Olympic Luge Death

[woundedknees]

Training run accident:

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35369187/ ... ic_sports/

"A men’s luger from the former Soviet republic of Georgia died Friday after a crash during training, an Olympic official with direct knowledge of the situation said. The death cast a shocking pall over the Vancouver Olympics hours before the opening ceremony."

[briarduck]

Sad news...Luge is a crazy sport and I'm surprised it doesn't happen more...I hope they find some way to honor him!

I love the winter Olympics and I can't wait for it to start.

[Duck24]

I'm not an avid luge watcher but why are there unpadded steel posts anywhere on that course? I doubt a padded post would have saved him but that's besides the point. That is awfully negligent in my opinion. Especially on a course that is hailed as the fastest one in the world. My heart goes out to his family but it seems oh so very senseless.

[KeenanHowry15]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8c9vz0GMdw

[OreDucks01284]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8c9vz0GMdw

i get this message from youtube.
This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

[UOducksTK1]

Man that's very sad. RIP

[KeenanHowry15]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8c9vz0GMdw

i get this message from youtube.
This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

Darn they removed it again, the crash looked terrible, the guy hits an embankment to hard and goes flying off his sled his body then hits three or four iron columns before he finally lands.

[duckgrad99]

If anyone is watching the olympics, they opened up by showing the accident. Very said, and difficult to watch. If I was participating in Luge, I would be scared to now do this event on that track.

[blanco_diablo]

With all of the practice crashes, many occurring on the same area of the course, you have to wonder if that track has a massive design flaw.