02-18-2010, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Skiing Fail
Although it is sad that she trained for YEARS for her Olympic moment and this is what happened... I still burst out laughing when I saw this yesterday. 
On this note... was kind of crazy just how many crashes there were yesterday. Including the one favorite who got 190ft of air & bailed. 
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02-18-2010, 12:18 PM
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All I can get
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Haha Stupid French person!
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02-18-2010, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Market Mall Food Court
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Yesterday was probably the most memorable downhill run in Olympic history. Huge crashes, unhuge crash and awesome commentating.
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02-18-2010, 12:36 PM
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Self-Ban
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Calgary
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I felt bad for her but had to laugh. Was she actually injured? I know she stayed down on the ground for at least a couple minutes...
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02-18-2010, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Was this the same one that fell and then rolled off into the trees?
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02-18-2010, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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02-18-2010, 12:45 PM
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Wow that sucks. I'd cry my ass off.
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02-18-2010, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Russic
Wow that sucks. I'd cry my ass off.
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She would, but she was too busy riding down the hill on it.
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02-18-2010, 12:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: CowTown
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Hilarious. 4 strides and down. You cant right stuff that good.
The way she fell made it so much more epic veering off to the side on one leg. Classic humor right there folks
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02-18-2010, 01:31 PM
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She had to have some sort of injury to make her veer off like that, hahaha, funny though.
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02-18-2010, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by loob job
She had to have some sort of injury to make her veer off like that, hahaha, funny though.
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Pride?
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02-18-2010, 01:35 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Glastonbury
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ouch, wonder what hurt more - the fall or the pride
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02-18-2010, 01:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 161 St. - Yankee Stadium
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Bring da Amber Lamps...
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02-18-2010, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sec 216
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Haha Stupid French person!
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Yeah, a Canadian would never do that. Well maybe only when they're the favorite in the Women's 100m hurdles...
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02-18-2010, 01:57 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Trapped in my own code!!
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She pulled a Wotherspoon!
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02-18-2010, 01:58 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sector 7G
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its actually not that difficult to have a fall like that going slow. i've had many starts in training or races where you just push hard and lose your balance and blam. down you go on the flatest/slowest part of the hill. sucks for it to happen in the olympics though. i remember them talking about how the french girls were complaining about the bumpyness of the snow so who knows where her mind was at as well. sucks!
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02-18-2010, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Calgary
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I don't think she lost her balance. One replay showed that she actually stuck her pole too close to her ski and it blocked her stride as she was leaning to the right. Pretty brutal for that to happen in the Olympics. I bet she's never even done that before.
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02-18-2010, 02:42 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Sector 7G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by skins
I don't think she lost her balance. One replay showed that she actually stuck her pole too close to her ski and it blocked her stride as she was leaning to the right. Pretty brutal for that to happen in the Olympics. I bet she's never even done that before.
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sounds like she lost her balance!
you can lose it by leaning too far into a turn without enough pressure on the snow or a numerous amount of ways. i've been the victim of losing my grip on my pole out of the start occasionally which just messes up your run right off the start. i have seen people fall right out of the start with no pushing. the differnce being is this is the olympics and probably the only time 90% of the viewing audience will ever see ski racing.
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02-18-2010, 02:46 PM
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Stupid French don't have a word for Victory.
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