Injured Olympic gymnast Samir Ait Said put on stretcher, then dropped
Martin Rogers, USA TODAY Sports 8:23 a.m. EDT August 7, 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO — Tragic French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffered further indignity after his devastating leg injury on Saturday – Olympics staffers dropped his stretcher as they were loading him into an ambulance.

A worldwide audience was horrified when Ait Said’s left leg snapped as he landed a vault during the men’s qualifying competition, with the lower half of his shin dangling grotesquely after the bone audibly snapped.

His ordeal took another bad turn follow minutes later when he was removed from the auditorium to be rushed to a Rio hospital, where he remained late Saturday. As staff moved the 26-year-old’s stretcher towards the edge of the ambulance floor, they appeared to lose control, sending it falling heavily to the floor.

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As details of his career history emerged, his plight became even more heartbreaking. Leading French gymnastics correspondent Anouk Corge of national sports daily L’Equipe told USA TODAY Sports that Ait Said had suffered the same injury in the build-up to the London Olympics four years ago.
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