An Olympic-sized resiliance has kept French gymnast Samir Ait Said competing after breaking his leg in Rio. In Rio, Ait Said’s left leg snapped on his vault landing during qualifying, the sharp crack echoing throughout the arena. It was not the first time his Olympic dreams had been disrupted by injury. He missed the London Games after suffering three fractures in his right tibia at the European championships. But this was a particularly gruesome injury, one that has ended the career of other athletes. Agonizing as Ait Said’s injury was, it paled in comparison to the 2019 death of his father, who had always been his biggest champion. When Ait Said qualified for Tokyo by winning the bronze medal on still rings at the 2019 world championships, he lifted his medal to the sky to acknowledge his father, and promised that he would win another in Tokyo for him. For Ait Said's full story, visit Olympics.USATODAY.com