# Death at the olympics **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252 "2010-02-12T17:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/1 "2010-02-12T17:22:57Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/12/olympic.luge.crash/index.html?hpt=C1](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? ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/2 "2010-02-12T17:25:53Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/3 "2010-02-12T17:45:49Z")
thats terrible, RIP ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/4 "2010-02-12T17:50:34Z")
Saw the snapshots, freakin crazy. So sad. ---
**Author:** ![Nicky666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Nicky666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nicky666)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/5 "2010-02-12T18:07:44Z")
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](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/nodar-kumaritashvili-cras_n_460474.html) ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/6 "2010-02-12T18:12:42Z")
wow, sad, rip ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/7 "2010-02-12T18:14:14Z")
That is a crazy as sport, holy fuck he was flying, no pun intended. ---
**Author:** ![Superium](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/superium/32/7405_2.png) [@Superium](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Superium)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/8 "2010-02-12T18:17:31Z")
I was amazed they kept showing it on nbc. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/9 "2010-02-12T18:24:12Z")
> [@Superium](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/10 "2010-02-12T20:43:02Z")
140KPH!!! ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/11 "2010-02-12T21:02:44Z")
jesus. there isnt much you can do at those speeds. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/12 "2010-02-13T04:51:05Z")
> [@travisn](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![TMAN1985](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tman1985/32/5408_2.png) [@TMAN1985](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TMAN1985)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/13 "2010-02-13T05:22:01Z")
Wow, that is really sad. Talk about blunt force trama. He went from 140 kph, to a immediate dead stop. ☹ RIP ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/14 "2010-02-13T05:28:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/15 "2010-02-13T05:46:12Z")
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. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![spinall4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@spinall4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spinall4)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/16 "2010-02-13T05:58:14Z")
only vid that hasn’t been removed…[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apQIIqmTSTg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apQIIqmTSTg) thats just awful ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/17 "2010-02-13T06:42:39Z")
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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/18 "2010-02-13T06:51:47Z")
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**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/19 "2010-02-13T08:53:11Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252/20 "2010-02-13T08:54:36Z")
> [@TurboTSi](#): > > 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. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/death-at-the-olympics/79252.md?page=2)