News & Politics - Gymnast's skills save him in fourth-floor fall

JediBlastoise · 04-07-2004, 02:46 AM

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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (Reuters) - A British junior gymnastics team member fell from the fourth floor of a Ljubljana hotel but suffered only a broken ankle after putting his gymnastics skills into practice, the Slovenian press reported Tuesday.

"Probably my gymnastic knowledge and experience saved me," the Slovenske Novice newspaper quoted 17-year-old Steven Jehu as saying.

"There was a big window that could be opened. I leaned out over a metal bar, but the bar suddenly broke. I couldn't do anything. I fell," Jehu said.

The gymnast did a somersault while falling from the window, which was more than 33 feet from the ground, and braced himself for a regular gymnastic landing.

Jehu, whose favorite discipline is the rings, is one of five British junior athletes who traveled to Ljubljana last week for the European gymnastics championships on April 15-18. "I got away with it all right, although the European championships for me ended before they even began," he said.

impressive indeed....

**-Bianca-** · 04-07-2004, 06:42 AM

Even if I had some gymnastic-al talent, I can't imagine having my wits about me enough to use it in a situation like that. I mean, wow.

Headhunter · 04-07-2004, 08:41 AM

Pretty sick; very impressive move.

**The Happy Psycho** · 04-07-2004, 12:24 PM

Man, I would be so dead if I fell out of a 4th floor window.

sarzy · 04-09-2004, 02:58 AM

Yes, but what score did the judges give him?

Ai Ninjai · 04-10-2004, 06:35 PM

wow..he can probably do somersaults in his sleep.
i would have landed on my head for sure..
screemign all the way

Katis · 04-10-2004, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by The Happy Psycho:
<STRONG>Man, I would be so dead if I fell out of a 4th floor window.</STRONG>

Me too. Splat! Dead me.

Hot Like Fire · 04-12-2004, 10:25 AM

22 Umbrellas · 04-12-2004, 01:03 PM

I've been wishing that I had done gymnastics when I was younger, and now I wish it even more. That's incredible.