Pictures: Thrills and spills of Sochi Winter Olympics
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The sports at the Sochi Winter Olympics can be pretty fast and furious, which means there's been a fair share of thrills and spills on the ice and snow... Charles Hamelin from Canada and Eduardo Alvarez from America crashed out of the men's 1,000m short track speed skating quarter final.
Olympic officials tried to jump out of the way when China's Kexin Fan slid into the barrier during the women's 500m short track speed skating semi final.
This panel of protective glass shattered during Austria and Norway's ice hockey game when Andreas Nodl and Jonas Holos smashed into each other.
This crash happened during the women's short track 1,500m speed skating final A. Emily Scott from America (centre) still managed to finish, although 20 seconds behind everyone else.
Norway's Henrik Odegaard flew on top of Finland's Tuomo Ruutu after colliding by the boards during their ice hockey game.
Russian forward Alexei Tereshchenko fell on to the rink at the goal during his ice hockey game against Slovenia.
Italian figure skater Matteo Guarise, here with partner Nicole Della Monica, fell over during the pairs short program event. The duo managed to scrape through the round, but in the end they finished 16th overall.
Massimiliano Valcareggi from Greece lost one of his skis during the men's alpine skiing Super-G competition! He was disqualified.
Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands and Se Yeong Park of South Korea fell while competing in the short track men's 1,500m final B. Park was penalised for the collision.
