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Georgian luger dies in crash at Whistler

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noparking
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http://http://www.theprovince.com/sports/2010wintergames/Georgian+luger+dies+after+horrifying+crash+Whistler+track/2556532/story.html
Feb 12 2010 3:16PM
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noparking
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someone imbed this b/c i know it wont work, video of the crash <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nxF0ml56yFE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nxF0ml56yFE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Feb 12 2010 3:18PM
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aznsteeze
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link no worky. but that sounds horrible
Feb 12 2010 3:18PM
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noparking
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http://www.theprovince.com/sports/2010wintergames/Georgian+luger+dies+after+horrifying+crash+Whistler+track/2556532/story.html
Fixed
Feb 12 2010 3:21PM
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prontocuts.com
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What great location for a steel pole. I would sue if I was family.
Feb 12 2010 3:23PM
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feihlination
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have you seen the vid? those poles are there to support the roof, so there were plenty of them. still kinda dangerous (its only 1 m or so away from the edge of the ice course)
Feb 12 2010 3:25PM
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prontocuts.com
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Yeah I mean all of the poles, they shouldve been padded atleast, I mean they do that for every other sport. Im sure it wasnt padded just because it was practice, but still
Feb 12 2010 3:26PM
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noparking
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the video was just taken down
Feb 12 2010 3:32PM
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feihlination
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i got you now, yeah its so sad that someone has to die for such stuff, i mean it wouldnt be impossible to have a wider safety-area between the course and whatever thing that has to be there. these guys go 150 kph, i cannot think that this is the first time someone got flipped over the walls
Feb 12 2010 3:33PM
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noparking
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxF0ml56yFE&feature=player_embedded
Feb 12 2010 3:34PM
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Sr_FreshShirt.
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holy shit @ crash and the Olympic association removing all of the videos of it.
Feb 12 2010 3:37PM
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Avifarer
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vids are getting taken down so fast. not surprising though
Feb 12 2010 3:38PM
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SwiftSilentSquaw
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/nodar-kumaritashvili-luge-crash

R.I.P.

Feb 12 2010 4:49PM
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Phormat
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forget padded walls, why don't they just build a transparent cover over the course, that way stuff can't come flying out. regardless, RIP, this sucks
Feb 12 2010 5:32PM
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pekka_p
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That luger track is considered one of the fastest in the world. Many athletes have criticized the poor safety issues of the track long before the olympics..RIP
Feb 12 2010 5:59PM
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T-Holt
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RIP
Feb 12 2010 6:02PM
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cool.
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such a bummer. RIP.
Feb 12 2010 6:03PM
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H8CH
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What happened the the original thread??? That one broke the news of the accident and followed the story through? If it was removed, i want to know why?

Also, why were the steel beams not padded like Lift Pylon bases on ski runs?? That is my Question....
Feb 12 2010 6:11PM
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antwone
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i think they want to be politically correct and not show the video...
Feb 12 2010 6:16PM
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feihlination
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yeah, i wonder why too

i just wrote a blog about that whole discussion. if someone reads it, i will give mad karma, 15/10 for sure.
Feb 12 2010 6:22PM
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H8CH
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Where? Link?
Feb 12 2010 6:30PM
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H8CH
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No worries - got it on your profile - i'll give it a read...
Feb 12 2010 6:31PM
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feihlination
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click on my name and than blogs or so
Feb 12 2010 6:32PM
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.travis.
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Wow, they showed the video on cbs news. That's awful. I don't think padding would have done much.
RIP
Feb 12 2010 6:35PM
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dave44
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Dude, a thread title of "EPIC LUGE CRASH" was seriously inappropriate, considering the athlete died. Granted, he didn't know at the time, but now that we do...

And to the guys who said padding wouldn't have done much, I agree - but there are some serious safety flaws in the design, such as why the poles were so close to the track? The least they could do now is like put a net up or something, but the poles are still there and there's not much they can do about it.
Feb 12 2010 6:39PM
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Skittle.
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RIP
Feb 12 2010 6:41PM
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feihlination
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than i ask in all respect if it wasnt possible to rename it? or to delete the posts with the vids in it?
Feb 12 2010 6:42PM
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H8CH
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I think padding would of helped.... like at the base of chair pylons - blunt trauma such as that would of been seriously mitigated by padding. He still may of died of internal injuries etc - but at least it would of given the medics a chance at the hospital.... i'm sure the athletes accept the risks of doing 90mph on a tray... and that their lives are very much on the line.... but the question you must ask is simply..

