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A preview. >> reporter: it's december 2005. high flying gymnast nicole lev is loobing forward to her team's home show and a special night at her high school in portland, tennessee. >> the home show is definitely the biggest show of the year. but this was sort of what we prepared for all year. so excitement is pretty high. >> reporter: the team has a surprise finale in store that night. the famed russian swing. >> all week before the show during practice i had been leaving a little bit early so i was going straight up. >> reporter: on the night of the show nicole is determined not to repeat the...

>> the team has a surprise finale in store that night, the famed russian swing. >> all week during the show in practice, i had been leaving a little early, so i had been going straight up. >> on the night of the show, nicole is determined not to repeat the mistake she has made in practice. she takes off and does a single back tuck and over compensates. >> i went too far the other way, and waited too long, and pushed really hard. it sent me more horizontal van vertical. >> with no crash mat to break her call, she hits the ground hard. >> it happened very fast. i pushed off. i don't remember if ...

Leaving a little bit early and so i had been going straight up. >> on the night of the show, nicole is determined not to repeat the mistake she's made in practice. she takes off and does a single back tuck, but she ov overcompensate overcompensates. >> i waited too long and i pushed really hard. and it sent me more horizontal than vertical. >> with no crash mat to break her fall, nicole hits the ground hard. >> it happened very fast and i pushed off, i don't remember if i thought, oh, i've gone too far and when i hit the ground, it knocked me out instantly. >> the premiere of caught on camera,...

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