?Happy to Be Walking?: Olympian Reflects on Going Through a Horrifying Crash During Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 Finals

The Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 have come to an end. This year’s Winter Olympics saw Olympians from all over the world set new records and create history.

However, just as many athletes returned home with their hearts broken, having fallen short of their goals. In fact, when it comes to the grandest sporting stage in the world, every athlete pushes their limits as hard as possible.

With giving everything you have also come injuries, and the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 was no exception. Great Britain’s Gus Kenworthy, during the men’s halfpipe snowboarding final, had suffered a terrifying crash.

Gus Kenworthy suffered a terrible crash at his Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 final

Athletes, regardless of their sport, are no strangers to injuries. After all, when you decide to push the limits in the pursuit of excellence, injuries are an inevitable price to pay.

Not only do athletes incur injuries during practice, but it is all the more devastating when the injuries come while competing. For Gus Kenworthy, his halfpipe final went terribly wrong when he suffered a terrifying crash during his second run in the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.

Despite the bone-chilling crash, Kenworthy had been resilient enough to get back up and finish his run. Consequently, he finished eighth in the standings.

Kenworthy stated that it wasn’t the run he had wished to do. However, he considered himself lucky to have walked out of the crash unharmed.

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“I am happy to be walking,” the Olympic silver medalist expressed his happiness over “getting through it in one piece”. Kenworthy also talked about how the weather had a part to play in the results.

“When it gusts, it is out of your control and is a luck game,” the 30-year-old said about the extreme winds on the day of the final.

Gusworthy dedicated his last Olympic run to his mother

Ahead of his final run at the Olympic men’s halfpipe event, Kenworthy had taken to Instagram to express his feelings.

“After skiing and competing professionally for the last 14 years, this will be my last time in a bib,” he wrote. Then, he dedicated his final Olympics run to none other than his mother.

“Win or lose, this one’s for you mum,” Gusworthy had expressed before going on his final Olympic run. It was surely an amazing run that Kenworthy had gone on, made even more remarkable by his resilience in getting up after crashing on the ice.

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