Athena Funk, aka Athena Barbital of the Sin City Rollergirls, recently was practicing hard for an upcoming match when things suddenly went wrong.

"I did a full body check on someone on the inside of the track," she said. "As I hit them, I kind of ping-ponged off of them, and I was heading toward another girl on the outside of the track, and I was going to take her out. I was doing this big crossover and my back foot got hooked on somebody's roller skate. There was a lot of momentum and I did a face plant, but my skate was still tangled with the other player. I ended up laying on my stomach and I went straight into shock."