TURIN (Reuters) - Two Italian ski jumpers will miss the Winter Olympics after falling during practice, forcing the depleted national squad to withdraw from a team event, a sport official said on Tuesday.
Marco Beltrame and Stefano Chiapolino were both hurt during practice jumps on Monday ahead of the Games, which start on Friday and run until February 26.
Chiapolino suffered head and face injuries, while Beltrame had to have his spleen removed, a spokesman for Italy's winter sports federation said. "Both of them are out of the Games," he said.
With the loss of two of its five ski jumpers, Italy will not be able to field a four-person squad in the team event on February 20.
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teledave
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parisandrewsdaddy wrote:
Chiapolino suffered head and face injuries, while Beltrame had to have his spleen removed, a spokesman for Italy's winter sports federation said. "Both of them are out of the Games," he said.
Any of the Fab 5 woulda chugged a few beers, hit some ibu, and then stuck the landings.
Pansies.
Chiapolino suffered head and face injuries, while Beltrame had to have his spleen removed, a spokesman for Italy's winter sports federation said. "Both of them are out of the Games," he said.
Any of the Fab 5 woulda chugged a few beers, hit some ibu, and then stuck the landings.
Pansies.
Plans for 2015: To ski more than you
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I took up ski jumping many moons ago. the first time I shot off the table of only a 30M hill. My eyes were about as big as saucers and my butt as tight as a ducks...I cannot imagine bonking off a 90M hill.
If you want big air out of me, pull my finger
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snowbird
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teledave wrote:
parisandrewsdaddy wrote:
Chiapolino suffered head and face injuries, while Beltrame had to have his spleen removed, a spokesman for Italy's winter sports federation said. "Both of them are out of the Games," he said.
Any of the Fab 5 woulda chugged a few beers, hit some ibu, and then stuck the landings.
Pansies.
he aint lying either.
parisandrewsdaddy wrote:
Chiapolino suffered head and face injuries, while Beltrame had to have his spleen removed, a spokesman for Italy's winter sports federation said. "Both of them are out of the Games," he said.
Any of the Fab 5 woulda chugged a few beers, hit some ibu, and then stuck the landings.
Pansies.
he aint lying either.
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teledave wrote:
Any of the Fab 5 woulda chugged a few beers, hit some ibu, and then stuck the landings.
Pansies.
Give me a bowl of Chili and get me up at 2am and I can make that guy forget about his spleen real fast.
Any of the Fab 5 woulda chugged a few beers, hit some ibu, and then stuck the landings.
Pansies.
Give me a bowl of Chili and get me up at 2am and I can make that guy forget about his spleen real fast.
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you gased up the burb the entire way to wyoming. that was a boomber of a road trip. thats something we wont forget for a long time. it will make any day a good day. and when im in jail they are going to hear utah stories. like road trip. i dont wanna network i have a great job and i dont want another one. i wanna tell all those fools that im a crazy bird, and i work bc i have to and all i do for fun is snowboard. well thats not it, but it makes it sound like i have no life, which i dont. haha jking.
birds a crazy fool, you can control him, but you can only hope to conatain him in the words of mblacky.
free the bird.
birds a crazy fool, you can control him, but you can only hope to conatain him in the words of mblacky.
free the bird.