A bodybuilder in South Africa has died from horrific injuries he sustained as he attempted backflip during a competition. Sifiso Lungelo Thabete on Saturday landed on his head, broke his neck and died on the spot.


'The bodybuilding community was shocked and saddened by the tragic news of the death of Sifiso Lungelo Thabete, a bodybuilder from Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal, at the weekend,’  South African bodybuilding magazine Muscle Evolution wrote.

He had 'impressed the crowd and the judges with unbelievable muscle size and maturity beyond his age' in his most recent competition, it reported.