WATCH: U.S. Olympic Skier Nina O'Brien Suffers Horrific Injury in Gnarly Fall

 

BEIJING – A U.S. Olympic Skier took a tumble during the Giant Slalom on Monday that forced paramedics to carry her away on a stretcher.

Warning this video may not be suited for some audiences. Viewers discretion is advised.

Nina O'Brien is 24-year-old skier from San Francisco, CA. This was her first time representing team USA in the olympic games.

Before O'Brien's run a number of other athletes including her teammate, Mikaela Shiffrin, failed to complete the course.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Ski Team has confirmed that O'Brien is alert and responsive.

Currently the United States is in 14th place with only 3 silver medals.

Subscribe to the LIVE! Daily

The LIVE! Daily is the "newspaper to your email" for San Angelo. Each content-packed edition has weather, the popular Top of the Email opinion and rumor mill column, news around the state of Texas, news around west Texas, the latest news stories from San Angelo LIVE!, events, and the most recent obituaries. The bottom of the email contains the most recent rants and comments. The LIVE! daily is emailed 5 days per week. On Sundays, subscribers receive the West Texas Real Estate LIVE! email.

Required

Most Recent Videos

Comments

SO you aren't getting censored either huh? A certain person has been censored on this website. How do you feel about that?

He learned it from Yantis - first rule of clickbait school, use the word "horrific" in the title . . .

Post a comment to this article here: