Russian freestyler Maria Komissarova got a displaced vertebra fracture after a training session in Sochi. She was rushed to the hospital where she underwent a surgery. ITAR-TASS is recalling other unfortunate falls that occurred since the start of the Olympics in Sochi.
Olympic falls
Photos of falling Olympic athletes in Sochi
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Jeremy Abbott of the USA falls during his performance during the Men's Short Program in figure skating
© EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG lovenia's Robert Kranjec falls during the men's normal hill ski jumping qualification
© AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia Andrea Davidovich falls as she and Evgeni Krasnopolski of Israel compete in the pairs free skate figure skating competition
© AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev Russia's Anton Gafarov falls with a broken ski during his men's semifinal of the cross-country sprint
© AP Photo/Matthias Schrader Lotte Smiseth Sjersted of Norway falls during the women's Downhill
© EPA/ROLAND SCHLAGER Germany's Monique Angermueller falls on the ice during the Ladies' 1000 m Speed Skating event
© EPA/CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS Henrik Harlaut of Sweden falls during the Men's Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle qualification
© EPA/FEHIM DEMIR Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan falls during the Men's Free Skating
© EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG Stacey Cook of USA falls during the Women's Super G Alpine Skiing event
© EPA/MICHAEL KAPPELER Kelly Clark of the United States falls in her first run during the women's snowboard halfpipe final
© AP Photo/Sergei Grits