiv were treated so badly in that time.
Definitely agree with the skull bleeding. Hit my head on the top of a waterslide in a park and scalped myself about 10 cm, because I was swinging into it with full force…. As I went down I fell immediately warm and dizzy. And as I came down people were screaming to get help but I couldn’t understand why until a few seconds after my vision on both eyes was red from all the blood coming down my head. Luckily many helped me and also searched for my mother and father(I was old enough to go on my own, I knew were they were but because of obvious reasons I couldn’t look for them on my own)
The fact that the pool incident happened in 1988 was a major factor in how it was handled. We had so little knowledge on the matter back then and people were generally terrified of it. Now, it would be handled very differently and with dignity.
IT was more than just the pool. It was also the doctor treating him without gloves. Literally touching blood. That is not paranoia. That doctor is VERY lucky he didn't have a small cut that he didn't know about. His risk of contracting HIV from that were quite high. And he absolutely should have been told.
The difference between boxing and treating an injury in regards to HIV status is competitors arent under the expectation of using standard precautions during a boxing match, whereas when you treat a patient as any medical professional theres an understanding that your patient may have a bloodborne pathogen like HIV or hepatitis that standard precautions will protect you from, so you always wear gloves.
You clearly see the doctor without gloves in this video. An on site doctor was trying to treat him as fast as he could. Unlike a doctor in the comfort of his office or a hospital having the time to put on gloves.
1:30 besides the gruesome horror of seeing bones out of place, the thing that stunned me was that (although I never passed regionals in highschool), I immediately worried when I saw him reaching back for the ground. Maybe he didn't realize he was that high off the ground, but I was always taught to tuck in your elbow when you are falling. There are also more rules in high school to protect against this kind of thing, but either way, he would have done better to land on his shoulder and then twist left and jerk his arm free.
Pole on Pole violence 😂 I'm terrified of pole vaulting that's why I opted for high jump and that bar slamming on my (at the time) undiagnosed spina bfida occulta (S1 vertebrae) was VERY unpleasant (I am not paralyzed have full mobility still actually but I did high jump and football which could've definitely messed me up since I didn't yet know my spine never developed fully 🤪
I recall seeing one snowboarder fall in the Vancouver Olympics. Cracked her helmet, went full rag doll and flopped down the slope a bit. That wasn’t the main thing that was caught on camera. At the base of the run, two other athletes had already done their runs, and were watching. When the other woman fell, both were visibly horrified, and wanted to help! One had to grab the other boarder, and she can be seen saying, “No, we have to stay put. We can’t help her.” The one who’d fallen insisted on boarding to the end, under her own power, even snapping at a medic who was going to release her boots from the board. Olympians are a whole different breed of athlete. And that’s why we’re amazed by them
Hey Dr. Mike! I’m currently in Physical Therapy school, and it was cool seeing you tip your cap to the OTs. We have anatomy with the OTs, and they’re awesome and it was cool seeing that acknowledgement towards them 😁
I don’t keep up with RUclipsr uploading schedules. Every time I see a new video from Dr. Mike, it’s a nice lil surprise and makes my day. Thank you for all you do, Dr. Mike!
3:04 Connor Fields didn't simply get a concussion, he had a brain hemmorage and multiple broken bones. Interesting enough, the winner of Tokyo gold in BMX (And the world championship a couple weeks after), Niek Kimmann fractured his kneecap and tore ligaments in his knee just days before event after he collided with a Marshall improperly crossing the track. Sadly he won't be competing in the Paris games, despite qualifying, due to inflammation of the heart. In Rio 2016, Connor Fields won on a temporarily braced wrist (after it had been broken) and had to go in for surgery after winning gold to remove the gear so it healed properly.
@@DarklordZagarna most sports have high injury risks and are 100% legal, pole vaulting can result in outright death or paralysis, gymnastics can result in broken bones, potential paralysis, high dive can result in internal injuries if you impact the water in a bad position, etc. looking at other sports, baseball can damage your arms, getting hit by the baseball can really freaking hurt, accidentally slamming into another player can cause serious injury, gridiron football can result in many injuries from tackling, soccer (or football in pretty much the rest of the world) can result in serious leg or head injuries, hockey can result in serious injuries, and so on. BMX is dangerous sure, about as dangerous as skateboarding I would say, but its legal because you can prevent injury with skills and understanding the sport, just like every other sport.
Last school year I was in gymnastics, and around the beginning of the school year while doing a trick I landed the ending with my arm completely straight, and it bent slightly the wrong way. I had light pain in my arm for almost the rest of the year, especially when I fully straitened my arm.😊
I can understand why Greg Louganis didn't disclose his HIV status. The late 90's (early 2000's) was a horrible time to have HIV or Hep C. I was diagnosed with Hep C in September of 1999. I needed a hep panel for med school. Was not expecting a life altering diagnosis. Once the results "came out," the med school rescinded my acceptance. My life plan, at 21, was shot. Then, whenever I got medical treatment going forward, I got 30-45 minute lectures (from MDs, DDS, etc.) about how it's my fault I got hepatitis C. How if I didn't use IV drugs I wouldn't have it. How I was a worthless individual. I remember one particular dentist was incredibly cruel and hoped I'd die. I left his office bawling. Of course, I never used IV drugs. I was born a premie in 1978, in Warsaw. Blood screening didn't occur at the time. At the time of my diagnosis in 1999, I was given a year to live. It's incredibly cruel to tell a patient you hope they'd die while they believe they're living on borrowed time. But, back in the late 90's (and early 2000's) people with HIV and Hep C were "worthless people taking up valuable resources for people that weren't risking their lives." I used to cruelly wish those medical professionals received the same type of treatment when they needed help the most. Then I remember I'm not them. 🫰😂 In case it's not abuntly clear..."EVEN" patients that get HIV or Hep C through IV drug use deserve appropriate and compassionate care sans judgement.
