Has anybody ever got into freak accident in Olympics and got hurt badly or got kill WHEN COMPETING?

Question

in the history of Olympics? Not about bombing or terrorists, please.

Answer 1

I don't know if it was the Olympics, but some guy had a javelin land in his back.  

Answer 2

you saw that weightlifter who dislocated his shoulder while lifting.  OUCH!

Answer 3

watch BMX a crash almost every race

Answer 4

There have been any number of deaths in one of the equestrian sports- the one called Eventing or Combined Training. It's just due to sheer luck that none of them have ever happened during any of the Olympic Games to date. There have also been several serious injuries in that sport as well, including a couple which have kept some people who might otherwise have won a medal for the USA out of the Games this year. Event rider Darren Chiacchia was almost KILLED back in March of this year during a horse trial down in Florida, when his horse hit a jump and he suffered what's called a rotational fall- meaning that the horse flipped over on him. Amazingly, he has recovered completely, and gone back to riding- but he has had to miss the Olympics.  He's just one example- and there are many others.

There have also been lots of horse deaths, both before and after the Olympics, in all the different sports in the Games. One of the best examples of that I can think of involves what happened to Royal Kaliber, one of the USA'S best show jumpers to come along in recent decades. Royal was injured during the final round of show jumping in Athens- he bowed a tendon in one of his front legs while competing. The standard treatment for that kind of injury is about 6 months or so of stall rest and light walking, to allow the tendon to heal. But poor Royal wasn't used to confinement- he was used to hard work, and his digestive system shut down after he'd been out of action for a few weeks. He colicked (meaning he suffered a severe stomach ache, which in horses can be deadly) and underwent surgery to relieve a blockage in his intestines. But that wasn't enough- because about a week after the first surgery, he got sick again, and this time, the vets couldn't save him. Once they discovered he had an inoperable blockage due to a twist in his gut, they euthanized him on the operating table. It was a heartbreaking end to what had been at best, a very controversial Games. The German team, who had been the original gold medal winners, were disqualified after two of the top horses on that team tested positive for a banned painkiller, and the individual gold medalist, Cian O'Connor of Ireland, met the same fate, and for the same reason. That meant that the US eventually was able to win the gold medal by default, and that Royal's rider, Chris Kappler, moved up to take the silver medal individually. But the biggest loss by far was to the US equestrian community and team- Royal Kaliber was a stallion, you know, and his offspring would have been worth MILLIONS after the Olympics. Instead, the only thing anyone can do now is remember that great horse for who he was. It's sad, but true.

Horse sports in the Olympics are not for the weak or the faint of heart- because of the speeds, the size of the animals, and the heights of the fences involved, this is one set of sports where there is always an ever present risk of a fatal accident involving horse, rider, or both. As I said a moment ago, the only reason we have not seen such a tragedy in the Olympics has been due to sheer luck, and nothing else. That said, there are no other sports which I love as much as do the horse sports.