Alysha Newman made headings on Thursday for doing the renowned “I’m hurt, ow! No, SYKE! I’m twerking” event that we’ve seen before, in the middle 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 informed CBC Sports, she’s constantly hurt, so she chose to scare her extremely major coaches so they’d lighten up.
“So I stated, I’m gonna phony an injury and then