The sequence of images shows all the resilience of the weightlifting athlete. The video of her performance went viral due to her impressive reaction.
Cicely Kyle won the gold medal at the US National Weightlifting Championships. She gave the decisive break in a particular moment of the race on the platform, when she risked seriously hurting herself and also losing the opportunity to compete for success. In everyday life, the nurse and her medical knowledge helped her at that moment to do the only right thing: the middle finger of her left hand gave way under the pressure of the barbell and was dislocated, leaving its natural location. The woman put it back in place by placing the 200-pound weight (about 90 kilos) on the collarbone and, albeit in that precarious position, practicing an emergency medicine maneuver with the other hand.
The sequence of images shows all the resilience of the weightlifting athlete. The video of her performance went viral due to her impressive reaction: “All I thought – admitted 40-year-old Kyle – was that I couldn’t give up and I had to stay on the floor”. The American was engaged in a discipline of the specialty which consists of two barbell exercises: snatch and clean and jerk.
The accident occurred at the peak of the test. “While I was standing I had the impression that my finger was about to explode – he added -. I could no longer close my hand and hold the barbell. I had no choice and the fact that I have been working in emergency medicine for 10 years made me it was useful”. The treatment of dislocated joints is a fairly common procedure, but it is usually carried out using an anaesthetic. Kyle did everything through pain, without thinking twice.
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And it is all the more surprising how she acted because she did it by also finding a way to avoid being overwhelmed by the barbell. She stabilized it above her head then helped herself with her upper body. Once the dislocation was healed she went and took the gold. “My finger was completely tilted to the right. I had no idea how crazy what I did was, I actually realized it at the end of the race.”
On Instagram, Kyle then showed the condition of his finger and, smiling, took a selfie in his daily professional attire, complete with a stethoscope around his neck. “Let’s go back to our routine as a medical assistant in the emergency room – added the gold winner -. My finger is fine. Thanks to everyone who took an interest in me.”
