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The Agony of Defeat: Matthias Lanzinger
This video may be the worst ski crash we've ever seen. Austrian skier Matthias Lanzinger crashes shortly after starting his run at the top of a hill and rolls his way down. His injuries were so extensive on his left leg that the lower half had to be amputated.
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on205th.com 3/4/2008 — While Joe Theismann's leg breaking was gruesome, and Eduardo da Silva's ugly, neither of them were faced with what Austrian skier Matthias Lanzinger is facing. Lanzinger will have his lower left leg amputated due to complications after breaking his shin bones at a crash in Sunday's World Cup super-G in Norway. Here's the crash... The double fracture severely damaged blood vessels which...
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Austrian skier Matthias Lanzinger had a fucking NASTY crash at a super-G race in Norway, and because I'm such a hardass, ordinarily I'd tell you that this video is too graphic if you're a pussy.  But not this time.  This is legitimately discomfiting to watch, and only partly because I know the consequences of the wipeout. Lanzinger's lower left leg was amputated Tuesday because ...
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