Top 20 Most Devastating Olympic Figure Skating FALLS

VOICE OVER: Phoebe de Jeu
WRITTEN BY: Jordy McKen

When Olympic dreams come crashing down! Join us as we count down our picks for the most catastrophic times figure skaters fell or stumbled while competing at the Winter Olympics. From shocking slips to devastating tumbles, these moments changed medal hopes in an instant! Which Olympic skating disaster do you think was the most heartbreaking? Our countdown includes Michelle Kwan's heartbreaking fall at Salt Lake City, Yulia Lipnitskaya's medal-costing stumbles at Sochi, Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao's dramatic quadruple salchow attempt, Nathan Chen's PyeongChang short program struggles, and Kamila Valieva's controversial Beijing performance. These athletes showed incredible resilience in the face of Olympic disappointment!

  • #21: Marie-France Dubreuil & Patrice Lauzon
  • #20: Nathan Chen
  • #19: Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov
  • #18: Bradie Tennell
  • #17: Irina Slutskaya
  • #16: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio
  • #15: Tonya Harding
  • #14: Zhu Yi
  • #13: Midori Ito
  • #12: Kamila Valieva
  • #11: Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini
  • #10: Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner
  • #9: Laëtitia Hubert
  • #8: Mao Asada
  • #7: Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer
  • #6: Kurt Browning
  • #5: Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao
  • #4: Jeremy Abbott
  • #3: Yulia Lipnitskaya
  • #2: Michelle Kwan
  • #1: ABC News

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