Very rarely, a Cruciate deficient knee is strong enough to tolerate such stresses. Forget the loads of an Olympic game, but even loads of a day to day life may not be tolerated by all Cruciate deficient knees.

A golden miracle this time may end up with an additionally torn collateral ligament next time!!!

Dr Deepak Goyal 
Cartilage, Arthroscopy & Knee Surgery
Ahmedabad, India.