The giant slalom course in Sochi has proved to be a challenge for this year’s field of competitors, just ask Kathrin Zettel of Austria.
As Zettel was making her way down the course, she momentarily lost her balance and as she was attempting to make a sharp left turn around a gate, she instead plunged right into the gate. As she sped her way down the mountain, part of the gate actually became stuck to her, obscuring her vision while she continued her run.*
Luckily for Zettel, one way or another, the part of the gate moved down from her line of sight, but still stayed attached to her body as she tried to make up the precious tenths of seconds lost from the prior mistake.*

Unfortunately for Zettel, her first run resulted in a 25th place finish with a time of 1:21.60. Her second run was an improvement, though, as she finished in 19th place with a time of 1:18.73.