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USA skier Nina O'Brien falls in the second run of the women's giant slalom during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images) (JOE KLAMAR via Getty Images)
American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin was stretchered off the course following a crash while competing in the annual Alpine Skiing FIS World Cup 2024/25. Shiffrin, 29, is already the most ...
USA's Nina O'Brien is given medical treatment after a crash during the women's giant alalom skiing event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing, China.
She was due to compete on the 21 February 2014, [3] but it was announced after the accident that she would not be competing. [5] Hers was the first serious injury of the 2014 Olympic Games. [3] On the same day Komissarova was admitted to hospital, on the evening of 15 February 2014, [7] Vladimir Putin visited the skier [8] and spoke to her ...
All cases in the list below are from alpine or downhill skiing activities; no skiers have been known to have died during any cross-country event, or in any major international ski jumping competitions (e.g. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Olympic Games), though many ski ...
In early 1955, she was the reigning national champion in the slalom, and a top prospect for a medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics, a year away. At age 18, Kinmont competed in the giant slalom at the prestigious Snow Cup in Alta, Utah, on January 30, 1955. [1] [2] [3] She suffered a near-fatal accident which resulted in paralysis from the ...
Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi has died after a crash during a training session, the country’s defense ministry announced Tuesday, Oct. 29. Lorenzi was 19 years old. Lorenzi was 19 years old.
Despite a season-ending crash in 1967 at Vail in the World Cup Series, she ended the season as the 10th ranked in Women's downhill skier, [4] and the 16th ranked Women's All-Around skier. [5] Chaffee was named captain of the US Women's team and was one of the favorites in the downhill at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , France.