Cassie Sharpe stretchered off after crash in Livigno; cassie sharpe taken from halfpipe
Two-time Olympic medalist cassie sharpe was stretchered off after crashing during the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Medical staff loaded Canada’s Cassie Sharpe onto a stretcher and medics then carried her from the halfpipe; photographs show her waving from the stretcher after the fall.
Cassie Sharpe stretchered off
The incident occurred during the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Canada’s Cassie Sharpe crashed in the halfpipe run and medical staff moved quickly to attend to her, placing her on a stretcher and moving her down from the venue. Photographs captured the sequence of medics loading Sharpe onto the stretcher and then stretchered off following the crash.
Halfpipe qualifying run details
Sharpe was competing in the qualifications round of the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe when she crashed. The run was part of the 2026 Winter Olympics program in Livigno, Italy on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. After the fall, medics stretchered off Canada’s Cassie Sharpe and she was loaded onto a stretcher by medical staff at the scene.
Medical response and stretcher
Medical staff attended to Sharpe on the halfpipe, loaded her onto a stretcher and then moved her off the course. Multiple captions accompanying images of the incident describe medics stretcher off Canada’s Cassie Sharpe after she crashed during the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifications. One caption describes Canada’s Cassie Sharpe waving from a stretcher after crashing during the qualifications.
Photos show the sequence
Photographers Gregory Bull, Julia Demaree Nikhinson and Lindsey Wasson captured images of the crash and of medics loading and stretcher-carrying Sharpe after the fall. Captions accompanying those images repeatedly noted that Canada’s Cassie Sharpe waves from a stretcher after crashing during the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
Location and timing confirmed
The crash and subsequent stretcher evacuation took place in Livigno, Italy, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, during the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Images and captions from the scene consistently describe medics stretcher off Canada’s Cassie Sharpe and show her waving from the stretcher following the crash.
Two-time Olympic medalist Cassie Sharpe was taken from the halfpipe on a stretcher after the qualifying crash in Livigno on Feb. 19, 2026; the precise nature of any injuries is unclear in the provided context.
