World champion skier suffers horror crash at Winter Olympics
- New Zealand’s Finley Melville Ives suffered a horror crash in the men’s freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifiers on Friday at the Winter Olympics.
- Melville Ives, who was crowned world champion last year, fell on his second run and required medical attention for several minutes.
- He was eventually taken away on a stretcher for further medical treatment.
- Team New Zealand released a statement confirming Melville Ives was conscious and speaking to his mum after taking a “heavy knock”.
- The final is due to take place on Friday evening, but Melville Ives will not be involved following his scary crash.
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