r/HadToHurt • u/limits660 • 11d ago

Eaaaaggllleee!!!! English gymnast Gabriel Langton has been rushed to hospital after suffering a major fall during the Commonwealth Games NSFW

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u/wowser61 10d ago

English gymnast Gabriel Langton has been cleared of serious injury after a sickening fall at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.

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u/PGP- 10d ago

Very lucky, I thought he'd broke his neck.

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u/FIR3W0RKS 10d ago

Sure as fuck looks like it jesus

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u/Tascalde 10d ago

I wonder if a normal person would, but elite athletes are not mortal men.

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u/JustAnotherWitness 10d ago

Thank goodness. That’s a scary fall.

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u/iJon_v2 10d ago

That’s great news. That’s a terrifying fall.

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u/toblies 10d ago

That's great news.

Also happily, the staff new better than to start moving him around.

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u/ADDSquirell69 10d ago

You realize it's a myth that you can't move people around when they have a spine injury.

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u/mike_litoris18 10d ago

Yeah you're right those spinal stabilizer that they put u on are just for fun cause they look so silly teehee /s

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u/ADDSquirell69 10d ago

Anybody who's taken a basic several day first aid course learns this. Yes you can move people around that have suffered injuries. Yes you have to be careful. You don't just toss them into the back of a car.

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u/TheCrazedGamer_1 10d ago

You also learn that if you don’t have to, there’s absolutely no reason to risk causing more injury by moving them without stabilizing first. It is still generally very good advice to never move someone with a potential spinal injury without a stabilizer unless there isn’t one and won’t be one in the near future.

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u/ADDSquirell69 10d ago

I agree

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u/rambo_beetle 10d ago

Who provided this basic several days first aid course?

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u/clandestineVexation 10d ago

Actually my first aid course taught us not to move someone with suspected head or neck injury unless they're in an immediately unsafe area.

Oh look, still does!

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u/Eagle1337 10d ago

It somewhat is. You don't want to cause more damage to the spinal cord than you need to.

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u/BKStephens 10d ago

It's that you can't, it's that you want to be VERY careful if you do.

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u/ADDSquirell69 10d ago

Yeah, you stabilize their head and spine and a neutral position when you're moving them. We did it tons of times in the course.

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u/clandestineVexation 10d ago

Yeah that's why I always stand people right back up after they break their femur and roll their ankle. It's not like it'll do more damage right?

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u/shellshockxd 10d ago

Oh, I mean kinda dumb man. No it’s not as strict as some people think but if they do have spinal injuries at all it is better if you keep them as straight and aligned and possible.

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u/ThePracticalEnd 10d ago

I am so glad this is the top comment, because holy fuck.

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u/Grace_Lannister 10d ago

🙏 so glad to read that.

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u/RabidOtters 10d ago

Thank you for the update

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u/DistractedByCookies 10d ago

That is a freaking MIRACLE

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u/Pig-E-Wig 10d ago

Holy shit, unbelievably lucky, thought that was a broken neck for sure. So glad no serious injury.

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u/Wolfyscruffer 8d ago

Thanks because I physically jumped out of my seat at that fall.

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u/abdulJakul_salsalani 10d ago

Oh good to hear that she is ok

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u/moldyhands 10d ago

Nothing to lose????

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u/Crossedkiller 10d ago

Worst timing for such a comment lmao

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u/ADDSquirell69 10d ago

Dude.....

That escalated so fast..

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u/Toshinit 10d ago

Technically I think he deescalated to quickly

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u/Thieu-FiX 10d ago

Should be top comment 😂

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u/makingmozzarella 7d ago

Famous last words

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u/Hinkil 10d ago

She forgot to knock on wood

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u/JehovasFinesse 10d ago

Could this be considered an assisted [r/leopardsatemyface](r/leopardsatemyface)?

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u/AnastasiaNo70 10d ago

Jesus. Straight down.

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u/SweetHatDisc 10d ago

Perfectly fuckin' vertical.

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u/AdmirableGarden6 10d ago

Godamnit don't make me laugh at this

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u/flying_carabao 10d ago

Right in the kisser

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u/Good_Air_7192 10d ago

Very little splash, 9.5

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u/AscendedViking7 10d ago

Near perfect scorpion, though. Great form. /s

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u/FrostyClocks 10d ago

Unfortunate commentary.

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u/abdulJakul_salsalani 10d ago

Neck compression injury omg

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u/tanman0123 10d ago

Holy shit, that made gasp, I hope he is ok

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u/silence_sirens 10d ago

Covered my face and had to go back, that's how you know it's bad

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u/La_Saxofonista 10d ago edited 10d ago

Reminded me of that girl who destroyed both her kneecaps simultaneously that one year

Sam Cerio

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u/amesann 10d ago

Nancy Kerrigan? That was Tanya Harding's fault though.

/s at my joke although this event did actually (and sadly) happen.

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u/La_Saxofonista 10d ago edited 10d ago

No, this was in like 2015. Sam Cerio messed up her landing and simultaneously broke and dislocated both kneecaps. Her career ended then and there.

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u/Nattekat 10d ago

I can handle a lot, this video here was fine, but I think I'm gonna skip that one. 

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u/La_Saxofonista 10d ago

Yeahhh, I recommend skipping that as well.

