World French Skier in 5 second crash

[The Helper]

A TOP skier was left in tears when her Olympic dream ended in just FIVE seconds after she spectacularly tumbled over.

French woman Marion Rolland crashed yards from the start as she began her bid for gold at the Winter Games in Vancouver.

The 27-year-old left the starting gate and within a blink of an eye lost her balance. She toppled over and landed in the snow in front of stunned spectators.

Rolland lay slumped motionless and sobbing on the ground as fellow competitors and fans gasped in shock at the replays.

Rolland rolls out in embarrassing crash

It was her first Winter Olympics; it also looked like her first time on skis.

www.reuters.com

 

[Husky]

Rolland will now go down in Winter Olympic Games folklore as one of the great failures alongside Brit ski jumper Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards and the Jamaican bobsleigh team.

LOL, brutal.

 

[sqrage]

She probably didn't really even injure her knee, she just wanted it to be less embarrassing.

 

[Failenx]

This is why I hate watching the Olympics. I can't stand to watch people lose when they've practiced for so long, and to end up losing because of this reason? Gahh..

 

[FireCat]

How to set a guinness world record!

Well, I really feel bad for her.

 

[Avaleirra]

That sucks.... 4 years of training leads up to that? She has my sympathy.

 

[AnthraxXx]

Omg that sucks, but the video was pretty funny.

 

[Ninva]

Poor girl. She's still a winner in my book.

 

[Switch33]

From the video it looked like it was rather icy and her poles didn't even pierce at all around the starting area. So it's not exactly 100% her fault.