Cold As Ice: A History of Winter Olympics Fails

With the opening ceremony taking place in Vancouver on Friday, check out these painful Ls from past games.

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Let's do this Jeopardy! style: Guys in tights, overly clothed female athletes (except for figure skaters), and a sucky U.S. hockey team. Answer: Why don't we really care about the Winter Olympics? But with the opening ceremony for the 2010 Games in Vancouver just two days away, Complex has found at least one reason for you to tune in: the fails. Over 5,500 athletes will be on the world's stage, so there's bound to be plenty of face plants, crashes, and looks of agony to go around. So, to get you ready for more schadenfreude, check out our list of the biggest Winter Olympic fails in recent history...

ZHANG DAN, ZHANG HAO
SPORT: Figure Skating
WHEN: Torino, Italy 2006 Games
FAIL: With abuse like this, their routine could have been done to one of Chris Brown's tracks. Zhang Dan should be thankful though—it could've been much worse.

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