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Olympic ski race ends in insane crash at the finish line, three-way photo finish

Check out how this one came to an end.

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SKI CROSS STAKED its claim as the craziest and most unpredictable Olympic sport yesterday when three racers tumbled across the finish line after a massive crash.

The crash came in the quarterfinals. On the final jump of the course, three of four the skiers wiped out, pinwheeling toward the finish line simultaneously.

With only one spot left in the semifinals, the race went to a photo finish. Russiaโ€™s Egor Koroktov advanced by half a body length.

Endings donโ€™t get more insane than this.

Hereโ€™s the crash (via CBC):

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The photo finish. The Russian advanced by a few feet:

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Images: CBC

 

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    Feb 20th 2014, 11:04 AM

    Best Olympic sport on tv.

    And bbc has the rubbish curling on.

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    Feb 20th 2014, 11:17 AM

    Agreed. Easily my favourite winter sport. The most exciting by far. Half Pipe is good as well.

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    Feb 20th 2014, 11:23 AM

    The Ski cross is/was on the Red button.

    Understandably the BBC covered their curling team getting a medal.

    Meanwhile RTE has shownโ€ฆโ€ฆ
    โ€ฆ.??

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    Feb 20th 2014, 11:34 AM

    Donโ€™t think the red button is working here

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    Feb 20th 2014, 11:48 AM

    There have been some issues with picking up the BBC red button lately.

    You can tune both streams into โ€˜other channelsโ€™

    BBC Red button 1:
    Frequency = 10773
    Polarisation = H
    Symbol Rate = 22000.
    FEC = 5/6

    BBC Red Button 2:
    Freq: 12552
    Polarisation: V
    22000
    5/6

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