As someone who was there for the early days of HIV and AIDS, it is amazing to me that in a generation, we have gone from it being an automatic death sentence to (often) being a chronic disease that someone can live a long life with.
@@amb865, I'm very happy we're there. But, it took a lot of "work" getting here. And that "work" hurt like hell. I HOPE it's a lesson for everyone in medicine to stop judging patients and start treating them.
@kaenterkin , I think they knew chlorine killed viruses in 1988. They just weren't sure it worked for HIV. Again, I can completely understand why he chose not to disclose his HIV status. He'd have been double the pariah. One for his homosexuality and then for his HIV status. I can definitely understand his desire to save himself from that horrible fate. I can also understand how much that decision probably weighed on him. I had to make that same decision every time I had surgery, or had labs done. And it's hard on a small scale. I'd only have 2-20 people judging and condemning me. He'd have the whole world.
8:30 For such a small country we rake in the medals. Probably more during the winter olympics though. (ice skating, swimming, field hockey, cycling, athletics, judo, rowing... I could go on)
I remember watching Strugg’s one-footed vault landing on live tv. We were visiting my grandmother and my brother and I went so crazy when she landed it that we almost woke our two younger siblings (who had been put to bed). I think we did wake my grandmother. My parents were not impressed, even when we made them watch the replays which were then playing on infinite loops. Fortunately they let us stay up to watch the rest of the day’s coverage after we swore we would be quiet. (The next day, my parents were more appreciative of the vault landing.)
@@carlospolk5033they probably weren't impressed because she was forced to do that while she was injured. And she didn't even need to; we had already won the gold medal by then.
It’s a testament of just how good of a vaulter she really was. Almost anyone else probably would have had an even more serious injury upon landing the second one. Keri did a near perfect vault and managed to land on one foot. She probably would have medaled in both vault and floor exercise if she hadn’t been injured.
@@carlospolk5033 Mainly they weren’t impressed because they had just managed to get a fussy toddler to sleep along with my youngest brother who wanted to stay up with his two older siblings. They were probably impressed behind the frustration and sleep deprivation. 😉
the gymnast and 2:04. is named Dominique Moceanu, during the 96 games. she lost her footing on the balance beam. and went head first into the balance beam. she got up finished her routine, but no one showed any concern for her cervical spine that just had 75 lbs dropped on it. fortunately was ok.
Ken Peters, as well as a trainer at Seaworld, was also a diver - which really worked in his favour when the incident(s) with Katsaka happened. The documentary Blackfish highlights the dangers and problems with orcas in captivity. It specifically focuses on experiences with one orca in particular, Tilikum, who has since passed. It’s a really informative and interesting watch. Highly recommend.
Greg Louganis’ injury was 1988. I’ve read somewhere that the doctor didn’t even wear gloves when he sutured the injury. Oh, and Louganis went on to win the competition despite the head injury.
Yes, I remember when he announced that he was HIV positive, people weren’t nearly as upset about the blood in pool water as they were that the medical staff hadn’t worn gloves when helping him and were potentially exposed. Back in the day glove use wasn’t as prolific, especially in sudden injuries where they were rushing to a patient, because blood-borne pathogens weren’t really thought of as much. The HIV/ AIDS epidemic really made glove use a top priority for protecting both medical personnel and patients.
As someone who is not medically knowledgeable to any degree I agree that getting hurt is bad.
Ah yes I agree😊
@@CheeseTouchTalessame
i concur!
Me too
Wise words from a wise person 😂
Fun fact: when Angelica Bengtsson’s pole broke, a French pole vaulter offered her own pole to her, even though she had yet to compete herself. True sportsmanship right there!
Fun fact: when Angelica Bengtsson’s pole broke, a French pole vaulter offered her pole, even though she had yet to compete herself. True sportsmanship right there!
@@Theunicorn2012 Huh?
@@Theunicorn2012 🤡we have found someone who wants to grow up to be a professional talking elmo
@@fuabtreter7302don’t interact- prob a bot, but they are copy pasting everyone’s comments as a reply.
Wow, that's a class act by the French athlete. May I ask if which Olympics edition or sports competition that situation took place?
Hi Dr. Mike, I am a pole vaulter, and one of things they told us when we signed up was, this is an extremely dangerous sport and you can die or get seriously injured. That didn't deter us, but it certainly is nerve wracking. The box, which she landed in, is rightfully named the "ankle breaker" in my team, as a wrong shuffle step can make you twist your ankle if you fall in. There is also the potential of being 'rejected' by the pit, in which you are catapulted (by bending the pole) away from the matt (pit) and slammed into the ground, which is an extremely painful and not recommended experience. Thanks for these videos though, I have learned a lot!.
I am ALWAYS scared while seeing pole vaulters because I'm always worried that it will break
@@vijethcm Pole vaulting is 100% more mental then it is physical strength. Don't get me wrong, it takes a lot of training, muscle memory, and perfect timing to propel yourself into the air and then upside down. But a lot of that is letting yourself go, I guess, you have to trust that it is going to be okay. (I'm scared it will break too though. 😬)
I remember I was not allowed to do pole vaulting in high school because my parents refused to sign the "death waver"
scary
I had a friend whose sibling did pole vaulting with a girl who tore her entire inner thigh open on the bit that holds the “limit” pole.
