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Yes, for the most part, Olympic skiers are much better than us, what with the ability to barrel down an icy slope at over 70 mph. But once in a great while, we get reminders that even the world's best still have their "falling while trying to get on the chairlift" moments.
The most recent example came on Wednesday, in the women's downhill, when France's Marion Rolland lost her balance and fell, just two seconds into her run.
Adding injury to insult: she hurt her knee in the fall.
"Obviously, the morale is not too good," a spokeswoman for the French team said.
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I watched Anja Paerson’s bad wipe-out, but felt worse for Rolland. You could tell her adrenaline got the better of her, and her Olympic dream died with a side-show cache, instead of a guts and glory crash like Paerson’s.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
by MtnEer_in_SC on Feb 18, 2010 9:43 PM EST reply actions
Agreed.
Hopeffully Rolland gets another chance.
by Ryan Hudson on Feb 18, 2010 9:49 PM EST reply actions
Yikes!
All that training for 5 seconds of humiliation. D’oh!!!!
by BuffnBigD on Feb 21, 2010 12:44 PM EST reply actions
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