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A combination photo shows Lotte Smiseth Sejersted of Norway crashing during the women's Alpine Skiing World Cup downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine resort in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi, Russia, Feb. 18. Sejersted was not injured in the crash. Rosa Khutor will host the men's and women's alpine skiing events at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
Seeing pictures of skiers wiping out like this makes me cringe given that their bindings are adjusted very tightly so as not to release easily. I can only imagine the punishment a ski racer's legs...and other body parts for that matter...could potentially take in such a fall.
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Lindsey Vonn of the US in action at the Women's World Cup Downhill race in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, Dec. 2 2011.
American World Cup ski fans have to be excited by today's results. Lindsey Vonn picked up where she left off last year, finishing 1.95 seconds ahead of the second place finisher, Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather. Former World Cup champion Bode Miller won his first race in three years.
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Bode Miller of the US skies to a first place finish in the men's Alpine Ski World Cup Downhill in Beaver Creek, Colorado, Dec. 2 2011.
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Austria's Andreas Kofler soars through the air during a practice session for the ski jumping World Cup competition in Engelberg, Switzerland, on Thursday, Dec. 16. The ski jumping World Cup competition takes place in Engelberg on December 17-19.
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