D4XNY Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 **WARNING** Not for the faint hearted........... As you may or may not of heard in the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, this young athlete was on a training run as a Luge Slider.... He was only 21, and from Georgia, and after flying down the track at speeds of more than 90mph, he left the track and slammed into a metal girder, resulting in death. Its very sad for his family, and for the olympics. Heres a link to the video... but be warned its not very pleasant. http://www.examiner.com/x-15135-Global- ... s#comments Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunGodRA Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 link broken - get this error message: Forbidden You don't have permission to access http://www.examiner.com/x-15135-Glob...mpics on this server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4XNY Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 should work now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V88 REG Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Je-sus- christ !! Brave man doing that sport anyway R.I.P Mr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-r Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 omg, guy didnt stand a chance, surprised how low the wall is in that area, and unprotected RSJ's...wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4XNY Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 I know, you gotta be crazy crazy to do that anyway But apparently in training already, many have been injured! As someone already quoted "its a sport for humans, not lemmings!" I think they pushed the boundaries a bit too much for this event.... And only now, they are now saying "maybe we should make that wall a bit higher" Not being funny though, why would you have big steel girders right next to the track?!?!?! Id want those bad boys to be the furthest things away!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Thats really sad. Feel very sorry for the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Flipping heck. He really didn't stand a chance did he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Jesus ****ing christ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4XNY Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 It really is terrible..... Cheers for the edit Stew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Wow, as you say, he really didnt stand a chance. They said this is the fastest track in the world IIRC. Even if they didnt have high walls, they should still have some kind of safety netting to catch anyone or thing that flies off the track before hitting anything stuctural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 That is absolutely shocking, I've got tears in my eyes typing this. Why are there exposed girders? Insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 what happened to someone making a basic risk assessment of the track and immediate prximity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 think of the damaged caused to the human body when in a car crash at 90, he had no car to absorb the impact. my condolences to his family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 As already said he never stood a chance. I know they have already had a bobsleigh competition on the track & I think also Luge & Skeleton so everything had been tested. It is very unsual for a slider to be thrown out of the track so definitely a strange accident. Got to agree that the steel girders should have some protection but if you hit them, even with some cushioning, at that speed the outcome is not going to be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 agreed on the risk assesment, these tracks have alot of money plowed into the design, someone is in for a doing shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 got to remember the human body was never designed to go at 90 mph, it would have been like throwing a rag doll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 got to remember the human body was never designed to go at 90 mph, it would have been like throwing a rag doll going at 90 mph .......... not a problem going from 90 mph to 0 mph in a millisecond ....... problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz0 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Ouch, hopefully he died instantly, would be nasty if he lay and suffered. That was always my worst fear when I was on the flumes as a kid at my local swimming pool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimm Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 OMG horrible.. just imagine also how those other people standing so close felt and if it were you what the hell would you do in that situation so sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian.lewkowicz Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Ouch, hopefully he died instantly, would be nasty if he lay and suffered. That was always my worst fear when I was on the flumes as a kid at my local swimming pool! Unfortunately I don't think he did. I'm sure I've read a report that he died later in hospital The track design etc and safety will have never thought this possible because it's almost un-heard of that it would have happened. Obviously it has and it's a horrific accident and as such surely there will now be a redesign and some protection built not only on that corner but all of them. As the athletes push themselves there's more and more chance of something like this happening. But you can't put an athlete in a competition and expect them to not push themselves. I don't know whether it would have prevented any injury but even something like a Perspex cover (as to not cover any viewing if that's why the gap is there) would have at least meant the athlete wouldn't have hit a steel girder, he'd have been skidding down the track instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 OMG Thoughts are with the family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Ouch, hopefully he died instantly, would be nasty if he lay and suffered. That was always my worst fear when I was on the flumes as a kid at my local swimming pool! Unfortunately I don't think he did. I'm sure I've read a report that he died later in hospital The track design etc and safety will have never thought this possible because it's almost un-heard of that it would have happened. Obviously it has and it's a horrific accident and as such surely there will now be a redesign and some protection built not only on that corner but all of them. As the athletes push themselves there's more and more chance of something like this happening. But you can't put an athlete in a competition and expect them to not push themselves. I don't know whether it would have prevented any injury but even something like a Perspex cover (as to not cover any viewing if that's why the gap is there) would have at least meant the athlete wouldn't have hit a steel girder, he'd have been skidding down the track instead. agreed a perspex cover is all it needed, they expect to go skidding on thier arse down it if the have an off, not come out the track. if i were the other competitors i wouldnt be able to race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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