Freestyle skier Sharpe crashes at halfpipe qualifier
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Two-time Olympic medalist Cassie Sharpe was knocked unconscious after falling during the halfpipe and getting stretchered off.
Pittsford native and gold medalist Chris Lillis is competing now in the men’s aerial freestyle skiing qualifiers.
As skiers charged down the final stretch in Tesero, a dog suddenly bolted onto the course and sprinted toward the finish line. The animal ran alongside competitors as teams wrapped up their qualifying heats, prompting laughter and cheers from the crowd.
The men’s qualifier had been scheduled for the morning session, but the contest was postponed due to a strong winter storm that hit northern Italy.
The dog disrupted only qualifiers, not the final event. Sweden managed to win the gold medal in the final, with Switzerland taking silver and Germany winning bronze. Shiffrin experienced Olympic glory for the first time in eight years. Meanwhile, men's hockey featured two thrillers that could have put its bracket in a blender.
Lawrenceburg native Nick Goepper finished just short of the Olympic podium in Milan-Cortina after a hard fall in the ski halfpipe final.
Reigning Olympic champion Zoi Katherine Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand leads the women's snowboarding slopestyle field after two qualifying runs on Sunday during the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
Qualifying round and quarterfinal seeding is set after the preliminary round's final day. See matchups, results from Sunday's Olympic men's hockey.