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Maelle Ricker clears a jump on her way to gold in West Vancouver, B.C., on February 16, 2010. Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with nearly 75 per cent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races, according to a medical study. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick