Every four years we gather around our televisions to watch the awesome spectacle of the Olympic games.
We cheer for medal-winning stars as well as the athletes who barely made it and are there for the simple love of their sport and overall competition.
Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned for Olympic athletes, stars or otherwise.
The dream they've been working toward for so long can all come crashing down, literally, in one brief moment.
Then there are the weird collisions and falls that leave athletes and lookers-on alike gasping for air.
With the games winding down this weekend we've put together some of the more memorable and/or jaw dropping falls, crashes and collisions from London 2012.
Vania Stambolova of Bulgaria hit the first hurdle during a 400-meter heat and couldn't recover
Alex Morgan nearly decapitated New Zealand's goalie during the quarterfinals
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Mexico's diving coach falling out of his chair out of excitement technically happened during Olympic competition, so we'll count it
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