Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen fell in the first run of the men's slalom Monday, ending his bid for another Olympic gold.

More than a few favorites have fallen short of gold in Milan.

Finnish skier and Olympic debutant Elias Lajunen was knocked unconscious and got stretchered off the snow following a crash.

There was yet another scary Olympics crash Sunday in Milano Cortina. Finnish skier Elias Lajunen landed hard on his back during his freeski big air qualification run at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno,

Chinese snowboarder Liu Jiayu received treatment for a head injury but suffered no major injuries to her spine after a scary fall in Olympic halfpipe qualifying.

Heading into the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Nathan Chen was a massive star and one of the primary favorites to win the gold medal in men’s figure skating.

Lillis has been practicing and perfecting the jump since 2019 as he knew it was the bar he had to hit when going into an Olympic final round.

Thomas wasn’t just an amazing skater, she was also an outstanding student, earning degrees at Stanford University and Northwestern University. But after working as an orthopedic surgeon, she had a terrible fall from grace – ending up broke and living in a trailer in Virginia. This is the story of Debi Thomas.

Malinin was seen taking in the action with Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo and Piper Gilles, the Canadian bronze medallist in ice dance.