American Figure Skater Crashes Headfirst Into The Ice, Referee Allows Her To Continue
At the Golden Spin of Zagreb, a skating competition in Croatia, the American pair skaters Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc were in the final third of their long program on Friday, heading into their last overhead lift, when LeDuc’s hand appeared to slip as Cain was exiting the lift. She fell, headfirst, onto the ice. Cain hit the ice first, taking a hard blow to the back of her head; LeDuc fell over her as she tumbled down. Though the fall was horrific and Cain appeared visibly dazed after getting up from the ice, the pair finished their program. This made for jarring viewing, even if it was...
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