'I felt her heart break' - Justine Dufour-Lapointe suffers bad crash, shows great spirit to finish at Winter Olympics

Justine Dufour-Lapointe experienced a heart-breaking fall in the women's moguls final to deny her the chance to win a third Winter Olympics medal. Dufour-Lapointe won moguls gold at Sochi in 2014 and silver in Pyeongchang four years ago, but failed to add to that tally after losing her balance after a jump in the first final.

Ad/> The 27-year-old received a pole to replace the one she lost, and still decided to complete the course even though she would only be credited with a DNF (did not finish). /> Beijing 2022'She was incredible' — Morgan analyses amazing run from Sadowski-Synnott3 HOURS AGO «I would have liked to just crawl into a mogul and cry there for a while,» Dufour-Lapointe told Canadian Press.

«But I stood up and said, 'You know what? You have only one choice: to ski down that slope and have a smile on at the bottom of the course.' »There's so many young girls that need to know that you never gave up and you fought to the end." It was all going to plan for the two-time Olympic medallist with a fine score of 71.45 points in the qualifying round, but that hard work was undone with that fall in the finals. Olympics Unlocked: The key elements of Snowboard Slopestyle Beijing spotlight: Snowboard icon White hits form at the perfect time Dufour-Lapointe’s older sister, Chloé Dufour-Lapointe, is also a moguls competitor and looked to console her sibling with a hug and words of encouragement.

«I totally felt her heart break,» Chloé said. «I just wanted to be there for her and let her know that she must be proud of herself even though sometimes you don't see it right away.