Warning: These Female Athlete Fails Are So Awful, You Can’t Look Away…

No Sleeping on the Job

With what looks like one of the most uncomfortable napping positions of all time, Russia’s Ksenia Afanasyeva fell hard at the 2012 London games on the mat. Floor routines, as “grounding” as they seem, are extremely difficult and all about precision, spacing, and balance. For falls as hard as this, we can assume that Ksenia really did need a nap after.

Deadspin pointed out that NBC didn’t even air the incident—and team Russia’s dramatic reaction—to its American viewers since the U.S. at that point had already secured the Olympic gold. Before the disastrous moment, Ksenia Afanasyeva was a reigning world champion in the realm of gymnastics.

Tai Down

Even badminton can get intense in the Olympics, which is why we see Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying flattened out like an athletic pancake here. We’re not exactly sure how a racket game can result in this type of position, but it is clear that Tai was giving it everything she had. Unfortunately, she ended up “falling” short.

In March 2017, Tai made history “by becoming the first All-England badminton champion in any discipline from Chinese Taipei,” saying, “I was very well-prepared for this match. I did a lot of work on defence. I am very happy that in this match I had a quick start, unlike my game before,” reports The Straits Times.