French gymnast suffers horror leg injury in RioFrench gymnast Samir Aït Saïd suffered a horrific double leg fracture at the Rio Olympics on Saturday as shocked rivals questioned the scoring system which pushes competitors to try increasingly dangerous moves. He had been third overall on rings with a score of 15.533 in early qualifying behind world champion Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece (15.833) and Olympic champion Arthur Zanetti of Brazil. “We’re still overcome by emotion, it’s unexpected, dramatic,” French national team director Corinne Callon told AFP. The German team were also reeling after national all-around champion Andreas Toba was forced out earlier with a knee injury. The perfect 10.0 scoring system was revamped after a scoring controversy at the 2004 Athens Games gymnasts have since been awarded points starting at an initial 10-point score.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 06, 2016 21:45 UTC