A look at some of the thrills and spills at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. (27 images)
Swiss Dominique Gisin falls during the Women's Vancouver 2010 Winter
Olympics Downhill event at Whistler Creek side Alpine skiing venue on
Feb. 17. AFP / Getty Images / Olivier Morin
Peter Fill of Italy crashes at the last gate in the men's alpine skiing
Super-G on day 8 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler
Creekside on Feb. 19, in Whistler, Canada. Getty Images / Clive Mason
Daniela Merighetti of Italy falls during the Women's Alpine Skiing
Downhill on Day 6 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 17,
in Whistler Creekside, Canada. Getty Images / Francis Bompard / Agence Zoom
Patrick Deneen of the US crashes out in the final of the Men's
Freestyle Skiing Moguls event at Cypress Mountain during the Vancouver
Winter Olympics on Feb. 14. AFP / Getty Images / Mark Ralston
Anja Paerson, of Sweden, crashes as she approaches the finish in the
Women's Downhill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British
Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17. AP / Charlie Riedel
USA's Andrew Weibrecht falls during the men's super-combined slalom
race of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at the Whistler Creek side
Alpine skiing venue on Feb. 21. AFP / Getty Images / Michael Kappeler
Ukraine's Vitaliy Shumbarets crashes onto the Olympic rings after
losing control during an attempt at a ski jumping training session from
the large hill at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British
Columbia, Canada, Sunday, Feb. 21. AP / Dmitry Lovetsky
USA's Lindsey Vonn crashed into a fence during her first run in the
women's giant slalom at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics at Whistler
Creekside in Whistler, B.C., Wednesday, Feb. 24. Los Angeles Times / Wally Skalij
Tiiu Nurmberg, of Estonia, crashes during the first run of the women's
giant slalom in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 24. AP / Charlie Riedel
Ruxandra Nedelcu of Romania crashes in the women's skicross at the
Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, Feb. 22.
AP / Mark J. Terrill
Elizabeth Gardener of Australia crashes on impact in her first jump in
the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Vancouver 2010
Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 24. AP / Marcio Sanchez
Zhibek Arapbayeva of Kazakhstan falls during the women's freestyle
aerials qualifications at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20. AP / Mark J. Terrill
Chile's Noelle Barahona crashes in the finish area during the Women's
downhill event on Feb. 17, at the Whistler Creekside Alpine skiing venue
of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. AFP / Getty Images / Fabrice Coffrini
Germany's Aika Klein falls during the women's 1500m short-track heats
of the 2010 Winter Olympics at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver on Feb.
20. AFP / Getty Images / David Hecker
Song Weilong of China crashes while racing in a heat of the men's 1500 m
men's short track on day 2 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at
Pacific Coliseum on Feb. 13, in Vancouver, Canada. Getty Images / Matthew Stockman
Canada's Francois Hamelin falls as South Korea's Ho-Suk Lee competes in
the Men's 1000m short-track semifinal at the Pacific Coliseum in
Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb. 20. AFP / Getty Images / Yuri Kadobnov
US competitor Jordan Malone falls in the Men's 500m Short Track
Speedskating heats at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, during the XXI
Winter Olympics on Feb. 24. AFP / Getty Images / Yuri Kadobnov
South Korean Jung-su Lee, right, speeds off as compatriots Si-bak
Sung, center, and Lee Ho-suk fall during the men's 1,500m short-track
final at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter
Olympics on Feb. 13. Lee won the gold medal ahead of Ohno and fellow
American J.R. Celski. AFP / Getty Images / David Hecker
Katherine Reutter of the United States, center, Cho Ha-Ri of Korea,
right, and Wang Meng of China, left, crash in their quarterfinal of the
Women's 1,500-meter short track speedskating race during the 2010 Winter
Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. MCT / George Bridges
Czech Republic's Katerina Novotna crashes during the second heat of the
women's 1000m short track skating competition at the Vancouver 2010
Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 24. AP / David J. Phillip
China's Wang Meng, right, and USA's Katherine Reutter, left, crash
during the second race of the women's 1500m semifinals short track
skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 20. AP / Amy Sancetta
Canada's forward Hayley Wickenheiser (22) and Finland's defence Mariia
Posa (5) crash against the barrier during the Women's Ice Hockey
semifinals game Canada against Finland at the Canada Hockey Place during
the XXI Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver on Feb. 22. Canada won 5-0.
AFP / Getty Images / Cris Bouroncle
Sweden's Frida Nevalainen (3) falls on top of Finland's Michelle
Karvinen (21) in the first period of the women's bronze medal ice
hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 25. AP / Gene J. Puskar
Russia's Yuko Kavaguti takes a fall as she and Alexander Smirnov
perform their pairs free program during the figure skating competition
at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday,
Feb. 15. AP / Mark Baker
Russia's RUS-2, piloted by Olga Fedorova, with brakeman Elena Doronina,
crash during the women's two-man bobsled competition final at the
Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb.
24. AP / Michael Sohn
The sled belonging to Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia is seen just
after he crashed during a training run for the men's singles luge at the
Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 12.
Nodar died in the crash. AP / Michael Sohn
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