Olympic Athlete’s SICKENING CRASH… Career Over? [Video]

Olympic Team USA Skier Nina O’Brien’s horrific crash in her second run of the women’s giant slalom competition left viewers wondering if her skiing career was over.

Nina O’Brien, 24, appeared to get her leg caught on a gate, falling just before reaching the finish line, which disqualified her from the race.

US Olympic skier Nina O'Brien, 24, screams out in agony after giant slalom crash that left her with horrifying injury to her left leg 

She was then carried off on a stretcher but is now 'alert and responsive' pic.twitter.com/JmG2twrU0w

— Lilian Chan (@bestgug) February 7, 2022

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Scary crash! US skier Nina O’Brien injured her left leg in a crash. She was taken off the slopes in a stretcher but was alert and responsive pic.twitter.com/vRIu9LECVV

— John Rogers (@JohnRogers8News) February 7, 2022

Medics responded quickly to the scene, eventually pulling her off of the slope on a stretcher.

Soon after the incident, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team tweeted that O’Brien was “alert and responsive.”

Nina O’Brien crashed into the finish but she is alert and responsive. 🙏 #Olympics

— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) February 7, 2022

USA Today also reported that the team said that “she was worried about delaying the race. And also she wanted to know how fast she was skiing.”

Later in the day, another update on O’Brien’s condition was shared on Twitter by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team, which read:

“Nina O’Brien sustained a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula just short of the finish in the second run of the giant slalom. She was transported to the hospital in Yanqing where an initial stabilization procedure was successfully performed by local doctors. She will return to the US for further evaluation and care.

Nina has received excellent care from the doctors in Yanqing.

Nina would like to express her gratitude to all of the people who assisted her so quickly in the finish area at the race, and especially to the doctors and nurses at the hospital who have taken such great care of her.”

UPDATE ON NINA O’BRIEN ❤️🙏#olympics #AlpineSkiing pic.twitter.com/udSlbfBd4j

— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team (@usskiteam) February 8, 2022

Pictures of Nina in the hospital were later shared on social media, showing that she was in good spirits despite her injuries.

Nina O'Brien: I gave 'maybe too much' before horrific ski crash https://t.co/erSosnKtLt pic.twitter.com/68m1gpx4tv

— New York Post (@nypost) February 8, 2022

There were several other crashes that took place during the Olympic events, including one of O’Brien’s teammates, Mikaela Shiffrin, who also fell during the giant slalom competition. These incidents brought up concerns from many people on Twitter.

One meteorologist, Katie Nickolaou, who works for CBS 14, blames the manmade snow in China‘s staged events.

“Something is serious wrong with the snow at the Olympics… My heart goes out to Nina O’Brien I’ve never seen so many crashes during numerous different events…” she tweeted.

“The area hosting the Olympics gets barely any snow annually. That isn’t necessarily a problem until you consider the extreme cold temperatures the area also experiences… That means manmade snow turns to a sheet of ice instead of individual crystals. Very dangerous…” Nickolaou wrote in a subsequent tweet.

The area hosting the Olympics gets barely any snow annually. That isn’t necessarily a problem until you consider the extreme cold temperatures the area also experiences…

That means manmade snow turns to a sheet of ice instead of individual crystals. Very dangerous… pic.twitter.com/JHTyBtCxSm

— Meteorologist Katie Nickolaou (@weather_katie) February 7, 2022