Pictures: Falling Olympians

Jocelyne Lamoureux of the US is checked from behind by Baiwei Yu of China during the Women’s ice hockey preliminary game between USA and China.  (CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/Getty Images)

Patrick Deneen of the US crashes out in the final of the Men’s Freestyle Skiing Moguls event.  (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Switzerland’s Anais Morand frosts her lederhosen during the figure skating Pairs Freestyle program.  (URI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Annette Gerritsen of the Netherlands prepares for hard landing during the women’s 500m event.  (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Two Norway players and one Canadian player in the net does not a goal make.  (SCOTT AUDETTE/AFP/Getty Images)

This linesman hits the ice after forgetting to remove his skate guards! Nobody cared.  (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Missed it by that much. Shi Wancheng of China kisses the wall during the Snowboard Men’s Halfpipe.  (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Swiss Dominique Gisin falls during the Women’s Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Downhill event.  (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

(LtoR) Bulgaria’s Evgeniya Radanova, Canada’s Jessica Gregg and Great Britain’s Sarah Lindsay take each other out at the start of their women’s 500m short-track quarterfinal.  (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Benjamin Mace of France and Italy’s Claudio Rinaldi get to know each other better during the men’s 5,000m short-track relay semifinals.  (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

This side up; South Korea’s You-Lim Kim falls in the Ladies’ 1000m Speedskating race.  (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Japanese bronze medalist Daisuke Takahashi tumbles during his performance in the men’s 2010 Winter Olympics figure skating free program.  (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Finish player takes a tumble during the Men’s preliminary Ice Hockey match Finland against Germany.  (CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/Getty Images)

This isn’t going to end well - Sweden’s Patrik Jaerbyn prepares for impact during the men’s Super-G race.  (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Zhibek Arapbayeva of Kazakhstan gets no points for her snow angel attempt during the freestyle skiing ladies’ aerials qualification.  (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Germany’s Aika Klein goes down during the women’s 1500m short-track heats.  (DAVID HECKER/AFP/Getty Images)

Canada’s Ivan Babirov is lying down on the job after taking a spill during the men’s Cross-Country Skiing 15km free.  (FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

Finland’s Janne Ahonen takes a spill after landing in the Ski Jumping LH Individual trial.  (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Canada’s Kalyna Roberge gets up close and personal with the wall during the Ladies’ Short Track Speedskating 1500m semifinals.  (DAVID HECKER/AFP/Getty Images)

USA’s Andrew Weibrecht gets one ski down but that’s about it during the men’s super-combined slalom race.  (MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)

Russia’s Jan Harnis (down) and Branislav Regec check out the flipside of their sport during the men’s double luge training run.  (OLIVER LANG/AFP/Getty Images)