2024 Olympics: Judo Star Dislocates Shoulder While Celebrating Bronze Medal

Olympian Adil Osmanov has experienced a tough break.

The Moldovan judo star was in the process of reveling in his 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medal win against Italy's Manuel Lombardo July 29 when his celebration was cut short after appearing to dislocate his shoulder.

Indeed, as seen in footage of the moment, the 24-year-old had been raising his hands in victory, before returning to his knees and screaming with delight. He continued with a fist pump across his body when he abruptly cried out in pain, crouching and clutching his shoulder with his opposite hand.

Thankfully, whatever exact injury Adil sustained during his celebration was remedied quickly enough that he was able to appear for his medal ceremony. He and Soichi Hashimoto of Japan each earned bronze medals in the judo 73kg heat, while France’s Joan-Benjamin Gaba earned silver and Azerbaijan’s Hidayat Heydarov came out on top with a gold medal win.

Following the match, Adil confessed that he’d been advised to get surgery on his shoulder ahead of the Paris Olympics and that it’d been troubling during his bout.

“Yes, it was very difficult,” he said, according to Metro UK. “And during the warm-up I felt bad, but I’ve had that before—and that’s when I got a medal. I had no options to back down.”

And Adil isn’t the only Olympian who powered through injury to emerge victorious.

During the July 30 women’s gymnastics team finals, Brazil’s Flavia Saraiva fell during her warm up on the uneven bars, resulting in a black eye.

Yet despite her fall and the bandage over her right eye, Flavia came back to participate in all four events and even earned a 13.666 on the uneven bars—the second-highest score Brazil has ever achieved in the event.

And her efforts were not in vain, helping lead Team Brazil—which also featured athletes Rebeca Andrade, Jade Barbosa, Lorrane Oliveira and Julia Soares—to a bronze medal victory, the country’s first ever medal in the event, while Italy earned a silver medal and Team USA the gold. 

“It’s magical that we did it,” said Jade following her team’s third place finish, according to the AP. “It’s pure magic. Brazil wasn’t big in this sport. We had a lot of great individuals, but now we have a great group of gymnasts.”

And as Flavia summarized of soldiering on: “We are warriors.”

For more history-making moments from the 2024 Olympics, keep reading.

She really is the GOAT! Biles became the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast in history after winning her eighth medal—and her fifth gold—at the women's all-around gymnastics final.

But Biles wasn't the only gymnast who made history at the women's all-around gymnastics final: Angela Andreoli, Alice D'Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio, Giorgia Villa nabbed Team Italy its first medal in the event since 1928 with their silver win.

Rebeca Andrade, Jade Barbosa, Lorrane Oliveira, Flavia Saraiva and Julia Soares also made history on the podium, winning a bronze for Team Brazil's first-ever medal in women's all-around gymnastics.

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She notched a bronze in the women's 10m air pistol—making her the first female shooter from India to win a medal at any Olympics—before landing another bronze alongside teammate Sarabjot Singh in the 10m air rifle, the country's first-ever shooting team medal.

With eight seconds left on the clock, Alex Sedrick caught a pass and scored as time ran out, leading to a conversion that resulted in a 14-12 game against Australia. 

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The Olympian made history as the first Romanian man to win a gold medal for swimming when he took home the top prize in the 200m freestyle event.

Just call it an American victory story! In scoring a bronze on July 29, the Team USA swimmer became the first man to win a 100m backstroke medal in three consecutive Olympics since 1972.

The prize was the latest addition to his already-impressive medal collection, which includes a bronze from Tokyo 2020 and a gold from the Rio de Janeiro Games 2016 for the same event.

The Australian swimmer set an Olympic record with a time of 1:53.27 in women’s 200m freestyle, beating out defending champ and teammate Ariarne Titmus for the gold.

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The Panamanian athlete successfully landed it while competing against the stunt's namesake during the gymnastics qualifier.

Team Canada scored its first gold medal in judo thanks to Deguchi, who defeated Republic of Korea's Huh Mimi in a heated July 29 match.

By winning a gold medal in K1, the canoeist became the first Australian athlete to win four consecutive Olympic medals in the same event—having taken home bronze at Tokyo 2020 and at Rio de Janeiro 2016, as well as silver in London 2012.

She is now tied with Slovakia's Michal Martikán as the most-decorated Olympic slalom paddler.

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The track and field star, who turned 16 in January, "etched his name" in history, according to Team USA, when he became the youngest male athlete to make 4x400m relay squad.

As for the youngest athlete in any sport to make Team USA? That'll be Rivera, who turned 16 just weeks before she was selected to join the women's gymnastics team. 

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