Figure Skating Prodigy Yulia Lipnitskaya Falls, Ruins Gold Medal Hopes

Russian figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya suffered a shocking fall on a triple flip in the short program at the Olympics on Wednesday.

The 15-year-old became the breakout star of the Olympics with a flawless performance in the team event last week.

Everything was going her way again in the short program in the individual event. But a fall on her final jump ruined what was a fantastic routine.

She's now nearly nine points behind the leader, South Korea's Yuna Kim, and a gold medal is a longshot.

Heartbreaking (via BBC):