- A brave squirrel stole the headlines during the parallel giant snowboard slalom
- Austrian Daniela Ulbing managed to avoid the animal by a matter of inches
- Ulbing went on to win the heat but all the talk in Pyeongchang was on the animal
The Winter Games in Pyeonchang have left fans with plenty of great memories but few can compete with a squirrel gatecrashing a giant snowboard slalom heat.
Austrian snowboarder Daniela Ulbing narrowly avoided a collision on her run as a squirrel seemed to appear from nowhere at speed.
The furry customer missed the base of her board by mere inches and became the talk of those attending at Phoenix Park.
A squirrel bursts on to the course during a heat in the parallel giant snowboard slalom event
Austrian snowboarder Daniela Ulbing maintains her composure to weave past the animal
Missing the board by inches, the squirrel slams on the brakes before running to safer ground
Ulbing was competing against Russian competitor Milena Bykova and while Bykova was eliminated following her opening heat, Ulbing remarkably went on to win the heat with relative ease as she maintained her composure.
Following that dramatic heat, Ulbing lost in the quarterfinals to favourite Ester Ledecka, who went on to take the gold.
Spectators gasped as they witnessed the furry intruder make his way on to the course with the two boarders hurtling down in direct competition.
The squirrel bursts past Ulbing’s board before slamming on the breaks and viewers on social media hailed the miracle moment of the Winter Games.
Spectators gasped as they saw the speedy squirrel enter the course while the heat took place