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Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Wipeout on the Ice

Competing short-track racers crash into one another at the finish line.

By Alan Taylor
Three speed skaters slide and fall as they crash into each other at the end of a race, as one other remains standing, crossing the finish line.
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Corinne Stoddard of Team USA, Rika Kanai of Team Japan, and Arianna Sighel of Team Italy crash as Team China’s Wang Xinran crosses the finish line to win the third heat in the women’s 500-meter short-track speed-skating on Day 4 of the Winter Olympic Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena, February 10, 2026.

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