5:43 "It was pole on pole violence" The sheer number of puns in this episode 😂
Friendly fire
The layers this would have if the athlete was Polish.
i really saw that drake get picked up by the pole
I was in so much pain just watching that scene
It was "if the first pole isn't in the north, try going south" for me.
the first girl was literally a ragdoll.. and i love the way he shouted NOOOO when she got up!
If I knew her name I'd look up what happened, but if I had to guess from her reaction, she probably broke her nose and got knocked out by the landing but most likely not much more than that
To be honest I was worried about her neck. I was in a car accident this year and sprained my cervical spine. That was just a rear-end collision, now picture your entire body weight on your neck!
The way doctor mike said "it was pole on pole violence".I cant😹😸
I succumbed 💀
😂😂😂
I scared my cats. That was too much!
i actually gasped and cackled
MIKE NO JAJAJAJAJA
Ayo he was sus
I still can’t get over how that girl lands directly on her head and the announcer goes “…oh dear.”
Oh dear indeed.
He was shocked? I mean, what would you have wanted him to do?
@@velmad3894 it wasn’t meant to be rude man don’t get pissy abt it /lh
@@velmad3894 It was just such an understated response that it's almost funny. I'm not sure if the commentator was British or not, but it sounds like a very typically British understated response.
Aussie response. That was at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
I feel like it should be mentioned for those who don’t know that Kerri Strug’s coaches are known for their abusive behavior towards their gymnasts. A clip of Kerri’s vault was shown in Simone Biles’ Netflix documentary and every expert interviewed agreed that while it was admirable at the time, it was incredibly dangerous and Bela and Marta absolutely shouldn’t have encouraged Keri to do the second vault. They were putting medals before the health and safety of their athlete.
I came for this comment! Great documentary, and really shined more light on expectations vs concern for the athletes.
And even more, she was told that the US needed it. They didn't. At the same time as the vault was happening, Russia was on the floor. They didn't perform cleanly on floor and it turns out that Dominique Moceanu's score would have been enough and Strug could have not vaulted.
Yeah, I saw the documentary that was about Bela and Marta, and I was thinking "Wow, how were they able to continue to coach"?
@@ghillies4lifedid keri strug long term injuries for this vault
Also there was a little political thing going on called the Cold War, and the athletic rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union was very much a proxy battle. I think of injured athletes from those Olympics as wounded warriors.
a winter olympics version of this video would also be very interesting! i mean you could fill a whole video just with alpine ski racing accidents and injuries...
I dont know that it was at the Olympics, but i always think of Jessica Dube's face being sliced during side by side camel spins. And that only scratches the surface of horrible skating injuries
Small correction, Dubé is spelled with an accent on the E. It's not important. I just wanted to mention it.
@@alexandrinegosselin7082 Get over it. Unless you have a French keyboard, there is NO E with the accent mark available!
How about ski jump crashes... or the short track speed skater having is leg sliced open by another competitor's skate... 😅
@@carrietremblejust type and
' first and than the e. Magic!
9:19 my poor 7yo son tore his hamstring the day before his first year of little league started this year. he missed the entire season, but he rode the bench like a champ and cheered on his team mates anyway
your son is a good sportsman
What a sweetheart. Hope he recovered swiftly.
As for the gymnast with the torn ligament: Her trainer was Bela Karoli.
She didn't want to do it - she was in a massive amount of pain, but he forced her to do the second jump. She had a third degree lateral sprain with tendon damage. I don't know how she did the second jump.
It was still the cold war, Karoli defected in the US and their only competitors had been Russia, which he really wanted to best.
In general: The hidden history of gymnastics is die hard abuse, all kinds: sexual, physically and mentally.
The whole branch really needs a thorough audit and a big overhaul in personnel.
Larry Nassar
@@Sol_Badguy_GGYup. If you watch the footage, Larry Nassar is one of the first people to approach Strug after her injury.
@TanteJay you are incorrect the Karolyi's were Kerri Strug's Coaches not her trainer they also Coached Nadia Comaneci Julianne McNamara Mary Lou Retton Kim Zmeskal and Dominique Moceanu among others and were team Coordinators until Rio in 2016. Nadia was coached by them from 1968 until she retired in 1981 aged 20
The whole system could use a review tbh
Her own desire to beat the competition also pushed her to keep competing. She could have ignored her coach and just walked away.
I just want to talk about the HIV positive athlete in the pool. Maybe you are too young to remember this, but I remember when Princess Diana held an AIDS patient, and the world lost its collective mind because everyone was so terrified by how contagious the disease was. We've come a long way since then in understanding HIV/AIDS
This. Back then the science needed to catch up, and sadly there was a lot of misinformation and homophobia.
The athlete is Greg Louganis. His bleeding in the pool was definitely a concern but he didn't disclose that he had HIV at the time. It wasn't until 1995 that he said anything.
Hands down, she was a classy lady. She was one of the first people to touch AIDS sufferers with bare hands. When Louganis cracked his head on the diving board, it wasn’t yet released that he had HIV.
He mentioned that it can't be transmitted in pools, which, yes, we didn't know, but he didn't notice everyone in the photos working on him weren't wearing gloves.
