Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies after horror crash in training

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Posted by saluyamo on Feb-13-2010 01:05:

Wouldn't the designers of the course realise that if you hit the place he did that something like that could happen

Posted by Fledz on Feb-13-2010 01:15:

Sorry scratch that, they are doing 100 miles per hour, not kilometres. That's 160km/h with no safety netting and/or padding!

Someone needs to lose their job for this.

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Feb-13-2010 01:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Fledz
Sorry scratch that, they are doing 100 miles per hour, not kilometres. That's 160km/h with no safety netting and/or padding!

Someone needs to lose their job for this.
find me one track in the world that has safety netting at the end of the run

Posted by FuzzQi on Feb-13-2010 01:39:

Shiiiiiit

Posted by amp3 on Feb-13-2010 04:03:

quote:
Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
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.

I see your point, but he did have a top 50 result this season which enabled him to qualify for the Olympics. Regarding the crashes I read there were a dozen crashes before his shut it down today. Plus the IOC would get firebombed if they only allowed the top 10 or 15 athletes per event. Anyway, very sad.

Posted by Lews on Feb-13-2010 04:47:

I've actually gone on this course, though only going about 40 mph, and it scared the hell out of me. I can't imagine someone doing 100. Anyways, it's a very dangerous sport. A few years ago someone got decapitated, anyone remember seeing that?

Posted by Ted Promo on Feb-13-2010 04:57:

DO indulge.

Posted by tubularbills on Feb-13-2010 05:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Lews
I've actually gone on this course, though only going about 40 mph, and it scared the hell out of me. I can't imagine someone doing 100. Anyways, it's a very dangerous sport. A few years ago someone got decapitated, anyone remember seeing that?

nope

Posted by Schadenfreude on Feb-13-2010 05:50:

it was nice that they took a miniute of silence for him at the openingceremonies tonight.

i'm glad he is dead though, because wayne gretzky and steve nash are cooler.

Posted by Fledz on Feb-13-2010 05:58:

quote:
Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
find me one track in the world that has safety netting at the end of the run

That's the point. They should all have them.

Posted by Schadenfreude on Feb-13-2010 06:04:

one person dies...it can happen if you cross the street, eat bad seafood, have sex with me.

fuck the nets..no one watches this sport other than in Olympic years (even then...how often have you watched it? i never have), if anything it gives it exposure.

Posted by stren on Feb-13-2010 09:44:

RIP

somebody fucked up making the course so dangerous. I hear even top athletes have trouble with it. I wonder what will the organizers do with the event now

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Feb-13-2010 10:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Fledz
Someone needs to lose their job for this.

Well...

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Feb-13-2010 10:06:

lol lets see what happens to that skier from gana

rip

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Feb-13-2010 10:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
lol lets see what happens to that skier from gana

rip

haha fuck yeah. what's his name? i wanna laugh my arse off.

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Feb-13-2010 10:15:

not for the faint of heart

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/...s_n_460474.html

Posted by Joss Weatherby on Feb-13-2010 10:49:

I guess only one Georgian dead is a good thing compared to the start of the last summer olympics...

Posted by d-miurge on Feb-13-2010 13:43:

Posted by tubularbills on Feb-13-2010 13:59:

quote:
Originally posted by d-miurge

i lol'd at that too.

Posted by ZeJayMan on Feb-13-2010 14:06:

Sanca, Ya dead man?

Posted by boris_the_bear on Feb-13-2010 22:31:

quote:
He was traveling 143.3 km/h (89.0 mph) at the moment of the incident.

holy ..

Posted by bas on Feb-13-2010 22:33:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
haha fuck yeah. what's his name? i wanna laugh my arse off.

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong aka THE SNOW LEOPARD!

Posted by Lilith on Feb-15-2010 01:04:

Looks like his medal hopes came off the rails fairly quickly

Posted by nchs09 on Feb-15-2010 01:58:

Posted by igottaknow on Feb-15-2010 03:04:

I found the video on Youtube. Have a look if you have the stomach. Do it quick before they take it down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

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