Winter Olympics 2022 - Finnish skier Jon Sallinen crashes into cameraman during halfpipe in Beijing

“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.

Ad/> Sallinen’s ski collided with the camera operator, who like all of his peers was standing close to the edge of the halfpipe to capture the best moments, sending his equipment crashing to the ground. /> Beijing 2022‘Oh my god! There could be injuries’ — Sallinen smashes into cameraperson during halfpipe28 MINUTES AGO “He pushed so far off that first wall,” said James Webb in the Eurosport commentary box, ”it seems his weight was too far forward and he couldn’t regain it”.

“Catches an edge, bang! Sallinen’s taken a good body slam on the top of the pipe, that will have hurt” added Richard Cobbing, who represented Great Britain at the 1994 Games. Sallinen skied back down the pipe into the finish looking relatively unharmed — and footage from the incident survived.

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