Aussie Hurdler Famous For Warmup Dance Suffers Brutal Fall At Olympics
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.
Jenneke, who also competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics, first gained fame for her viral warmup dance at a track meet in 2012.
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.”
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.
