Luger (Open Sled) Nodar Kumaritashvili Killed During Olympic Practice(Video) - The Drunken stepFORUM - A place to discuss your worthless opinions

Carlos Spicy Wiener · #1 02-15-2010, 02:22 AM

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#2 02-15-2010, 09:47 AM

fuckin A....

curleyman39 · #3 02-15-2010, 09:55 AM

Ouch... Very sad.

FortySuz&Two · #4 02-15-2010, 10:06 AM

only 21 too. no way i could ever do that. too fast for me.

Pobs · #5 02-16-2010, 07:45 PM

Shit. It's just like.... swish and that's it. Fuck. RIP.

brodiemaxx · #6 02-16-2010, 07:48 PM

And this folks, among many other reasons, is why I don't do sports.

Marcusrab · #7 02-16-2010, 11:29 PM

Its sad that he was only 21.. but, I look at it like this.. he died doing something he truely loved, and at 90mph.. he didnt feel a damn thing.. it was pretty much... ok.. right now im rolling thunder.. baddest motherfucker on the planet.. annnnnd.. now.. Im hitting a pole going 90..

Its not like he died a slow painful cancerous death..

We should all be so lucky as to die doing something we love.. which for some of you fucks is going to mean you're going to be making the papers for dieing in some pretty messed up situations.. like David Caradine.

So long, Grasshopper.

Frothy Afterbirth · #8 02-16-2010, 11:40 PM

This kinda pisses me off because when I first saw a clip of this track last year, I not only questioned WHY the last turn is so sharp but WHY IN HELL are there steel columns so close to the track?

Frankly I don't think the high speed is an issue here but it's the fault of the track designers and whatever Canadian sports authority for pushing to have the fastest most technical track in the world without the consideration to an athlete's safety. A complete afterthought in my opinion.

Sure I will agree it was the Georgian luger's fault and inexperience going high and taking a sharp angle down at the last turn but authorities shouldn't have fully put the blame on him because they contraindicated themselves completely by having the start moved to the Women's and Junior gates and building the damn wall to contain an athlete from flying off the track in the first place.

If the number 1 ranked luger in the world crashed and had a hard time with the track and other lugers have also had the same fate suffering injuries prior to Kumaritashvili's then there is something inherently wrong with the design of the track. Which by the way the designers and officials still have yet to acknowledged.