Samantha Cerio Announces Retirement After Horrific Injury

Auburn University’s Senior Gymnast Samantha Cerio, Who Broke Both Legs During Her Floor Routine Over The Weekend, Has Announced That She Is Retiring From The Sport.

• Samantha Cerio broke both her knees and tore multiple ligaments.
• Samantha announced that she is retiring from the sport on Sunday via Instagram.
• Jeff Graba revealed that he had never seen anything like that ever and is pretty hard to see.
• Many people called it the worst sports-related injury ever.

There will be no comeback for Auburn University’s senior gymnast Samantha Cerio who broke both of her legs during a floor routine at NCAA Regional Semifinals. After the horrible accident, Samantha announced that she is retiring from the sport.

On Sunday, Samantha took her Instagram and announced in a lengthy Instagram post that the Friday night had been her last night as a gymnast. She announced that she is hanging up her grips and living the chalk behind after eighteen years.

 

 

 

 

 

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Friday night was my final night as a gymnast. After 18 years I am hanging up my grips and leaving the chalk behind. I couldn’t be prouder of the person that gymnastics has made me to become. It’s taught me hard work, humility, integrity, and dedication, just to name a few. It’s given me challenges and road blocks that I would have never imagined that has tested who I am as a person. It may not have ended the way I had planned, but nothing ever goes as planned. Thank you Auburn family for giving me a home and a chance to continue doing the sport that will always be my first love. I am honored to have had the privilege to represent the navy and orange AU for the past 4 years with my team by my side. Thank you for letting me share my pa s sion with you. Thank you for letting me be a part of something bigger than myself. War Eagle Always 

A post shared by Samantha Cerio (@sam_cerio) on Apr 7, 2019 at 10:30am PDT

Samantha wore bedazzled white, navy, and orange leotard gymnast dress and looked excited at the purple floor exercise mat before her.

As her teammates cheered her, 22 years old gymnast smiled genuinely and kicked off her floor routine hoping for a flawless performance and help the Auburn Tigers secure a spot in NCAA women’s gymnastics regional final.

But, sadly, just within a snap of seconds, Samantha was on the floor suffering a painful death. This brought her two decades long gymnastics career to a shocking end which many people have called “worst sports-related injury” they have ever seen.

Samantha dislocated both of her knees and tore multiple ligaments in her knees on Friday, 5^th April.

The Auburn’s women’s gymnastics coach Jeff Graba revealed that her no bones were shattered in the fall and was scheduled to undergo surgery on Monday afternoon.

Jeff added:

It was pretty tough to watch.

Jeff admitted that he had never seen anything like that. He also explained that he has never witnessed anything so dangerous in the middle of the NCAA’s Baton Rouge region semifinal.

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