@@speakstheobvious5769 this doesn't change anything about what the original commenter said though? if HIV could be transmitted through pool water then sure it'd be valid concern, but this info wasn't known in the 90s and most of the negative discourse around HIV/AIDS was just because of homophobia
I had such a crush on Greg Louganis as a teen, starting with the 1984 LA Olympics. What a graceful, amazing talent! Every time I see the video of him hitting his head on the board in 1988, it hurts. A positive HIV status was a huge deal and a death sentence in 1988. I am so glad that Mr Louganis is still alive and kicking. Much respect.
As to the whole hullabaloo about "Aaaah! HIV in the pool!", back then, some people were convinced it could be transferred by simple contact like a handshake.
The science was still catching up, and the communication about the science was scant and buried in a lot of homophobia from non-journalism sources.
It was horrible for him. He couldn't tell anyone about his HIV status back then. That time was so ignorant. ☹️
@@MonkeyJedi99yeah I remember there were worries about toilet seats!! Ignorant times indeed.
Unfortunately, Greg had a less than ideal childhood, and then he had a string of abusive relationships. His boyfriend at the time that he hit his head at the Olympics forced him to appear on a comedy show within like 12 hours of hitting his head.
To be shallow, he was and remains one of the most physically beautiful men I’ve ever seen. I was 10 for that Olympics and had such a crush while my mom totally had the hots for him!
I remember watching live Kerri Strug winning the Gold for USA. Looking back on it now, she definitely was forced into finishing due to the leadership at the time. But, damn, that was crazy watching it live.
Also, my mother's side of the family was friends with Greg Louganis during her childhood. She distinctly remembers watching his accident happen in the whole family freaking out.
Another one you could examine is Dominique Moceanu at the 1996 Olympics on beam. She falls straight on her neck.
She may have been forced, but I guarantee she didn't even think of not doing her second attempt. Even if they didn't force her, she would have done it on her own.
@@FUGP72 Back in 1996 the team final was also the final part of individual qualifying, only three gymnasts from each country could compete in the AA final, after Moceanu fell on both vaults that opened up the opportunity for Strug to be the third American, the vault she landed qualified her to the AA final, but obviously she was unable to compete, so Moceanu took the spot.
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0:28 “oh dear” great commentary. Couldnt have said it better myself.
I love how Dr. Mike says “don’t do this stuff ever” or something like that but yet he boxes it just cracks me up😂
With many types of sport it's always a trade off and I'm pretty sure he understands that. If the sport that gets you going and makes you motivated to stay active also happens to be dangerous, you have to ask yourself: How dangerous is it? What happens if it goes wrong? Can I take some precautions to lower the risk?
I'm pretty sure Doctor Mike saying "don't do this" won't stop anyone whose passion it is to do the thing. Same probably goes for him and boxing. Understand the risk, weigh it up against the likelihood of you otherwise not doing any sports at all and then go with the results. My doctor friend isn't exactly the happiest with me getting into pro wrestling, but she also said that she really likes how it makes me go to the gym and watch my diet, so there's that.
That one with the dad helping him was classic Olympic spirit. Such an inspiring moment.
I'm reading this before it comes up. I know exactly what you're talking about and I am already crying!
This makes me tear up every time. Not only is it so touching that his father helped him, like he probably did thousands of times over the years, but also the crowd's standing ovation. It's a reminder that no matter how it might seem, there really are a lot of compassionate people in the world. ❤️
Derek Redmond said that that race was his last ever no matter what the outcome. I also recall that he had been struggling with that leg for some time and the injury he had gotten during that race was just him reinjuring or doing something to an old injury. He didn't want his last race to be an unfinished by him giving up. When his father came down to help him he was pushed away by the officials but his dad said go away this is my son. Later in an interview the dad said that they had started his career together they were gonna finish it together. It wasn't about winning or losing but about finishing and proving your point and will to fight on. His dad at the last few feet let go of his son so that he could finish by himself. While that race was classified as a dq or DNF due to his dad helping him, Derek won the hearts of everyone even his opponents for his will to get up and finish what he started. That moment and event is what many thing as one of the top 10 events in modern day. As well as been a inspiration for many athletes in all sports about not giving up even when you know you will not win.
Thank you, this is one of my all-time favorite moving Olympic moments ❤
I’m not crying you’re crying.
I’m a gymnast, and it’s such a dangerous sport we do. Even though I still do the same sport as them, it still shocks me.
"Pole on pole violence" is crazy Doctor Mike😭🙏
It's heartrending to see these athletes get hurt but their determination and resilience are truly inspiring.
Anyone remember during the Winter Olympics when someone went off track during Luge practice and smacked back first into a metal support beam at like 100kmh and the news showed literal footage of him dying
I remember that.
Vancouver 2010, I think the guy was from Georgia (the country just to clarify)
So sad
And then they showed it again and again and again
Yes it horrified me as a little kid, he was from Georgia (the country) and I remember they held a moment of silence for him in the opening ceremonies, he died before he could officially compete.
"As we know, the hand is very important."
Truer words have never been spoken.
Thanks for the OT shoutout!! We love doctors who value our work!!
Thank you for the appreciative shout-out for Occupational Therapists! So often by-passed for the important work we do!
New fear unlocked: sports 😭
Breaking Bodyparts best show out there
Try playing golf. It may be one-sided but it’s relaxing and mostly in the form of walking or riding around in a golf cart
FRRRRRR!!!
@@melindayang4718Until a golf ball hits you in the head.
