Acrobat Falls From the Height of a 3-Storey Building During a Performance After Her Husband Lost His Balance (Photos)

Posted by Samuel on Fri 21st Apr, 2017 - tori.ng

An acrobat has been left thoroughly shaken and wounded after suffering a fall from a height the equivalent of a three-storey building.

At the beginning, everything was moving smoothly

A large circus crowd recently gasped in horror as an acrobat, Maria Syulgina plunged the equivalent of a three-storey building from the arms of her husband.

According to The Sun UK, Maria Syulgina, however sustained only a broken left arm and a mild brain concussion in the tumble that could have claimed her life.

The mishap occurred during her performance in the Belarus capital city of Minsk in a show called “Incredible fountains. Amazing city”.

She was performing with her onstage partner and husband Evgeniy Pisarev.

The man lost lost balance and let the woman fall down

During a crucial pirouette high above the auditorium she failed to cling on to her husband when he slipped and she plunged nearly 60 feet to the ground.

The crowd gasped in horror, afraid for the worst as she was tended to by medics.

But she cannot expect any compensation for her injuries, however slight.

Circus bosses made a statement that there is no way that Ms Syulgina will get any money as it was her own decision to perform without safety equipment.

The show’s spokesman said: “Some artists perform without using safety nets. It is their own decision.”

Ms Syulgina later explained her decision to risk her life without safety equipment which she said would impede her ability to perform her routine correctly.

Yet it is not the first time Ms Syulgina has come a cropper during her daredevil act.

Five years ago during a performance in Germany she fell and broke her tibia bone.

She has been working as a circus gymnast for the past 12 years.

She said: “This is a professional trauma. I am not scared to perform again, every artiste is ready for it.”