Vehicle[NSFW] An Olympic Athlete Dies - In A Horrific Horror Crash

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[–]TantMu[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

He was only 22 years old.

[–]Troy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

He was actually 21

[–]thenotoriousdougie 2 insightful - 6 fun2 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

He hit so hard it knocked a year off his life retroactively.

[–]TantMu[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Dam.

[–]arealaccount 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Is that anybody's fault? Like, could he have done something differently or is this an occupational risk that just happens every now and then?

[–]Troy 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

The FIL stated that Kumaritashvili's death "was not caused by an unsafe track", but as a preventive measure, the walls at the exit of curve 16 were raised, and the ice profile was adjusted. Padding was also added to exposed metal beams near the finish line. Olympic officials claimed the changes were "not for safety reasons but to accommodate the emotional state of the lugers". In addition, the start of the men's luge was moved to the women's starting point, to reduce speed, while the start of the women's luge was also moved farther down the track.

It was luge's first fatality since 10 December 1975, when an Italian luger had been killed. Kumaritashvili became the fourth athlete to die during preparations for a Winter Olympics, after British luger Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski and Australian skier Ross Milne (both 1964 Innsbruck), and Swiss speed skier Nicolas Bochatay (1992 Albertville). He was also the 16th participating athlete to die during or in practice for a Summer or Winter Olympic Games.

[–]theotherkyle 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

First luge fatality since 1975? Sounds like they're doing something right, and Mr. Kumaritashvili's death was him doing something wrong. But the world is crippled these days, not by meaningful fatalities, but by emotional ones.

Let's Go Brandon.

[–]Blastizor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But like, why is this a sport???? I don't see how this even the slightest bit safe lol, you're going so fast down a track that's open at the top, this is the equivalent of riding a roller coaster that doens't have safety harnesses in your seat. What dumb sport even is this, and why are peoplpe dumb enough to participate in it? The inventor of this sport needs to be sued.

[–]BlackSabbathMatters 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Uhhhh..what? "Not by meaningful fatalities, but emotional ones"?? The world is indeed crippled, from retards like you who somehow manage to reproduce.

[–]pacman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That is bs. The track was unsafe. They should be able to anticipate where a luger might overcorrect and not put steel beams there.

[–]thenotoriousdougie 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"was not caused by an unsafe track", but as a preventive measure......

Not unsafe, but we will make it less unsafe. Nice logic. Not that a little padding is going to make much of a difference when decelerating from 90+ mph to zero in a nanosecond.

[–]5THSFG 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What genius thought immovable steel girders right next to the track was a brilliant idea?!? I suspect this bloke was scared for less than 2 seconds and then a quick, immediate death.

[–]Sprybuzzard 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Looks like he died on impact.

[–]Troy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is from a 2010 training run for the Winter Olympics for anyone curious

[–]TantMu[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, you are right, He died during a ''practice'' run,

life is very cruel.

[–]TantMu[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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