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2. Freestyle skiing and snowboard is pretty dangerous

More athletes got hurt during freestyle skiing or the various snowboard events than most other Winter Olympic sports. Nearly half of the aerial skiers reported an injury at Sochi, and 37 per cent of slopestyle snowboard athletes also reported injuries.

Bobsleigh is also dangerous. Eighteen per cent of bobsledders reported an injury at Sochi, similar to the rate in Vancouver.

And although one person was killed during a training run in luge in Vancouver, injuries in that sport were relatively uncommon: just two per cent of competitors at that Olympics.

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