Yep, somehow someone on my cross country team broke their arm in a race, like how the does that happen
The pole vaulter's injury reminded me of a pole vaulter who got injured during one of my highschool track meets. His pole bent and snapped like hers did, but it sent him flying forward over the mat. His legs hit the mat and caused his upper body to rotate really fast, slamming his head into the ground. He hit his head so hard he had a seizure and was unconcious at the hospital for 30 minutes, but I think he didn't have any severe lasting brain damage.
just trauma i guess
A miracle! I'm glad your peer is okay!
The fact that I know something bad is gonna happen *in every single clip* makes my anxiety go 📈📈📈
I simply got an elbow compression fracture when I fell off a porch while delivering Amazon. Good God that hurt. How do athletes stand it? The doc sent me to physical therapy and they made me better than new. Good doc, good therapists. Thank you to them.
I remember seeing Greg Louganis' accident and the subsequent fall-out from his HIV diagnosis. At the time, and until the 2000s, even, very little was known or taught about HIV and people were losing their minds over this. No one contracted anything by helping him. And at the time when he was competing, the stigma was unreal. I'm not at all surprised he didn't announce it beforehand. There is a chance the severity wasn't fully known at the time, but the chances that he would have recieved immediate medical attention are slim.
I'm thankful we are now more educated on the topic, but a lot of ignorance about it still exists.
“We’re out of the pole clips so I am glad you got it out your system”😩😂😩😂 your reaction to some is soooo funny “They worked on him , I think they need him to a hospital stat” 😩😂
Dr Mike has educated me more than my school or college could . Thanks Dr Mike
Fr 😭 he should start visiting schools 🙏
Yas
just don't go saying to your patients that you got educated by youtube
@@Someone-sc2hk that is the plan
Regarding Greg Louganis' bleeding in the Olympic pool while HIV positive - the reason people were freaking out at the time was because the possible modes of infection were not well understood. And people were still quite homophobic.
Thank you for putting your obviously kind loving heart into explaining Greg's story and in a way a 5yo can understand. May God Bless Your Life🙏
I mean this is a reason to freak out since you can literally get HIV if this blood would end up in your nose/mouth/eyes/any wound on your own which can easily happen when you're trying to care for someone bleeding profusely and you don't wear mask and gloves
I remember people were upset that he let the medical staff treat his bleeding head without telling them about being HIV positive. In those days the medical staff didn't always wear gloves.
It had far more to to with homophobia than modes of infection. It was already known by then the chlorinated water would have killed it. His participation, even without the injury, was being villified for his HIV status, i.e. that he participated at all even on the days before he was injured.
@@RijackiTorment Yes, it's homophobia to not want first responders to get HIV because they cared for an athlete who didn't disclose his status.
Get over yourself.
I am an occupational therapist!! Thank you for the acknowledgement. Was a huge fan…Now, a bigger fan!!
2:39 I feel like it should also be pointed out that Kerri Strug never did gymnastics again after 1996. Wow is... one way to put it.
Yes exactly! She wasn’t doing it for glory. The coaches pushed her to compete even though she said no. It’s awful that one moment ended her career, left her with serious injuries, and most of the public celebrates the win and ignores the truth of it.
Figure skating was like this last Winter Olympics that too, especially for the female athletes. Russia has somewhat perfected the rather disgusting strategy of teaching young girls to land quads using prerotation to take advantage of their flexibility. It's a high impact move and most of them wind up with back injuries and joint problems and are out of the sport by the time they hit 20, if not 18. The resulting scores are monstrous and hard to compete with but the cost is high.
@@withcharmtospare Wrong.
It should also be pointed out that it was going to be her last Olympics anyway, and going out as THE woman to win it for the United States first EVER team gold, meant that she was almost certainly going to retire after this anyway. She knew she had to parlay this fame into life changing money right ten and there.
5:39 "pole on pole violence"😆
36 secs ago😭😭
I just wanna see him react to that guy whose pole dislodged the bar at this year's Olympics...
@@ChennaJCook that would be funny
Those poor gymasts.. The American girl was one of those abused by Team USA. Not only horifically by Nassar, but the two people in charge of the whole operation did not see the girls as anything other than dogs to be trained and pushed to the absolute limit. I can't help but think the gymast who was knocked out and rolled over roughly by her trainer had a similar environment.
Kerri strug is a really visual case of how abusive the Karoli environment, especially since she didn't even need to do the vault, but Dominique Moceaneau being made to continue after hitting her head directly on the beam with no medical evaluation is just as horrific. But rolling that gymnast, wow, that is some of the worst injury care ive ever seen ...
dogs shouldn’t be either obviously but yahh
0:31 “oh dear” I CANT LMFAO WHY WAS HE SO CHILL ABOUR IT
“Oh no not finger stick- PENILE STICK. it was pole on pole violence”
-Dr Mike, 2024
Min 5:48
It was pole on pole violence 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dude that was a brutal joke.
Red flag 🚩
Technically foul Dr. Mike
Yay for the occupational therapist shout out!! 🎉❤😊 I am an OT and I always love hearing people mention OT and bringing awareness to this profession that most people don’t know about!
Really? Most people don't know about occupational therapy? 🤔
Yayyy!🎉
Yes!!! OT here as well. These shout outs are like little nuggets of gold. Thanks, Dr. Mike!
Great to hear this! So often misconstrued as physios, or Occupational Health! 🎉
2020 Tokyo Olympics, Bassa Mawem French climber rupture its biceps during the qualification lead Route (and still gets qualified for the finals). You can find high-res videos on the internet, you can clearly see the biceps snapping and go up his arm.
He recovered and is participating to the 2024 Paris Olympics in speed climbing.
