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    Aussie Hurdler Famous For Warmup Dance Suffers Brutal Fall At Olympics

    By Ron Dicker,

    5 hours ago

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2B9SRP_0uqhT4iE00

    Australia’s Michelle Jenneke fell over a hurdle in her Paris Olympics heat on Wednesday and tumbled on the track all the way to the next barrier.

    But she had the presence of mind to get up and finish the 100-meter hurdle race at Stade de France for a possible second chance in the repechage.

    Watch video of the moment here .

    “I just felt something pop in my lead leg down towards my knee, and so I just like lost all power, and that’s why I took a tumble,” she told Nine’s Wide World of Sports , which is a part of Australian news website nine.com.au .

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0lcFEE_0uqhT4iE00 Jenneke falls as Hungary's Gréta Kerekes, left, and France's Cyréna Samba-Mayela, right, run in the women's 100-meter hurdles heat at the Paris Olympics.

    Jenneke, who also competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, first gained fame for her viral warmup dance at a track meet in 2012.

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4UTRwr_0uqhT4iE00 Jenneke was down after her fall, but she got up to complete the race.

    She’s still incorporating some of the same moves , but whether she’ll be ready to race in the repechage on Thursday morning is up in the air.

    She shared a photo of a bandage around her knee in an Instagram story post, writing, “Not feeling too bad but still waiting to see how my leg is.”

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2fw6Bt_0uqhT4iE00 The hurdler shared an Instagram story picture of her knee wrapped in a bandage.

    She tried to stay upbeat.

    “Most importantly, [I’m] still positive and smiling, and I know I’m ready for a great race if things go my way,” she wrote in another Instagram story post.

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2mycYA_0uqhT4iE00 Jenneke tried to look on the bright side after her fall.
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