Winter Olympics 2018: The spectacular crashes from Friday’s women’s freestyle aerial final
HURTLING through the air, twisting, turning, gliding gracefully with just a pair of skis strapped to your feet…
It can’t be easy, can it?
Xu Mengtao suffered an horrific crash during Friday’s final of the women’s freestyle aerial eventAP:Associated PressAlla Tsuper of Belarus was one of many stars to suffer an awful-looking fall during Friday’s eventAP:Associated Press
Well, maybe it would be best to not get too inspired by this winter’s astonishing crop of Olympians.
After all, if even the best freestyle aerial skiers in the world can hardly land their outrageous tricks, then what hope do we have?
During Friday’s final, the hopefuls fidgeted in the starting gate, itching to hit the slopes and show off their finest moves in pursuit of gold.
…and then crashed. At least, a fair chunk of them.
Kristina Spiridonova crashed into the snow hard as she bid to get her hands on an Olympic medalAP:Associated PressAmerica’s Madison Olsen thundered into the ground as she failed to land her trick in the finalAP:Associated PressMadison Olsen of the US had looked to have pulled-off a stunning run until her crashAP:Associated Press
If nothing else, they made for sensational pictures, but you have to feel for them, shattering into the snow after four years of practice leading up to the Pyeongchang Games.
On the day, Belarus’ Hanna Huskova clinched the gold with a fantastic run, chalking up an overall score of 96.14.
China took home silver and bronze thanks to Xin Zhang (95.52) and Fanyu Kong (70.14).
Despite the good, there was also some bad. Really bad. Check out all the amazing pictures, here…
Alexandra Orlova could barely get back on her feet with frustration after crashing in the finalAP:Associated Press
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Hanna Huskova of Belarus took home the gold following a near-flawless final run on FridayAP:Associated PressAustralian flyer Laura Peel was one of a huge numbers of competitors to hit the deck on FridayAP:Associated PressCompetitors were struggling to land their flying moves in the final on Friday in PyeongchangAP:Associated PressThe Phoenix Snow Park was proving a tricky run to execute on the day for the Olympic finalistsAP:Associated PressAustralia’s Danielle Scott thumped into the snow after failing to land her trick in South KoreaAP:Associated Press
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