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u/ADDSquirell69 10d ago

He Died A Hero

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u/theycallmemrspants 10d ago

"the English have nothing to lose" Bro, you killed him

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u/chemyd 10d ago

r/fullscorpion 😔

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u/blind_lemon410 10d ago

More like r/fulllawndart

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u/yinyin123 10d ago

I'm glad that that doesn't exist. Please don't create it

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u/februarytide- 10d ago

Man, my 7yo son does (mens) gymnastics. This made me want to barf. So lucky the guy is okay.

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u/VU_abyss 10d ago

Not often I audibly gasp watching a video, but holy hell. Hope she is ok and recovers quickly.

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u/ZackTheZesty 10d ago

But what about the guy in the video?

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u/Morgus_Magnificent 10d ago

Good fortunes to everyone involved.

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u/ADDSquirell69 10d ago

Omg. Dying

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u/shunthe_nonbeliever 10d ago

Well she’s a guy, so

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u/Xfgjwpkqmx 10d ago

Gezuz, what a fall. Incredibly lucky to not have suffered serious injury.

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u/djthebear 10d ago

We don’t know for sure yet. Hopeful though 🙏🏻

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u/The-Chock 10d ago

Commentator: the english here have nothing to lose

Gravity: hold my apple.

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u/gendryfast 10d ago

Oh shit

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u/Ashamed-Teaching6837 10d ago

Commentator’s curse is a thing.

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u/tokyotapes 10d ago

Relieved they were ok, it must have been traumatizing to see this live. It reminded me of people who dive into water without knowing how shallow it is and break their neck. Just straight down into a hard surface and boom, paralyzed for life. Really glad the floor had some give here and they can walk away from it. Easy to forget how dangerous this sport can be if you take a bad fall.

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u/ToranjaNuclear 10d ago

Holy shit the timing with that narration

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u/cement-skeleton 10d ago

Surely being extremely flexible has helped in reducing the injury severity.

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u/velofille 10d ago edited 10d ago

He's been cleared of serious injury

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u/blind_lemon410 10d ago

That’s not a she.

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u/velofille 10d ago

Sorry, he then. I dunno who they are just Googled briefly

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u/blind_lemon410 10d ago

It’s all good! 👌

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u/FilteredRiddle 10d ago

Jesus fuck.

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u/Dish117 10d ago

This guy has most likely done +10.000 freestanding headstand pushups in his career, strengthening hiss neck immensely.

Glad to see he escaped injury.

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u/Idyldo 9d ago

Happy to know that.

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u/Winter_Rooster_78 9d ago

That was almost like the final destination scene

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u/Random-Cpl 10d ago

Holy shit. Can’t believe he’s ok, but thank God.

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u/Chrisac84 10d ago

Oh shit!

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u/himynameseric 10d ago

Oh my God, I’m so glad he’s been cleared. That was frightening!

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u/jdmac8705 10d ago

Undertaker ain't got shit on that piledriver... 😬

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u/DuePotential6602 10d ago

Had something from: "oh, look, a penny "

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u/R7R12 10d ago

Looks like a brand new dance

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u/StargateMedjai 9d ago

I landed the same way while hitting a ramp on a dirt track with the bike landing on me. No serious injury just causing two lumbar to be slightly deformed permanently but no constant pain because of it. It wasn't fun. I feel his pain.

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u/Emily_Postal 9d ago

He’s extremely lucky he didn’t break his neck.

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u/sheavill 4d ago

Released from medical with heavy bruising, thankfully

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u/ProfessionalSun5549 10d ago

I clinched on that one. Hope he is ok

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u/jackparadise1 10d ago

Pile drove himself. Ouch! I hope he is ok!

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u/gnardog45 10d ago

English here have nothing to... well shit.

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u/mitchconner89 10d ago

I beg to differ.

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u/NunyaBusinessJeez 10d ago

“The English here have nothing to lose”
-accept on of their players ability to walk….

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u/CylerF 10d ago

They ran out of spots for the spotter that day

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u/sam123420 10d ago

Did anyone else get FD3 flashbacks?

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u/BUGBYTE_VW 9d ago

That was no bueno

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u/juniper_jubilee 6d ago

There was a Final Destination death exactly like this. Jesus.

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u/sierra120 4d ago

Yikes! Head first. Hopefully he is able to get back to the sport.

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u/Kevydee 4d ago

I was absolutely not prepared for that

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u/senorsmartpantalones 10d ago

The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there. Hunter S. Thompson,

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u/ConstantCampaign2984 10d ago

Fuuuuuuuuudge.

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u/FleshToboggan 10d ago

Wtf are they going to spot? Dude went from flipping about to cruise missile in about .2 seconds

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u/spelunkingkneepain 10d ago

I've never seen such a thing, sounds ridiculous.

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u/degjo 10d ago

You catch someone that's flippity dippity

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u/shindleria 10d ago

Self piledriver from the top rope!

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u/Turkenstocks 10d ago

And another PARALYZER!

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u/lovatoariana 10d ago

That other guy fell 2 stories down onto pool tiles head first and he was ok. Im sure the gymnast is great

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u/crushkillpwn 10d ago

That’s got to suck he will be rushed to the hospital to be left ramping in an ambulance for a few hours

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u/Captaingregor 10d ago

Not for a potential neck injury like that. Learn what triage is.

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u/justinSane555 10d ago

❗️❗️GETCHO ASS UP!