Not all adventures in life end the way you want them to. Something similar happened with Sifiso Lungelo Thabete, an ex-junior bodybuilding champion who passed away on Friday in an attempt to entertain the crowd as he entered the arena, reported Fox News. Sifiso who hailed from Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa couldn’t complete his backflip and landed on his head, breaking his neck, leaving the entire stadium stunned. The tragic incident was recorded on camera and was later shared on various social media platforms. In this video, it can be seen that audience were in an initial shock before a few people came for help.

Thabete was participating in a weekend event where he slowly walked towards the centre of the gymnasium before breaking into a trot and waving his arms, encouraging spectators to cheer him on. As he ran into the centre of the mat, Sifiso launched a backflip before hitting his head. He was motionless on his side for a while before rolling onto his back. The first man to attend to him lifted his legs up before several others joined in to help. Since the video of this incident went viral, people have been expressing their shock on micro-blogging website Twitter.

Here is the video of the incident:

According to the South African bodybuilding magazine Muscle Evolution, Sifiso was an International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Junior World Champion in the up-to 75kg category and recently won an event at the IFBB Muscle Mulisha Grand Prix in July.

Thabete had recently came first in the Under-23, over 165 pounds (75kg) division of the competition held in Johannesburg, where he successfully performed a backflip during his routine.