Noooooo. That sounds awful
I’m waiting for anyone who’s watched Ultimate Beastmaster
@@EpicUniqueWill9 I used to love that show 😭
As a former athlete I can tell you that we're use to training Through pain, that if we injure ourselves we just keep going to the best of our abilities...
She's (the 1st gymnast) has trained for over a decade through falls & injuries ...it was completely muscle memory for her to get up like that.
"Pole on pole violence" is the greatest thing I have heard today 😂😂😂😂
dr mike should just watch old gymnastics routines with now-banned moves and explain why they banned them (because they can absolutely kill you)
the korbut flip is crazy and the thomas salto literally paralysed a young soviet gymnast who was BRILLIANT
roll outs are so scary to watch, as nile wilson said "thank you fig" for banning them (any flips with a roll out are banned for those unaware and fig is the governing body)
@@ExperimentIVyeah, I was wondering if that case with the Soviet gymnast would be covered here
@@esteemedmortal5917 i don’t think there’s footage of mukhina underrotating the thomas salto because it happened during training
i approve of this idea
“Imagine you’re a young person and every time you go out to a party there’s lights and loud noises and you can’t even be comfortable.” Yeah that’s what autism does to me. It’s awful. I can’t have fun without wearing bulky headphones (earbuds are too painful for me) because of my light and noise sensitivity.
I understand, fellow autistic! My biggest noise trigger is when a balloon pops 😨. I don't get seizures from flashing lights, but some are just not fun to look at 😣.
I react like this because of a stroke, though I never really liked balloons popping, thankfully my husband truly understands because he's mildly autistic himself 😊
ADHD here and same xD when he mentioned that I was like "yeah welcome to my life" never understood how people are able to enjoy it 😅
That's what I thought too! It sucks :(
yea same here.... one of my parents whispered outside on the padio on our cruise ship cabin while talking with my other parent (they were talking about me) and i was very close too the farthest point in the room to the door outside and it was closed too and i could STILL hear them whispering.... and just last week alone one of my parent's who had called my other parent on the phone recently was talking smack about me threw the phone with my other parent and despite the phone not being on speaker and full and not full volume either i STILL heard exactly what she said when i wasn't nesscarily paying attention
I just took a concussion course, and it's insane that they can still do things after hitting their heads.
Shock and determination are not the best mix, but when driven to do so, they can accomplish mighty things. I wish they did not, though, because others try too.
Watching the UFC...so many dudes blatantly get concussed and soldier on, it's nuts
They can but that doesn’t mean they should lol. Someone with their arm taken off by a shark can keep swimming with shock but that doesn’t mean it’s good in any way
yea kids too i once fell down on the playground got a concussion blacked out for a few was confused because i had no idea what had happened because i didint know what a concussion was i got up after a few seconds of being confused and kept playing
@@joshyc2006 yea just look at football too
So interesting. I was in HS when Louganis hit his head on the diving board then became a legend and here's young Dr. Mike just learning about it for the first time. 😅
This is literally the only video I listen to too fall asleep lol
As a varsity swimmer, banging my head was the worst fear.
I remember a girl on my swim team talking about a time her goggles fogged up and she ended up butterflying in to the edge of the pool and chipping her tooth.
@@coolgirl312 Yes!!! My front tooth is ALSO chipped from swimming.(Backstroke, bad flip turn right into the side of the pool) LOL
Really enjoyed watching Mike explore all the polesibilities with those puns😂
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Booo tomato 🍅🍅🍅😂
I have a cousin who played soccer in high school, and I remember his one big injury that basically took him out of the sport was a spiral fracture in his leg. Went to kick the ball and missed, but all that built-up momentum just kept going. He called it "spaghetti leg" bc all he remembered seeing was his leg flopping around all limp up by his ear and he was just like "hey that's not supposed to be there."
my firend broke his leg so bad he passed two months in the hospital and was even given some morphine...
Hi Dr Mike , can you please make a video reviewing David gognines injury’s, and how he ran 240 miles with a broken leg. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOSS
I close my eyes before the injury and then just let Dr mike diagnose it
5:38 POLE ON POLE VIOLENCE KILLED ME
Naah bro it ain't a pole anymore 💀
As someone that was a kid during the beginning of the aids epidemic, the understanding of the disease was so bad for so long. So much misinformation.
Yeah the most prominent world leaders were on TV saying things about AIDS that were already known to be false, and not just false, but from bad publications, intentionally faking data, paid for by religious, and conservative, political groups, in an effort to recriminalize homosexuality.
Yeah, I can see why he would have been in a tough spot. Cause on one hand he'd want to make sure others were safe, but on the other hand people with hiv were treated so badly in that time.
Even today, he would be rightfully criticized for allowing someone to touch his bloody scalp WITHOUT GLOVES.
0:59 That subtle "paw-waw-waw..." sound effect in the background as she face plants.
Definitely agree with the skull bleeding. Hit my head on the top of a waterslide in a park and scalped myself about 10 cm, because I was swinging into it with full force…. As I went down I fell immediately warm and dizzy. And as I came down people were screaming to get help but I couldn’t understand why until a few seconds after my vision on both eyes was red from all the blood coming down my head. Luckily many helped me and also searched for my mother and father(I was old enough to go on my own, I knew were they were but because of obvious reasons I couldn’t look for them on my own)
The fact that the pool incident happened in 1988 was a major factor in how it was handled. We had so little knowledge on the matter back then and people were generally terrified of it. Now, it would be handled very differently and with dignity.
