Olympic skier smashed into cameraman and ends up in crumpled ball, then says: 'Owie'
During the men's freestyle ski halfpipe qualifiers at the Beijing Olympics, Finnish skier Jon Sallinen accidentally crashed into a camera operator.
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“A very graphic representation of the dangers involved in freestyle sports” said Eurosport commentators, after a Finnish skier crashed into a cameraman during his run in halfpipe qualifying at the Winter Olympics. Jon Sallinen caused the embarrassing moment when he appeared to be pushing too far off the wall and almost collided with another cameraman, before he performed a trick and took out another straight after.
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