http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/12/olympic.luge.crash/index.html?hpt=C1
So sad to think that guy probably trained most of his life to die just before he got to compete.
Insane how fast he was going when he hit. No way there was anything they could do (well, other than not build a bunch of giant un-padded steel posts right next to the track). Seriously… how can that be an acceptable design?
Watched the video at work…terrible…and this is not the first accident on this track. I heard that last Olympics gold medalist crashed also. I can’t imagine going 90mph and a sled.
thats terrible, RIP
Saw the snapshots, freakin crazy. So sad.
Pretty nuts, here is a video if anyone wanted to see it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/nodar-kumaritashvili-cras_n_460474.html
wow, sad, rip
That is a crazy as sport, holy fuck he was flying, no pun intended.
I was amazed they kept showing it on nbc.
same here. It wasn’t something I wanted to see in slow-mo and high-def.
Who the hell designed a track with metal posts on the outside of a turn? Honestly, WTF.
140KPH!!!
jesus. there isnt much you can do at those speeds.
Well, you could put some clear lexan up so when someone goes out of control like that they can’t fly off the track into an unpadded metal post.
Wow, that is really sad. Talk about blunt force trama. He went from 140 kph, to a immediate dead stop. 
RIP
The outcome wouldn’t have been much different if the beams were padded. The lexan would at least kept him sliding/bumping around down the course. He might have had some broken bones and contusions but probably would have survived.
The people they interviewed said this is the fastest, most dangerous course ever.
A bunch of more experienced people have crashed too.
Rain, bankruptcy, death - not a good way to start Olympics.
The only video that I can find that works right now.
Damn…
I am actually sorry I saw the video… normally things like that don’t affect me to much, but damn that one got to me. The reports are saying it’s not the track, it was just the lugers error. I don’t care if it was his error or not, if something like that can happen, they need to prevent it. The lexan idea is probably the best, he would at least survived.
Hmmm I guess that explains why this hasn’t been the first crash in that spot.
Luge is on @ 8pm tonight. It will be interesting.