IT was more than just the pool. It was also the doctor treating him without gloves. Literally touching blood. That is not paranoia. That doctor is VERY lucky he didn't have a small cut that he didn't know about. His risk of contracting HIV from that were quite high. And he absolutely should have been told.
The difference between boxing and treating an injury in regards to HIV status is competitors arent under the expectation of using standard precautions during a boxing match, whereas when you treat a patient as any medical professional theres an understanding that your patient may have a bloodborne pathogen like HIV or hepatitis that standard precautions will protect you from, so you always wear gloves.
Well, they didn't in 1988.
You clearly see the doctor without gloves in this video. An on site doctor was trying to treat him as fast as he could. Unlike a doctor in the comfort of his office or a hospital having the time to put on gloves.
6:08 Bro was done with the pole jokes💀
It was a black Pole of joke, and he had to stick it... for hours...
1:30 besides the gruesome horror of seeing bones out of place, the thing that stunned me was that (although I never passed regionals in highschool), I immediately worried when I saw him reaching back for the ground. Maybe he didn't realize he was that high off the ground, but I was always taught to tuck in your elbow when you are falling. There are also more rules in high school to protect against this kind of thing, but either way, he would have done better to land on his shoulder and then twist left and jerk his arm free.
Pole on Pole violence 😂 I'm terrified of pole vaulting that's why I opted for high jump and that bar slamming on my (at the time) undiagnosed spina bfida occulta (S1 vertebrae) was VERY unpleasant (I am not paralyzed have full mobility still actually but I did high jump and football which could've definitely messed me up since I didn't yet know my spine never developed fully 🤪
Mike watching the BMX accident on Slovenian TV channel is just shocking to me😂❤
4:11 Even though pole vaulting isn't considered an extreme sport, it definitely looks like one.
Dr Mike causally teaching us more than what some people learn throughout their lives
I recall seeing one snowboarder fall in the Vancouver Olympics. Cracked her helmet, went full rag doll and flopped down the slope a bit.
That wasn’t the main thing that was caught on camera. At the base of the run, two other athletes had already done their runs, and were watching. When the other woman fell, both were visibly horrified, and wanted to help! One had to grab the other boarder, and she can be seen saying, “No, we have to stay put. We can’t help her.”
The one who’d fallen insisted on boarding to the end, under her own power, even snapping at a medic who was going to release her boots from the board.
Olympians are a whole different breed of athlete. And that’s why we’re amazed by them
You can hear the pop from the long jumper! Its both cool and chilling
0:45 im so glad im not the only one who had that reaction to this clip 🤣
Hey Dr. Mike! I’m currently in Physical Therapy school, and it was cool seeing you tip your cap to the OTs. We have anatomy with the OTs, and they’re awesome and it was cool seeing that acknowledgement towards them 😁
I don’t keep up with RUclipsr uploading schedules. Every time I see a new video from Dr. Mike, it’s a nice lil surprise and makes my day. Thank you for all you do, Dr. Mike!
3:04 Connor Fields didn't simply get a concussion, he had a brain hemmorage and multiple broken bones.
Interesting enough, the winner of Tokyo gold in BMX (And the world championship a couple weeks after), Niek Kimmann fractured his kneecap and tore ligaments in his knee just days before event after he collided with a Marshall improperly crossing the track. Sadly he won't be competing in the Paris games, despite qualifying, due to inflammation of the heart.
In Rio 2016, Connor Fields won on a temporarily braced wrist (after it had been broken) and had to go in for surgery after winning gold to remove the gear so it healed properly.
BMX racing is a completely insane sport; I do not understand how it's even legal, much less in the Olympics. The injury risk is astronomical.
@@DarklordZagarna most sports have high injury risks and are 100% legal, pole vaulting can result in outright death or paralysis, gymnastics can result in broken bones, potential paralysis, high dive can result in internal injuries if you impact the water in a bad position, etc. looking at other sports, baseball can damage your arms, getting hit by the baseball can really freaking hurt, accidentally slamming into another player can cause serious injury, gridiron football can result in many injuries from tackling, soccer (or football in pretty much the rest of the world) can result in serious leg or head injuries, hockey can result in serious injuries, and so on.
BMX is dangerous sure, about as dangerous as skateboarding I would say, but its legal because you can prevent injury with skills and understanding the sport, just like every other sport.
9:48 the pausing is so real i cant 😭😭
loool right? might even hit the rewind 😭
Last school year I was in gymnastics, and around the beginning of the school year while doing a trick I landed the ending with my arm completely straight, and it bent slightly the wrong way. I had light pain in my arm for almost the rest of the year, especially when I fully straitened my arm.😊
Pole on Pole violence is wild 😂
I can understand why Greg Louganis didn't disclose his HIV status. The late 90's (early 2000's) was a horrible time to have HIV or Hep C. I was diagnosed with Hep C in September of 1999. I needed a hep panel for med school. Was not expecting a life altering diagnosis. Once the results "came out," the med school rescinded my acceptance. My life plan, at 21, was shot. Then, whenever I got medical treatment going forward, I got 30-45 minute lectures (from MDs, DDS, etc.) about how it's my fault I got hepatitis C. How if I didn't use IV drugs I wouldn't have it. How I was a worthless individual. I remember one particular dentist was incredibly cruel and hoped I'd die. I left his office bawling. Of course, I never used IV drugs. I was born a premie in 1978, in Warsaw. Blood screening didn't occur at the time. At the time of my diagnosis in 1999, I was given a year to live. It's incredibly cruel to tell a patient you hope they'd die while they believe they're living on borrowed time. But, back in the late 90's (and early 2000's) people with HIV and Hep C were "worthless people taking up valuable resources for people that weren't risking their lives."
