When sporting celebrations go bad

Aidan Walsh's post fight celebrations on Friday may have brought a premature end to his Olympic Games but he is not the first sports star who has let their emotions get the better of them. 
When sporting celebrations go bad

Thomas Levet fractured his shin after celebrating winning the 2011 French Open with a jump in a lake  

Golfer Thomas Levet celebrated winning the 2011 French Open - his national championship - by jumping into the lake on the 18th green - and fracturing his shin!

Adding insult to ahem injury, it cost him a place at the Open.

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