Another big fall at Games as weather relents for freestyle skiing
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Another serious crash caused shock at the Winter Olympics on Friday as New Zealand freestyle skier Finley Melville Ives fell hard on landing in the halfpipe and hit his head.
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Medics treated the 19-year-old and after several minutes he was taken out of the finish area on a stretcher to applause from the crowd.
His team-mate Gustav Legnavsky cried at the start and was comforted by a rival.
"Thinking of our guy @fin.ski who is stable and positive - recover well brother," the New Zealand Olympic team posted on Facebook.
Qualification for the final later on Friday continued. The schedule has been concertinaed into one day because of heavy snow the previous day. The men's aerials was postponed twice because of poor weather forecasts and the entire competition is also taking place on Friday.
There had already been several heavy crashes in both freestyle skiing and snowboarding in recent days.
Cassie Sharpe, Canada's 2018 freestyle Olympic champion, hit her head on Thursday in the halfpipe and was treated for around 10 minutes.
She was in a "stable condition", the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said.
Australian snowboarder Cameron Bolton previous broke two cervical vertebrae in a fall at the 2026 Olympics.
New Zealand's Finley Melville Ives lies after a crash during the Men's Freeski Halfpipe Qualification at the Livigno Snow Park, as part of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games. David Davies/PA Wire/dpa