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Performing chest compressions on the scene certainly isn't a good sign.
I was watching the practice luge run on http://www.nbcolympics.com/
The guys name is Nodar Kumaritashvili. Try to watch the practice luge run. It may ask for your cable provider and information about it. But at around the 2:45 mark, a luge guy starts to take his run and crashes horribly. I don't even know if hes gonna make it out alive.
I did hear that the track has been fast all week and numerous crashes have occurred.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?...oly&id=4908988
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_460474.html
Video is up.
Reports coming in that he has died. He was DOA at the hospital.
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Performing chest compressions on the scene certainly isn't a good sign.
History channel had a show on last night about the upcoming winter games. I guess a lot of the luge track teams have already nicknamed it the "50-50 track", becasue they give themselves a 50-50 chance of making it down without crashing. Apparently, it's wicked fast. Like 100 mph fast.
Oh goodness. That's one of the worst crashes I've ever seen.
I heard about his during lunch.
. I just saw the video. Dude went from 90 to 0 when he hit that big ass I-beam. I'll bet they shut that track down till they get some damn safety nets up. That was a STUPID track design.
A Georgian luger has died from one of the most horrible accidents imaginable just hours before the official start of the Olympics. Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled, went over a wall, and slammed into a metal support beam. Observers said his sled was traveling nearly 90 mph.
The 21-year-old was knocked unconscious, then immediately administered CPR and air-lifted to a Whistler hospital where he died. The 2010 Games would have been Kumaritashvili's first Olympics.
Kumaritashvili's crash occurred at the fastest part of the track, which steeply declines for 152 meters, making it the world's longest luge drop. This is the third crash there in the last two days. Earlier on Friday, defending gold medalist Armin Zoeggeler of Italy lost control but suffered no injuries. On Thursday, female Romanian luger Violeta Stramaturaru crashed and was air-lifted from the track. Her injuries are not considered serious.
They took the video down.
Its still up here. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_460474.html
http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/no...ili-luge-crash
For those that want to see it.
There is a faces of death video from a couple decades ago of a bobsledder that starts falling/leaning off of his sled and his head bangs into a steel support beam like that. I can't recall if it decapitated him or not. Been years since I've seen it. What a stupid design. So, if you fall off your sled, you either die or get extremely ed up. Great.
I heard he has passed away from his injuries. So sad.
That track design is CRAZY! Why do they have those beams right next to the track without nets or padding? I think they're going to have to do something about that before they let that compe ion continue.
Padding the columns isn't gonna help...they need a barrier to keep them in the track...
Laser bars would be the best.
Well I don't think any one would ever imagine someone on a luge would fly off the track. Not just in the manner that Nodar did, but fly off the track just in general.Thats probably why there wasn't any padding on the steal beams. People are just quick to judge and say "wtf no padding?" I don't even think this has happened before.
Crazy thing is, i was watching the practice runs. I was talking to someone as Nodar flew off the track and suddenly saw next to a pole and not moving.
R.i.p.
It is intentionally "the fastest ever", with the "biggest drop" ever...the athletes have been complaining and the Canadian Olympic people have been claiming it's "safe".
Guess we saw who was right.
^ While that is true, some one had to screw pretty badly. Even though they claim it to be "the fastest ever" I don't necessarily think people thought some one would fly off the track. It just seems that it would be impossible for some one to fly out. It seems as if a lot of science and physics have to be calculated in order for this track to be safe. If the athletes complained it was unsafe something should have been done.
They need to shut that down immediately, more people are going to die, that is just crazy.
Man, that is awful. To see someone die in what should be the greatest moments of his life is tragic. R.I.P. Nodar Kumaritashvili.
Damn shame... Push the limits of what's reasonable and this is a common result. Sacrifice safety for thrill and the possibility of world-records. That was truly disturbing, and I echo the thoughts of many on the design, the need of nets and the need of this track getting shut down NOW to get those safety nets.
most likely a net or wall will be put up in the problem areas, but, I'm curious if theres a way to slow down the track in some way.
I always wonder how someone decides one day that they want to be a luge guy, shooting 80+ mph down a tube of ice on a thin board.
Another issue that has been brought up is that Canadian officials weren't allowing many Olympians other than Canadian Olympians to practice on the luge until these official practice runs so they could give the Canadians a homecourt advantage. That also looks to have been a very unfortunate decision. I've heard on tv that they can adjust the ice and other factors to slow down the luge so if they don't completely shut it down then hopefully theyat least do that. Terrible for that kid and his family during what should have been a great time for pride and celebration.
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