Olympic luger dies today

• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Really sad story, only 21 ... wow. RIP, at least he died doing something that he loved, not that it's any consolation ...
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/news/story?id=4909034
• LJ

  

  stupid fucking track design.
• End of Line

  

  Sad story, he was on a practice run at the time..........RIP.
• ts1227

  

  If this track is that bad, we may see some nasty things we don't need to see if they show any luge live this year.
• gerb131

  

  95mph speeds is insane and TS is right that course could be that nasty for those lugers. That skier took a nasty fall in practice the other day too.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Holy shit, here is the video ... scary: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/nodar-kumaritashvili-cras_n_460474.html
• vball10set

  how fast is too fast? tragic,but bound to happen...
• LJ

  

  BigAppleBuckeye wrote: Holy shit, here is the video ... scary: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/nodar-kumaritashvili-cras_n_460474.html

  this video is where my comment came from. There is no reason for a track to be built that fast with that kind of hazard. Those beams should not be there.
• gorocks99

  

  Holy crap. What a dumbass design.
• iclfan2

  

  Wow that video is sick.
• Drums of War

  On "The Luge,"
  
  Robin Williams: "What drunken, German gynecologist invented this sport? What guy went, "I want to dress like a sperm, shove an ice skate up my ass, and ride balls first down an ice chute. Ya. That would be fun." ?
  
  I know it is a sad event, but I immediately thought of this. If it were my sport, I would think the quote is funny.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  I am hardly a luge expert, but that track looks suicidal! So sad.
• 4cards

  

  ...hope his family wasn't there watching.
• vball10set

  Canadian architecture--'nuff said
• thedynasty1998

  

  Wow that's a scary track. Does it make me a bad person that I'm now really looking forward to this event now? I don't want anything tragic to happen obviously, but with speeds that fast it will probably be an adrenaline rush just watching that.
• LJ

  

  thedynasty1998 wrote: Wow that's a scary track. Does it make me a bad person that I'm now really looking forward to this event now? I don't want anything tragic to happen obviously, but with speeds that fast it will probably be an adrenaline rush just watching that.

  I would rather them just not have it than have a bunch of people get horribly injured and/or die.
• Nate

  Not cool.
• tk421

  

  Definitely not safe, obviously. I don't know how any of the other lugers could go down that track knowing someone died right there.
• bartsimpson

  Wow, steel posts a foot away from a guy coming out of a curve going 95 mph on a sled. Couldn't have someone seen the potential for something bad to happen when they were designing that thing.
• Nate

  I bet they put something up ASAP..
• tk421

  

  bartsimpson wrote: Wow, steel posts a foot away from a guy coming out of a curve going 95 mph on a sled. Couldn't have someone seen the potential for something bad to happen when they were designing that thing.

  You'd think they would have at least put a little padding on the things. It might not have helped all that much though as fast as they are going.
• september63

  

  Those posts wont be there by the weekend. I dont know how, but they will be gone. Keep your eyes on it. At minimum, pad the freekin posts. They werent even padded.
• j_crazy

  

  video has already been axed by IOC. wish I could see the vid, but does anyone know where to find pictures of the track just so i can see how heinous this design is?
• ytownfootball

  

  At the very least they need moved to the other side where momentum won't be an issue. That may be the most piss poor design flaw I've ever seen.
• Leonardo

  

  http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=txluglugerdies&prov=st&type=lgns