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Winter Olympics 2018: The spectacular crashes from Friday’s women’s freestyle aerial final

Belarus' Hanna Huskova clinched the gold with a fantastic run, but not everyone was so lucky

HURTLING through the air, twisting, turning, gliding gracefully with just a pair of skis strapped to your feet...

It can't be easy, can it?

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Xu Mengtao suffered an horrific crash during Friday's final of the women's freestyle aerial eventCredit: AP:Associated Press
Alla Tsuper of Belarus was one of many stars to suffer an awful-looking fall during Friday's eventCredit: AP:Associated Press

Well, maybe it would be best to not get too inspired by this winter's astonishing crop of Olympians.

After all, if even the best freestyle aerial skiers in the world can hardly land their outrageous tricks, then what hope do we have?

During Friday's final, the hopefuls fidgeted in the starting gate, itching to hit the slopes and show off their finest moves in pursuit of gold.

...and then crashed. At least, a fair chunk of them.

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Kristina Spiridonova crashed into the snow hard as she bid to get her hands on an Olympic medalCredit: AP:Associated Press
America's Madison Olsen thundered into the ground as she failed to land her trick in the finalCredit: AP:Associated Press
Madison Olsen of the US had looked to have pulled-off a stunning run until her crashCredit: AP:Associated Press

If nothing else, they made for sensational pictures, but you have to feel for them, shattering into the snow after four years of practice leading up to the Pyeongchang Games.

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On the day, Belarus' Hanna Huskova clinched the gold with a fantastic run, chalking up an overall score of 96.14.


DIZZY LIZZY Yarnold admits sinus problem after slipping from first to third in the skeleton


China took home silver and bronze thanks to Xin Zhang (95.52) and Fanyu Kong (70.14).

Despite the good, there was also some bad. Really bad. Check out all the amazing pictures, here...

Austrian snowboarder Markus Schairer suffers awful injury and breaks his neck during Winter Olympics quarter final
Alexandra Orlova could barely get back on her feet with frustration after crashing in the finalCredit: AP:Associated Press
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