A gruesome accident at the Games. The audience froze with terror [WIDEO]

On February 17, the competition of The competitors competed in, which consists in performing an evolution on an object resembling a pipe or a car cut in half. Unfortunately, that day Ben Harrington had a terrible fall, but he came out of it unscathed.

Ben Harrington’s dramatic fall. It’s a miracle that nothing serious happened to him

The New Zealander suffered a terrible looking crash in his second pass, losing control in the air and falling head first onto the edge of the tube. The audience gathered in the arena fell silent with terror. Medical personnel immediately ran to deal with the immobile Ben Harrington. Fortunately, the competitor got up, dusted himself off and left the facility on his own. According to unofficial information, the 20-year-old suffered only a slight concussion.

“It was one of the worst accidents I have ever seen in a pipe and since it was one of our teammates, the heart just skips when you see it,” said Sky Sport teammate Miguel Porteous. Harrington was a bit shaken by his accident and almost cried when he gave the interview, but it was more than the incident itself that he didn’t make it to the final.

– It’s okay, I’m just depressed, I really wanted to be in the final. This last run was great and I just fell last. But I am happy to be healthy and happy to be able to ski with these amazing skiers, said Sky Sports Harrington.

American Aaron Blunck won the elimination. Harrington took 13th place

American Aaron Blunck won the qualification of the ski halfpipe with an outstanding score of 92 points in the second run. The second place was taken by Nico Porteous from New Zealand, ie the main candidate for the gold medal with a score of 90.5 points.

Ben Harrington was only 13th and unfortunately he will not have a chance to compete for the Olympic laurel. He scored 69.25 points for his first run and needed 70.75 to reach the final of the top 12. In his case, thirteen turned out to be really unlucky, but the interested person tearfully emphasized that for him it was a great happiness to show himself at the Olympics. – I am very proud. A year ago, I did not know if I would have a chance to come here – said Sky Sport.

Harrington is a New Zealand skier who specializes in halfpipe. He started skiing when he was 18 months old and he started his first halfpipe when he was six. His greatest success is the fourth place for Junior Junior in 2018. He managed to take the 15th place out of last year’s Senior Youth.