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Olympic Gold Medalist Aly Raisman Suffers Broken Elbow After Falling Down Stairs

United States gymnast and three-time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman said Wednesday she suffered a broken elbow in a fall:

Alexandra Raisman

I survived two Olympic Games and 19 years of gymnastics without ever breaking a bone...the stairs got me... I fell and broke my elbow. https://t.co/RgFLupOEUI

Raisman was the captain of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics teams, and the U.S. won gold both years. She also won gold in the floor exercise in 2012.

She has also enjoyed success at the World Championships, winning gold in the team competitions in 2011 and 2015.