Jamaican Gymnast Competes for 11 Seconds, Fulfills the Dream of a Lifetime

Jamaican gymnast competes for 11 seconds, fulfills the dream of a lifetime Danusia Francis spent about 11 seconds on the uneven bars during the first day of gymnastic competition at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. It was the time of her life. Tokyo Olympics Watch all the action from the Tokyo Olympics live on NBC Francis, who competed as a gymnast at UCLA, is representing Jamaica in Tokyo. But at some point during training, she badly injured her left knee, which she announced on Instagram in a post following podium training last week. “The arena is stunning,” she posted. “Unfortunately, I do have a knee injury so only did bars today, but happy with my performance & enjoyed myself out there!” View social media post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRoGwn6NgsE On Sunday, however, Francis performed several simple maneuvers on the lower of the two bars before gently dismounting on her right leg. Her left knee was heavily wrapped. View social media post: https://twitter.com/jaflygirl/status/1419302047363514373 Francis was all smiles, however, waiving to cheers and touching the world with her positivity and inspiration that lit up social media. Her alma mater UCLA gave her a shout out on Twitter: “Congratulations, Nush! We are so proud of you,…
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