Was this preventable? and thats what an investigation will set out to answer...
Feb 12 2010 6:44PM
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H8CH
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This - it was an interesting reflection on peoples response to the whole thing in real time.
Feb 12 2010 6:45PM
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geteducated
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maybe the georgian just couldn't handle the track.

i would like to see how technical a georgian track is.
Feb 12 2010 6:46PM
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cclan
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since all of you course critics are FIL delegates...
Feb 12 2010 6:47PM
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feihlination
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that is obviously something many people think about. but from what ive heard, he was 44th in the WC rankings this winter. this doesnt mean that he is a world-class athlete, but i guess he was good enough for a lot of other courses, so there was no reason to exclude him from the event
Feb 12 2010 6:48PM
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.Apex.
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i used to hit poles in luge
then i used my eyes
Feb 12 2010 6:50PM
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infedel_one
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holy shit i just saw that video...soooo wack he just goes everywhere then off
Feb 12 2010 6:54PM
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nstubler
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god, it is such a bummer
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I feel so bad for the family as well
Feb 12 2010 6:54PM
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MCIRONCOCK
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He was thrown from the sled, out of the course, and into a big support beam five feet away. It's not like he could have done something to avoid it.
Feb 12 2010 6:54PM
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Phil.T
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After seeing the video on TSN i feel sick. it's def something that could have been prevented by using pads.
Feb 12 2010 7:04PM
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cclan
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no, it wouldnt of
Feb 12 2010 7:07PM
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saskskier
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Yeah, they just showed it on the CTV preview show.  I feel sick after watching that...
Feb 12 2010 7:07PM
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Kevski
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Saw the vid in the original thread. Wish I didn't. That's just messed up.

So are the opening ceremonies being postponed or is that just a rumour? Like this seems to be a really big deal, but the opening ceremonies are all organized and I bet it would be a bitch to change
Feb 12 2010 7:08PM
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Ben.
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so everyone blaming the course. i feel for this guys family, and its incredibly sad, but isnt this also kind of an inherent risk of the sport?
Feb 12 2010 7:08PM
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Ethan.G
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so terrible, watched the video and it looked fucking brutal

RIP
Feb 12 2010 7:11PM
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FerrisBueller
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repost
Feb 12 2010 7:12PM
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Kevski
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For sure. But this risk of the sport could have been prevented by changing the course design. He still could have been hurt really badly and maybe died, but if there was netting or something like that he would have had a much greater chance. Hindsight is always 20/20. There are many other risks and dangers, but this exact scenario wouldn't have been too hard to avoid.


And RIP to him. Didn't do that in my last post.
Feb 12 2010 7:13PM
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lorida
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Guys on the local news station were saying it's a freak accident, sometime the luge comes out of the track, but NEVER the person...

And I almost choked when they showed the video on CTV...they started rolling the video from the top, and I was like 'alright, they'll cut it now...or now...or now...HOLY F*CK!"

They showed that video on T.V. man...where's the respect...
Feb 12 2010 7:16PM
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feihlination
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yeah, every lift post in the ski resort or anything else that is hard/sharp and CLOSE (10-20 ft) to slopes has to be padded in every single small resort. so how can it be that such stuff happens in the olympics? i hope somebody will pay for that. since i guess that it is a rule/policy thing by the IOC, someting has to happen in this organisation
Feb 12 2010 7:18PM
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antwone
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facepalms
Feb 12 2010 7:25PM
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hue.
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he might have died even if he didn't hit the pole, he got thrown around inside the track abit too.

and for all i know there could be poles next to bits in other luge tracks, its just no one has died

Feb 12 2010 7:28PM
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Mac.
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I don't know much about luge, but going down a track at 90 mph just seems insane in itself.

It is super sad what happened and it sucks that this dark cloud will be over the entire olympics.
Mega vibes go out to this family and everyone that knows him.
Feb 12 2010 7:30PM
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VT_scratch
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I just saw the video on the news and i am disgusted. they definitely should not air that to the country its awful.
Feb 12 2010 7:31PM
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peyton
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OMG it was just on TV.. its terrifying RIP
Feb 12 2010 7:33PM
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