Olympic snowboarder narrowly misses squirrel

Austrian snowboarder Daniela Ulbing narrowly avoided killing a squirrel — and her Olympic dreams — during the parallel giant slalom event Saturday in Pyeongchang.

NBC Olympics shared the moment the animal escaped death by a whisker.

Ulbing went on to win the event.

WATCH OUT SQUIRREL. pic.twitter.com/rtQ94MQeDj

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 24, 2018