Monday, February 17, 2014
Sochi Olympics Falls, Spills and Crackups
With Olympians tumbling down slopes, crashing into barriers and flipping over on sleds, it appears the Sochi games have been fraught with injuries.
Click through to find out which athletes got hurt and how.
Olympic Injuries
Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova fractured her spine during a training run Feb. 15. She underwent a 6.5 hour surgery and has since been airlifted to Germany for further treatment.
Olympic Injuries
Snowboarder Jacqueline Hernandez of the United States was carried off the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park course on stretchers yesterday. Hernandez screamed as she fell like a rag doll. She suffered from a concussion, and told reporters she didn't remember the accident.
Olympic Injuries
A Sochi track worker was struck by a bobsled, breaking both legs last Thursday. He was hit by the forerunner, which goes down the track ahead of the athletes to check for safety.
Olympic Injuries
Slovenian alpine skier Rok Perko broke his nose during a training run, bloodying the snow.
Olympic Injuries
Canadian skier Marie-Michele Gagnon tweeted that she dislocated her shoulder during a slalom run, but she competed in her other races anyway.
Olympic Injuries
Irish skeleton athlete Sean Greenwood was thrown into the air on a curve when his sled flipped over in the middle of a race on Friday. He finished 27th but wasn't injured.
Olympic Injuries
U.S. figure skater Jeremy Abbott fell and crashed into a barrier during his performance, lying on the ice 20 seconds before finishing his program.
Source : http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/sochi-olympics-fraught-injuries/story?id=22551785
