Posted on 02/18/2010 1:24:52 PM PST by TexasCajun
A TOP skier was left in tears when her Olympic dream ended in just FIVE seconds after she spectacularly tumbled over.
French woman Marion Rolland crashed yards from the start as she began her bid for gold at the Winter Games in Vancouver.
The 27-year-old left the starting gate and within a blink of an eye lost her balance. She toppled over and landed in the snow in front of stunned spectators
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
uh, that was weird.
is there much betting on olympic skiing?
She was making good time.
Been there, done that.
Of course, in my case, it wasn’t at the Olympics.
I feel bad for her, but it truly is an epic fail.
Well she can’t blame it on her deodorant
It’s sad, actually.
No, but there are YEARS of training. To unintentionally blow it at the Olympics is every athlete’s worst nightmare come true.
I blame Global Warming.
Only MAO-bama has fallen faster....
Looked like something from the Claudine Longet Invitational Ski Tournament.
(Old SNL fans will remember that one)
I can't imagine how devastating it must be to spend a significant portion of your life dedicated to training for an event that turns out badly in the end (or beginning...)
Must be really tough.
I like how you think!
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."-Theodore H. Roosevelt, Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910
Now that was epic SNL Chevy Chase did that on WE update
And it wasn't internationally televised.
Of course, in my case, it wasn’t at the Olympics.
Me, too. Between the rental shed and the bunny slope.
Exactly, thanks for sharing. Good for all of us.
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