USA Today High School Sports reported that gymnastics website Gymnastics Zone said that any gymnast who has experienced a potentially severe head or neck injury " should not return to practice or competition the same day of the injury," according to USA Today. Some expressed worry and frustration that Downie was still allowed to compete after such an injury.
Many viewers assumed that it was an injury Downie wouldn't come back from, but she went on to compete in the vault and helped her team qualify for the finals against the Americans, Chinese, and Russians, according to The Guardian. It was a terrifying moment, and footage of the incident replayed - to viewers dismay - over and over again.
Then her coach and a physician helped her into a wheelchair. But before her final tumble, NBC reported that she shook her head and stepped off the mat. Downie later told reporters that she "heard a crack" from her neck when she fell, but she still got back up and attempted to complete her routine, according to The Guardian. NBC reported that Downie didn't have enough control during "a flip with two-and-a-half twists directly into a tucked front flip," so she fell directly on her head and neck. Ellie Downie updates after her fall prove just how dedicated Olympic athletes are to their craft and their teammates. She feel directly onto her head, but two days later, on Tuesday, she competed on the balance beam as if nothing had happened. British Olympic gymnast Ellie Downie suffered an terrifying fall during the floor competition on Sunday.
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