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Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies after horror crash in training
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| GEORGIAN luge hopeful Nodar Kumaritashvili has been killed in a crash after flying off the Olympic track in Whistler, Canada during a training run, German International Olympic Committee official Thomas Bach confirmed. "It is a tragedy for his family and the team," said Bach, the IOC vice president. "It casts a shadow over the opening ceremony." Hundreds of millions of television viewers are expected to watch the opening ceremony starting at 6pm (1pm AEDT), capping off years of planning with some 2500 athletes from 82 nations competing in the February 12-28 games. The 21-year-old Kumaritashvili suffered the crash during his second training run at one of the fastest points near the bottom of the track at the Whistler Sliding Centre on the final 270-degree turn. He crashed into both sides of the wall before being hurled over the top of the banking. Witnesses said Kumaritashvili then hit a metal pole on the side after traveling at 148km/h on a track widely-regarded as the fastest in the sport He was knocked unconscious and immediately placed on a stretcher with blood pouring from his face and airlifted to hospital. The accident was the second this week for Kumaritashvili, the Toronto Sun reported. The medal hopeful walked away from the first incident shaken but not seriously injured, according to the paper. The track was closed and training runs were canceled after news of Kumaritashvili�s death, according to CanWest News Service. Team coaches were meeting with FIL, the international luge federation. One of the favorites in the competition, 2002 and 2006 gold medalist Armin Zoeggler of Italy, also crashed. On Wednesday there were several crashes during women's luge training runs. The $105-million sliding centre, on Blackcomb Mountain�s southeast side, has 16 turns and drops steeply for 152 meters (500 feet) � the world�s longest drop. Romania's Violeta Stramaturaru crashed and was knocked unconscious for a few minutes and was taken to the hospital. Earlier in the week, other competitors admitted the course was one of the most challenging. US luger Tony Benshoof, who was fourth at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, said lugers were close to reaching a speed ceiling. "We're really close. The tracks are getting faster and faster. It's getting pretty crazy. There's that word (dangerous), it's like that word 'fear'," said Benshoof. "It's getting down to that. I mean, a 100mph is pretty quick. I don't know how much faster we can go." With AFP |
Nodar Kumaritashvili Luge Crash at 2010 Winter Games 2-12-2010 from Tom Walker on Vimeo.
that sucks 
Fucking hell!
In any situation, if you decelerate from that speed to zero, in that kind of time frame, then it's game over.
RIP.
That video of him crashing is awful.
It's the Olympics..Can't they afford some frakkin styrofoam cushions to wrap around those metal bars? That could have made the difference between life and death.
Whoa, that vid is pretty brutal lol
Just seen this on the news , not a way to go , but RIP.
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| Originally posted by Capitalizt It's the Olympics..Can't they afford some frakkin styrofoam cushions to wrap around those metal bars? That could have made the difference between life and death. |
yeah, i didn't expect to see that in the video..
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| Originally posted by yukii yeah, i didn't expect to see that in the video.. |
It's a fucking insane course.. Very sad to hear this. RIP =/
wow. didn't expect that in the vid...
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk The way he gets flung up like that, and then just... stops. Ouchy. |
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| Originally posted by Acton Yup, with a massive impulse change like that, when your heart hits your ribcage, it literally explodes. |
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| Originally posted by Acton Yup, with a massive impulse change like that, when your heart hits your ribcage, it literally explodes. |
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| Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY dude that's more like your brain being smashed in your skull, and your back breaking in half. |
wow, didn't see that com- oh wait.
When I saw the clip on the news I was like "oh shit!"
They should cancel the event...really...if another death happens it's going to bury these Olympics even more.
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| Originally posted by osterzone When I saw the clip on the news I was like "oh shit!" They should cancel the event...really...if another death happens it's going to bury these Olympics even more. |
That course looks pretty hardcore though. It just spat him out like a loogie...
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| Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY dude that's more like your brain being smashed in your skull, and your back breaking in half. |
Wow that is terrible news. The footage is crazy
The posts could have been made of NERF and it wouldn't have made a difference.
The bigger question is why was he even in the Olympics? This was his second crash this week and he wasn't a medal threat. He isn't even within the top 50 in the world. They need to change the rules as to who qualifies for the olympics...not just in luge but in almost every olympic sport.
No the question is why was there no net there? You've got athletes doing 100km/h and there's fucking concrete poles a metre away. Does someone really need to die before they add some safety fences and netting?
What, do race tracks only have fencing to protect the spectators? No, they also protect the drivers. This is absolutely appalling.
At least it was quick.
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