"Be kind to your knees -- you'll miss them when they're gone." -- The Sunscreen Song
This week brought the incredible story of Ireland's Kieran Behan, who qualified to the Olympics in spite of tearing both his ACLs within the past few years (not to mention a host of other problems, but that's another post).
The last month has shown what Aliya Mustafina was capable of eight months after tearing her ACL at the European Championships.
Now Canada's Jessica Savona, who tore her ACL vaulting at the Japan Cup in July, has posted a video of herself tumbling on soft surfaces five months to the day after her surgery.
Savona, who finished second all-around at the Canadian Championships last May, showed a double layout, Arabian double pike and other impressive work. (Click the video off to the left, or here, to watch Savona tumble.) Her knee, operated on in August, is 100 percent.
This is actually Savona's second ACL recovery. Note that she tore her other ACL as a junior. And her Olympic dream is intact.
An ACL tear used to be a gymnast's career death knell. Not anymore.
(via Gymnastics Coaching)
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