Alysha Newman made headlines on Thursday for doing the iconic “I’m injured, ow! No, SYKE! I’m twerking” celebration that we’ve seen before, in the midst of her winning a bronze medal in pole vault for her native Canada a the 2024 Paris Olympics.
But there was a story behind it.
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As she told CBC Sports, she’s always injured, so she decided to scare her very serious coaches so they’d lighten up.
“So I said, I’m gonna fake an injury and then I’m gonna dance after,” she said. “But it just happened very fluid.”
Here’s that answer around the 5-minute mark:
