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WeirdThe 10 Saddest Fails Of The 2018 Winter Olympics
By Meghan O'Keefe
@megsokay
Published
Feb. 26, 2018, 8:00 a.m. ET
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Nathan Chen Flunks His Olympic Debut
Coming into the 2018 Winter Olympics, the USA's great big hope in figure skating was 18-year-old phenom Nathan Chen. The skater had been close to perfection all season, but choked not only during his Olympic debut in the team event, but in the Men's Short Program. He came back later to land a historic number of quads, but he still fell short of Olympic gold. [Source]
Coming into the 2018 Winter Olympics, the USA's great big hope in figure skating was 18-year-old phenom Nathan Chen. The skater had been close to perfection all season, but choked not only during his Olympic debut in the team event, but in the Men's Short Program. He came back later to land a historic number of quads, but he still fell short of Olympic gold. [Source]
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Gabriella Papadakis's "Nightmare" Nip Slip
French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron came into the Winter Olympic games as one of the favorites to win gold. However, a horrifying wardrobe malfunction at the start of their short dance not only distracted Papadakis, but exposed her to literally the entire world. In the end, Canada's sweethearts, Virtue and Moir, edged the French team out for the win. [Source]
French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron came into the Winter Olympic games as one of the favorites to win gold. However, a horrifying wardrobe malfunction at the start of their short dance not only distracted Papadakis, but exposed her to literally the entire world. In the end, Canada's sweethearts, Virtue and Moir, edged the French team out for the win. [Source]
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Lindsey Vonn Fails Final Historic Run
Make no mistake: Lindsey Vonn is an American hero. She's one of the most decorated skiers in history and so her final run at PyeongChang was always going to be bittersweet. But tragically, Vonn failed to finish her very last Olympic run. [Source]
Make no mistake: Lindsey Vonn is an American hero. She's one of the most decorated skiers in history and so her final run at PyeongChang was always going to be bittersweet. But tragically, Vonn failed to finish her very last Olympic run. [Source]
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Chris Del Bosco Suffers A (Really) Bad Break
Celebrated Canadian skier Chris Del Bosco suffered a devastating injury after falling 100 feet in the middle of the men's ski cross. Del Bosco broke his pelvis, four ribs, and suffered a pulmonary contusion and is still in the hospital. We hope he has a speedy and full recovery. [Source]
Celebrated Canadian skier Chris Del Bosco suffered a devastating injury after falling 100 feet in the middle of the men's ski cross. Del Bosco broke his pelvis, four ribs, and suffered a pulmonary contusion and is still in the hospital. We hope he has a speedy and full recovery. [Source]
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Elizabeth Swaney's Skiing Scam
Elizabeth Swaney probably thought she had attained the Olympic dream: the skier managed to qualify to represent Hungary in this year's games. However, after a lackluster run on the halfpipe, people started to ask questions. Who was this sub-par skier? And how did she manage to get an Olympic berth? It turns out that Swaney is an American who sought Hungarian citizenship and then managed to qualify for the Olympics by skiing through a bevy of loopholes. She maintains that she's an Olympian fair and square, but it's definitely gotten people asking questions... That could be bad for future Olympians. [Source]
Elizabeth Swaney probably thought she had attained the Olympic dream: the skier managed to qualify to represent Hungary in this year's games. However, after a lackluster run on the halfpipe, people started to ask questions. Who was this sub-par skier? And how did she manage to get an Olympic berth? It turns out that Swaney is an American who sought Hungarian citizenship and then managed to qualify for the Olympics by skiing through a bevy of loopholes. She maintains that she's an Olympian fair and square, but it's definitely gotten people asking questions... That could be bad for future Olympians. [Source]
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Elise Christie: The Cursed Speed Skater
Speed skating is full of spills. Skaters fall, trip, slip, and sabotage one another. However one talented Scottish skater seems to be under something of an Olympic curse. After falling in all of her major Sochi races, Elise Christie hoped that her luck would change in PyeongChang. Alas, she not only fell in her first big race (after setting records in qualifying rounds), but she aggravated an injury, tried to skate again on that foot, and tumbled once more. [Source]
Speed skating is full of spills. Skaters fall, trip, slip, and sabotage one another. However one talented Scottish skater seems to be under something of an Olympic curse. After falling in all of her major Sochi races, Elise Christie hoped that her luck would change in PyeongChang. Alas, she not only fell in her first big race (after setting records in qualifying rounds), but she aggravated an injury, tried to skate again on that foot, and tumbled once more. [Source]
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Jong Kwang-Bom's Double Wipe-Out
Another unlucky speed skater? North Korea's Jong Kwang-Bom. The skater not only fell in both of his major races, but he came under review. Some people thought he was trying to pull a rival Japanese skater down with him on purpose. Forgive the pun, but that would be ice cold. [Source]
Another unlucky speed skater? North Korea's Jong Kwang-Bom. The skater not only fell in both of his major races, but he came under review. Some people thought he was trying to pull a rival Japanese skater down with him on purpose. Forgive the pun, but that would be ice cold. [Source]
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Yuto Totsuka's Horrific Crash
Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka had a horrific crash that had fans worried for his life. The young gun hit the lip of the halfpipe as he came down from a huge jump and he crashed hard. The good news is that Yuto has posted on social media that "the body is okay!" The snowboarder luckily made it out only with some bad bruises. [Source]
Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka had a horrific crash that had fans worried for his life. The young gun hit the lip of the halfpipe as he came down from a huge jump and he crashed hard. The good news is that Yuto has posted on social media that "the body is okay!" The snowboarder luckily made it out only with some bad bruises. [Source]
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Chock & Bates Unimaginable Ice Dance Fall
Ice dancing is literally the best. It's also the one ice skating discipline where it's next to impossible to fall. But that's just what happened to US team Madison Chock and Evan Bates. The two medal contenders saw their Olympic dream slip away when they crashed into each other going into a spin during the Free Dance. [Source]
Ice dancing is literally the best. It's also the one ice skating discipline where it's next to impossible to fall. But that's just what happened to US team Madison Chock and Evan Bates. The two medal contenders saw their Olympic dream slip away when they crashed into each other going into a spin during the Free Dance. [Source]
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Nadezhda Sergeeva: Russian Dope
Girl, what are you doing? You appeared in a cutesy anti-doping ad, but then you doped. You won a medal for bobsledding - and then lost it - because you doped. You're a Russian dope! A dope! [Source]
Girl, what are you doing? You appeared in a cutesy anti-doping ad, but then you doped. You won a medal for bobsledding - and then lost it - because you doped. You're a Russian dope! A dope! [Source]
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