BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Norway’s Atle Lie McGrath saw his gold-medal hopes slip away in the Olympic slalom and decided to send his ski poles sailing along with them. He tossed each pole over the netting, then climbed the fencing on the side of the Stelvio course to begin his long walk toward the wilderness. It was part of an Olympic meltdown that turned the men’s slalom into high-tragic theater Monday.
Olympic meltdown: Norway's Atle Lie McGrath loses gold medal in slalom, then control of emotions
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