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Scary cheerleading injury only gets worse when rescuer slips and falls

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Show this video to all your friends who say cheerleading isn’t a sport. 

During Thursday night’s UCLA-Oregon game, a Bruins cheerleader named Sophie went crashing to the ground during a stunt. As she was whisked away to safety, her rescuer slipped on a tote bag and dropped her on the ground. 

The video is pretty frightening but Sophie is tough, and actually returned to the floor before the game was over. 

It’s a good thing she was able to be out there when Lonzo Ball hit that preposterous step-back three. 

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