The iconic halftime performer Red Panda suffered a severe fracture in her left wrist after a fall from her 7-foot tall unicycle in the opening seconds of her routine on Tuesday night at Target Center.
Her agent Pat Figley told the Pioneer Press that Red Panda — the stage name for Chinese acrobat Ring Niu — spent 11 hours in a local hospital where she had a procedure on her left wrist. She was discharged and is currently on her way back home to San Francisco.
The recommendation from doctors in the Twin Cities is that Red Panda have an additional procedure on the wrist once she returns home, Figley said.
Red Panda’s routine involves balancing plates, bowls and cups on her head, hands and feet while pedaling her tall unicycle. According to a 2024 profile on scmp.com, she is 55 years old.
In an email sent to the Pioneer Press, Figley noted how much Red Panda appreciates everybody who has reacted out to her inthe wake of her fall, which occurred at halftime of the WNBA’s Commissioner’s Cup championship between the Lynx and Indiana Fever.
“It means the world to her,” Figley said. “She much appreciates from her heart the support she is receiving.”
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