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Winter Olympics legend stretchered away after horror fall as occasion is halted

Cassie Sharpe suffered a nasty fall throughout free ski halfpipe qualifiers on the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina

Cassie Sharpe was handled after a fall (Picture: Getty)

Canadian skier Cassie Sharpe needed to be stretchered away after struggling a nasty fall in the course of the freeski qualifiers within the Winter Olympics. The 33-year-old suffered the accident throughout her second run. 

She obtained remedy for round 9 minutes earlier than she was stretchered off for additional medical examination. In a optimistic signal, the skier waved to the group as she was taken away from the venue.

Sharpe’s mum, dad and brother have been seen in tears as she was stretchered away. The Canadian was in third spot after her first run with a rating of 88.25, behind Group GB’s Zoe Atkin and China’s Li Fanghui. She’s going to now, nevertheless, be an harm doubt to compete within the remaining, which takes place on Saturday.

Sharpe is an enormous identify in freeski halfpipe, having gained gold in PyeongChang in 2018, adopted by a silver in Beijing in 2022. She introduced her retirement from the game in 2022, however made her comeback two years later.

“To me, success is making it to the Olympics. So I’m simply completely satisfied to be part of it.”

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