--- title: Brazilian Gymnast Competed With a Black Eye at the Olympics description: Flavia Saraiva helped Brazil win its first-ever Olympic team medal in women’s gymnastics—while sporting a black eye. canonical: https://time.com/7005693/brazil-gymnast-flavia-saraiva-black-eye-olympics/ author: Chantelle Lee article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-07-30T22:51:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:52:08.587Z article:section: Sports og:title: Brazilian Gymnast Competed With a Black Eye at the Olympics og:description: Flavia Saraiva helped Brazil win its first-ever Olympic team medal in women’s gymnastics—while sporting a black eye. og:url: https://time.com/7005693/brazil-gymnast-flavia-saraiva-black-eye-olympics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4e57a176f9dbbcc/698a596586f68e0a4f6f569b/Flavia-Saraiva-Injury.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Paris Olympics Artistic Gymnastics og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brazilian Gymnast Competed With a Black Eye at the Olympics twitter:description: Flavia Saraiva helped Brazil win its first-ever Olympic team medal in women’s gymnastics—while sporting a black eye. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4e57a176f9dbbcc/698a596586f68e0a4f6f569b/Flavia-Saraiva-Injury.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Brazilian Gymnast Flavia Saraiva Competed With a Black Eye at the Paris Olympics > Sponsored content. 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Flavia Saraiva, of Brazil, celebrates after performing on the uneven bars during the women's artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on July 30.Natacha Pisarenko—The Associated Press by [Chantelle Lee](https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/) ## Chantelle Lee Reporter Jul 30, 2024 10:51 PM UTC Brazilian gymnast Flavia Saraiva helped the country win its [first-ever Olympic team medal in women’s gymnastics](https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/07/30/heres-why-brazilian-gymnast-flavia-saraiva-had-a-black-eye-and-bandaged-face-at-the-olympics/) on Tuesday—while sporting a black eye. Just before the women’s team competition at the Paris Summer Olympics began, Saraiva [fell while warming up](https://olympics.com/en/news/rebeca-andrade-brazil-women-second-olympic-team-bronze-paris-2024-amazing) on the uneven bars. Photos showed the 24-year-old gymnast bleeding from a cut above her right eye and sporting what appeared to be a black eye. But after receiving medical aid, she returned to the competition wearing a bandage.  Flavia Saraiva of Team Brazil receives medical treatment during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at the Bercy Arena in Paris on July 30. Tom Weller—VOIGT/Getty Images “I could not see, it bled, but the team’s doctor told me everything was all right,” Saraiva said, as reported by [the Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-gymnastics-italy-brazil-e72704d2b5c2fb257366ae99cdb3eb4b). “I believe my knee hit my eye when I tripped. It’s not the first time it happens to me.” “We are warriors,” she continued. Saraiva went on to compete in all four events—uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and vault—for the team final. “She’s tough,” NBC announcer Rich Lerner [said](https://www.today.com/health/news/flavia-saraiva-fall-injury-rcna164320) during the broadcast. Fans agreed, with many taking to social media to applaud the gymnast for her determination. > [](https://twitter.com/BlindLandingPod/status/1818331321145360390) > [](https://twitter.com/garyalsmith/status/1818365981456318951) > [](https://twitter.com/Swaggzeez1/status/1818386931165618213) Saraiva [previously competed](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/flavia-saraiva) in the Tokyo Summer Olympics held in 2021 and the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016. Brazil earned the bronze medal for the women’s team final on Tuesday, while Italy won silver and the [U.S. reclaimed gold](https://time.com/7005665/usa-womens-gymnastics-team-gold-olympics-paris/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7005693/brazil-gymnast-flavia-saraiva-black-eye-olympics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7005693/brazil-gymnast-flavia-saraiva-black-eye-olympics/"},"headline":"Why Brazilian Gymnast Flavia Saraiva Competed With a Black Eye at the Paris Olympics","datePublished":"2024-07-30T22:51:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:52:08.587Z","description":"Despite her injury, she helped Brazil win its first-ever Olympic team medal in women’s gymnastics.","url":"https://time.com/7005693/brazil-gymnast-flavia-saraiva-black-eye-olympics/","keywords":["2024 Paris Olympics","News Desk","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4e57a176f9dbbcc/698a596586f68e0a4f6f569b/Flavia-Saraiva-Injury.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chantelle Lee","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/chantelle-lee/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4e57a176f9dbbcc/698a596586f68e0a4f6f569b/Flavia-Saraiva-Injury.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paris Olympics Artistic Gymnastics","caption":"Paris Olympics Artistic Gymnastics","creditText":"Natacha Pisarenko—The Associated Press","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2024-paris-olympics/","name":"2024 Paris Olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7005693/brazil-gymnast-flavia-saraiva-black-eye-olympics/","name":"Why Brazilian Gymnast Flavia Saraiva Competed With a Black Eye at the Paris Olympics"}}]}] ```