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Broken legs, skier’s thumb and ‘sled head’: just some of the injuries risked by Winter Olympians

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par Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University

The sports featured at the Winter Olympics defy gravity and physics. Many competitors move at breakneck speeds down steep, snowy inclines or careen across icy surfaces in a bid to set world records and earn their place on the podium.

But as exciting as these events are for spectators, they also place competitors at serious risk of injury. This is something we have been reminded of after US alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn fractured her leg during a horror crash…

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