January 20, 2012

Sarah Burke passes away: Professional skier Sarah Burke, whose accident was mentioned on here when it happened, has sadly passed away from her injuries.

posted by Drood to olympics at 12:50 AM - 14 comments

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posted by Joey Michaels at 03:12 AM on January 20, 2012

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posted by Tinman at 08:23 AM on January 20, 2012

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posted by tommybiden at 08:54 AM on January 20, 2012

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posted by yzelda4045 at 09:05 AM on January 20, 2012

Bloody hell. :(

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posted by scully at 09:05 AM on January 20, 2012

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posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 09:37 AM on January 20, 2012

How sad. It kind of sucks the joy out of watching for me when I have to face the reality of what the athletes are risking.

posted by bperk at 10:09 AM on January 20, 2012

It will be exceptionally bittersweet when the sport she helped get into the Olympics debuts in 2014 without her.

posted by rcade at 10:10 AM on January 20, 2012

Ah, jeez.

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posted by lil_brown_bat at 10:27 AM on January 20, 2012

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posted by NerfballPro at 10:39 AM on January 20, 2012

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posted by dviking at 10:48 AM on January 20, 2012

Way too soon, way too soon.

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posted by Howard_T at 04:50 PM on January 20, 2012

I hate being the harbinger of bad news, but nobody had posted it and given the accident was reported I figured I should.

posted by Drood at 05:01 PM on January 20, 2012

Sounds weird to say but I'm glad you did, Drood, as I hadn't been following the story too closely. Awful news.

posted by evixir at 08:45 PM on January 20, 2012

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