Olympic luger dies today

• gorocks99

  

  j_crazy wrote: 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?

  http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Video+Fastest+luge+track+ever/2556945/story.html
• tk421

  

  http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Olympic+luger+dies+after+high+speed+Whistler+track+crash/2556583/story.html
  http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35369187/ns/sports-olympic_sports/
  
  Both news stories have a picture of the crash site and the pillars that are very badly placed.
• j_crazy

  

  wow. seems it would be easy to cover those beams with ice, or plastic, or something. that's a huge oversight by the designer/builder of that track.
• september63

  

  A Russian female luger was knocked unconscious yesterday during a practice run. It wasnt by these same posts. But still.............?
• Nashley25

  wow so sad for some reason I just think these games are going to be a disappointment and this doesn't help at all.
• End of Line

  

  Had a hard time watching the video........
• End of Line

  

  The pictures are way too graphic for me.......
• osudarby08

  

  those pictures are scary as hell
• Dr Jones

  just saw on NBC nightly news WOW what a tragedy, Need some netting up aroung track like they have on Hockey rinks, That was very sad for any parent , of any athlete in any sport.
• baseballstud24

  Wow...very sad. The video and pictures are very disturbing. What an awful design for a track.
• Eric Taylor

  They just showed the footage on NBC and it is very disturbing to watch it.
• tuskytuffguy

  Vid is on cnn.com