Popular unicycle performer Red Panda injured at half-time of WNBA game

One of the most popular acts in half-time entertainment sustained an injury Tuesday night in Minneapolis as Rong ‘Krystal’ Niu, better known under her stage name of “Red Panda,” needed to be assisted off the court after falling during half-time of the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup championship game between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx.

Niu has delighted basketball fans in numerous NBA, college basketball and WNBA venues since her debut in 1993. The ‘Red Panda’ rides a seven-foot-tall unicycle while catching and balancing a large number of metal bowls on her head during her act.

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