OlympicTalk · Jan 11, 2019
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman breaks elbow in fall on stairs
BOSTON (AP) Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman says she is recovering from a broken elbow suffered in a fall on the stairs.
Raisman in a Twitter post says “I survived two Olympic Games and 19 years of gymnastics without ever breaking a bone … the stairs got me … I fell and broke my elbow.”
She also posted a picture of herself on a couch, her right arm in a cast, snuggling with a dog. Raisman is native of the Boston suburb of Needham.
I survived two Olympic Games and 19 years of gymnastics without ever breaking a bone…the stairs got me… I fell and broke my elbow. pic.twitter.com/RgFLupOEUI
— Alexandra Raisman (@Aly_Raisman) January 9, 2019