Shun Fujimoto: Great Courage

• I watch some stories about him and knew that this man have great tolerant capacity for suffering pain, courage and bravery. Even after broken right leg knee won 1976 Summer Olympic gold medal. It gave me goosebumps and I salute him.

• His name is Shun Fujimoto, a Japanese gymnast who was born in Hiroshima Japan in 1950.

                                                                  

• Japan entered the Montreal, Canada 1976 summer Olympic having won 4 consecutive gold medals.

• While he was practicing the gymnast, breaking his right leg knee during the floor exercise before an Olympic. He knew that his team member a great amount of pressure and tight contest with closet rivalry team Soviet Union and one mistake to disappointments whole nation. So, he didn’t tell anything about injury and he act like nothing happened to him.

• He continued with his pommel horse gymnastic competition in the Olympics and scored the incredible 9.5, before moving to the other event, the ring competition.

• He also completed ring gymnastic competition in final event and he made a great landing in both feet, keeping their balance and perfect finished with great amount of suffering from pain to score awesome 9.7, even despite dislocating his kneecap and tearing in his joints of legs.

• Doctors were also wondering and stated that “How he could manage to do summersault and twists and land perfectly without fall down or screaming or no expression on his face due to pain”. the doctor ordered him to refuse the competition or permanent disability.

• Also, someone asked that what he did in an Olympic, could he do it again! than he literally said “No I can’t do it again”.

• In 2017, he was inducted into his actual place International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

He is an inspirational story of great sporting courage.
He did not fear in extreme condition, fights hard to win Olympic gold medal.