55 Utterly Weird Photos of What an Athlete’s Body May Look Like

Bear with us for a minute. What you’re looking at isn’t the ultrasound picture of a fetus in its mother’s womb. It’s actually an x-ray of a gymnast pulling off one of the most difficult tricks ever. Well, difficult for us, anyway. For her, she probably does this as a way of staying limber.

How the doctors managed to get an x-ray of a gymnast twisting her spine like a pretzel is beyond us. It really goes to show just how far technology has come, as well as how far gymnasts can stretch their backs without snapping in half.