The most unusual finish at the Olympics Bashny.Net

Here is the same! The case at the finish in the quarterfinals ski cross, which occurred on February 20, deservedly received the title of the most unusual finish at the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014.

To determine who came second, third and fourth, judges have long to understand the intricacies of hand, foot and ski athletes who fell a few meters to the finish line.

Let's see how this happened ...





First, the title of the most unusual finish claimed episode when Martin Fourcade on mass start skiing tried to release to snatch victory from Swensen, but he did not succeed.

However, on February 20 Ski Cross had a more colorful scene. Four athletes confidently walked to the finish line and all of a sudden, at the last kicker, three members of fallen and crossed the finish line after falling out of inertia.



In the fall participated:

Finnish athlete Uni Pellinen



Swede Victor Norberg



Athlete of the Russian Egor Korotkov



Let's see how it was in motion:




As we can see, Armin Niderer able to cope with a difficult situation at the finish line and bypass the other participants.





Through images, the judge determined that our sportsman Nikolai Korotkov - came second. He kept his head and threw his hands in the direction of the finish line. Such resourcefulness helped him get into the semi-finals.



But the same finish in the mass start. Agree, not so impressive:

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