Del Bosco right before the crash (AP PHOTO)

Brand new sports, like brand new Olympic sites, are bound to have a few glitches.  But what’s a coupl;e crashes (or a stalled out Olypic torch) matter in the face of innovation and world solidarity? Well, not much, unless the crashes are as ridiculous as what happened in yesterday’s new Olympic sport, Ski Cross.  Ski Cross involves four men skating at once, including jumps and tricks and…ow.

The twists and turns of the course gave skaters several possible routes, and Christopher Del Bosco, who was in line to win a bronze medal, didn’t take the one a sane person would have (assuming, of course, that a sane person chooses to become a ski cross athlete, which honestly seems unlikely to us…).

Anyway, Del Bosco ended up gushing blood and losing his medal in the process.  In fact, crashes–some of them dramatic–marred six of sixteen races that took place yesterday.

So, what’s the percentage on winter sports injuries? We understand that some of the point of the Olympics, especially the winter variety, is the constant pursuit of stronger-faster-harder-better.  Where do we stop?