Olympic Gymnast Flavia Saraiva Suffers Brutal Eye Injury After Nasty Fall – ‘I Could Not See’

Brazilian ‌gymnast Flávia Saraiva faced a severe eye injury during warm-ups at the recent Paris Olympics, but she made a remarkable recovery to help her team secure a bronze medal, marking the Brazilian women’s gymnastics team’s ‌first Olympic medal. Just moments after ‌suffering a cut above her eye​ from⁤ a fall, Saraiva participated⁤ in the competition on⁣ the uneven bars, scoring ‍13.666 ⁤despite the injury. Her determination and resilience have earned her widespread⁤ admiration, with many‍ considering her a hero for competing so‍ soon after the accident. Social media celebrated her spirit, and various tweets ‍praised her commitment ⁢to supporting her team, even when faced with personal​ adversity. Saraiva has previously sustained injuries in competitions, highlighting her tenacity ‌as an athlete.


An Olympic bronze medal was really a sight for one gymnast’s sore eye.

Brazilian Flavia Saraiva, a 24-year-old member of the Brazilian women’s gymnastics team, suffered a brutal eye injury during warm-up rounds Tuesday, according to Fox News.

But she managed to recover enough to turn in a performance that helped her team win a medal after all at the Paris games.

And she’s being hailed as a hero:

Video of the accident is on the post below:

Saraiva said she suffered a nasty knock from her own knee, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail.

“I could not see, it bled, but the team’s doctor told me everything was all right. I believe my knee hit my eye when I tripped,” she said, the Daily Mail reported.

“… I realized I was on the floor, lying down with my knee in my face.”

Incredibly, she said her first movement was to roll away so the next gymnast on her team could warm up.

“I said: ‘Guys, where am I?’ Then (someone) said: ‘It’s bleeding, it’s bleeding,” she said, according to the Daily Mail.

“I put my hand on my face and my eye was bleeding, I didn’t understand anything. Then he asked if I was warm. Then I said: ‘Now I’m awake.’”

Obviously a trouper, Saraiva didn’t let the injury keep her from competing only a few minutes later, turning in a performance on the uneven bars that scored a 13.666, according to Fox News.

That’s not great, but it’s not bad for a young woman with a bashed eye.

As The New York Times noted in an Olympics preview piece about uneven bars scoring, “A medal-winning bar routine is typically in the low 15s, but most all-around gymnasts will be happy with mid- to high 14s.”

The bronze medal was Brazil’s women’s gymnastics team’s first as a unit, according to Reuters.

The fact that Saraiva was able to compete at all made her plenty of fans among Olympics watchers. In an Olympics that have had mistakes, some chaos, controversy and plenty to criticize, it was an act to admire.

Saraiva, who has never medaled individually, also suffered an injury during the 2020 Olympics (in Tokyo in 2021), according to Fox. She performed on the floor routine and balance beams.






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