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Even figure skating - the competitors have knife blades bolted onto their shoes. And the ice is hard. I broke my coccyx falling over on an ice rink as a child. And I've seen severed fingers when someone went out of control and crashed into someone else and ran over an outspread hand. Not deliberate, just an unfortunate accident ...
Ilia Malinin, one of the top male skaters, does freaking BACKFLIPS on the ice. Amazing to see, but scary!
I’ll stick to curling if I become a winter Olympian
Curling is looking better and better all the time.