The downhill course at the Beijing Winter Olympics is proving to be difficult so far. Skiers are having trouble finding the racing line, and multiple training runs have ended in crashes.

Ukrainian skier Ivan Kovbasnyuk crashed at high speed that sent him slamming into the safety netting.

Check out the video for yourself. Looks like the course is extremely difficult.

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