I used to cruelly wish those medical professionals received the same type of treatment when they needed help the most. Then I remember I'm not them. 🫰😂
In case it's not abuntly clear..."EVEN" patients that get HIV or Hep C through IV drug use deserve appropriate and compassionate care sans judgement.
As someone who was there for the early days of HIV and AIDS, it is amazing to me that in a generation, we have gone from it being an automatic death sentence to (often) being a chronic disease that someone can live a long life with.
@@amb865, I'm very happy we're there. But, it took a lot of "work" getting here. And that "work" hurt like hell. I HOPE it's a lesson for everyone in medicine to stop judging patients and start treating them.
This was 1988, they knew even less then. At the time they didn’t even know that blood in a pool would not transmit HIV.
@kaenterkin , I think they knew chlorine killed viruses in 1988. They just weren't sure it worked for HIV. Again, I can completely understand why he chose not to disclose his HIV status. He'd have been double the pariah. One for his homosexuality and then for his HIV status. I can definitely understand his desire to save himself from that horrible fate. I can also understand how much that decision probably weighed on him.
I had to make that same decision every time I had surgery, or had labs done. And it's hard on a small scale. I'd only have 2-20 people judging and condemning me. He'd have the whole world.
@@syrena911 Absolutely - I 100% agree
"If the first pole isn't in the north, try going south" 😂😂
This kinda makes me want Doctor Mike to live call wrestling matches. "Elbow, Elbow!" :D
As a BMX racer I was horrified when I saw Connor’s crash… we are all so happy that he is ok now today
8:30 For such a small country we rake in the medals. Probably more during the winter olympics though. (ice skating, swimming, field hockey, cycling, athletics, judo, rowing... I could go on)
Olympics are the best
I remember watching Strugg’s one-footed vault landing on live tv. We were visiting my grandmother and my brother and I went so crazy when she landed it that we almost woke our two younger siblings (who had been put to bed). I think we did wake my grandmother. My parents were not impressed, even when we made them watch the replays which were then playing on infinite loops. Fortunately they let us stay up to watch the rest of the day’s coverage after we swore we would be quiet. (The next day, my parents were more appreciative of the vault landing.)
"Heroes get remembered but legends never die"
That’s crazy. Imagine not being impressed by such a physical feat bearing through so much pain…
@@carlospolk5033they probably weren't impressed because she was forced to do that while she was injured. And she didn't even need to; we had already won the gold medal by then.
It’s a testament of just how good of a vaulter she really was. Almost anyone else probably would have had an even more serious injury upon landing the second one. Keri did a near perfect vault and managed to land on one foot. She probably would have medaled in both vault and floor exercise if she hadn’t been injured.
@@carlospolk5033 Mainly they weren’t impressed because they had just managed to get a fussy toddler to sleep along with my youngest brother who wanted to stay up with his two older siblings. They were probably impressed behind the frustration and sleep deprivation. 😉
5:43”it was pole on pole violence” aint no way mike said that 😂
I watched the Kerri Strug vault live and I maintain it is one of the greatest moments in sports history. It still gives me chills to watch that clip.
You should do a video were you react to gymnastics injuries bc there are some crazy ones🥲
thank you doctor mike for the wonderful information i will never forget this
7:56 they did not need to add that sound effect 😭
BONK!!
*B O N K*
“Pole on pole violence”…gold metal, bravo 🤣🫡🥇
It would be sooo cool if you could react to figure skating accidents ! especially in pairs there are a lot of interesting ones!
I am a volleyball player and I recently had an Avulsion fracture of the 5th metatarsal when coming down from a hit.
10:52 love that humble brag of the pro boxing license 😁
First time seeing Slovenia being part of Mike’s video. Hello from Slovenia Mike❤️
the gymnast and 2:04. is named Dominique Moceanu, during the 96 games. she lost her footing on the balance beam. and went head first into the balance beam. she got up finished her routine, but no one showed any concern for her cervical spine that just had 75 lbs dropped on it. fortunately was ok.
6:10 To quote Tom Holland, “I love WatchMojo!”
Ken Peters, as well as a trainer at Seaworld, was also a diver - which really worked in his favour when the incident(s) with Katsaka happened. The documentary Blackfish highlights the dangers and problems with orcas in captivity. It specifically focuses on experiences with one orca in particular, Tilikum, who has since passed. It’s a really informative and interesting watch. Highly recommend.
0:12 thought the man was boutta get booted on the face lol
Greg Louganis’ injury was 1988. I’ve read somewhere that the doctor didn’t even wear gloves when he sutured the injury. Oh, and Louganis went on to win the competition despite the head injury.
Yes, I remember when he announced that he was HIV positive, people weren’t nearly as upset about the blood in pool water as they were that the medical staff hadn’t worn gloves when helping him and were potentially exposed. Back in the day glove use wasn’t as prolific, especially in sudden injuries where they were rushing to a patient, because blood-borne pathogens weren’t really thought of as much. The HIV/ AIDS epidemic really made glove use a top priority for protecting both medical personnel and patients.
“This is becoming very pole-arizing” … i can’t 🤣🤣🤣 dr. Mike is the best!
I’ll never forget watching Strug performing after getting injured! I was young but I was crying while watching.
Dr. Mike. That's just hurts bad!! HURT BAD!!!
Dr. Mike pausing the video several times out of fear of seeing the diver hit his head on the board is my spirit animal 😂