The crash of Italian bobsled without brakes

Season 2011/2012. World Cup. La Plagne
Team Simone Bertazzo

[jeffsummstl]

My whole life, I’ve never seen any Winter Olympics accidents. The last few days, youtube has made sure I see all of them.

[STS]

“He has a hip injury and just can’t risk damaging it anymore”
*sled flies past the camera

[bradleyvantassal]

They might not have had the fastest time but they covered more distance than any other country.

[beGee]

That French guy, literally doing absolutely everything humanly possible to help the Italian team not getting injured. Great sportsmanship.

[jdude]

Imagine being the guy in the back with your head tucked thinking “shouldn’t we be slowing down?”

[OB.x]

oh what fresh youtube hell did i enter, i was lured in by a single broom!!

[Arrete]

great to see all countries' representatives helping

[tankinator]

Since everyone was ok, the comedic timing of the presenter commenting on the drivers hip injury as the sled went flying past the camera was pure gold

[kylec]

1:28 "He's got a hip injury and just cannot risk damaging it any more"

The timing on that statement.

[RalFingerLP]

first the broom, then the korean team, now italy, what will i discover next youtube? :D

[JulianZeezer]

That French guy is a quick-thinker and quick-acting!

[chobitsph]

First the broom, then the Koreans, then no brakes? *YouTube's Algorithm*

[Bazuzeus]

I like to see how France, Russia, everybody help; no "not my team" here.
That's great to see some humans are still... humans.

[coloradoken]

The real hero is the guy who decided to leave the opening in the wall at the end.

[MrSmid]

That French coach had ELECTRIC reactions.

[gkgyver]

Imagine training for this sport as a rookie:
"So, Bob, how do I go about this?"
"Well, Joe, we just jump on a sled and try to survive"

[rictawheels]

hi we're the Italy bobsled team and welcome to Jackass! 😂

[N]

"I paid for the whole track so i use the whole track" :D

[Vylkeer]

I'm Italian and why am I not surprised our performance was made to be remembered? What team could've both started the race with a member inside making the sleigh heavier and reached the finishing line at sky rocket speeds with not brakes? Yup, us. We definitely made an entrance (or an exit, I should say).

[LethalWalou]

Damn that French team member putting his hands in to stop the sled from hitting back to the wall when it came down... Almost got his fingers cut off.