Georgian Luge Athlete Dies (1 Viewer)

[pman]

He hit a metal pole that really should have had a kind of padded wall there to deflect him back toward the track....

Athletes have benn claiming the track is too fast/dangerous for weeks.

ABC Sport - Death confirms fears over luge track

 

[Bereie]

Terrible tragedy.

Video Shows Death Of Olympic Luger On Historic Track

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Terrible tragedy.

Video Shows Death Of Olympic Luger On Historic Track

Holy fuck, that's nasty.

 

[pman]

they could have saved his life with padding parrallel to the track down both sides before the girder things, he just would have been skaken and prob had some broken bones but he would have been alive!

 

[Gday m8]

lol sucked in

 

[Fish Tank]

Poor chap.

 

[pman]

lol sucked in

mate, someone died...its a tradgedy....I'm appalled that you can say that...have you no compassion?

 

[mirakon]

lol sucked in

Dude, that was fucking uncalled for. Seriously this is really sad, losing your life at what should be the prime of your life.

 

[violentdelights]

Why is this even a sport?

 

[pman]

Why is this even a sport?

because it actually takes skill (unlike skelton which takes skull (cwhatididthere), you have to steer an insanely fast sled down a mountain without falling off. how they came up with it I'm not sure but it is good to watch

 

[jb_nc]

who cares summarises my views

moron slides down ice at 150 km/hr and dies

wow, that was unexpected. we need a 120 hour probation period and slider education!!!

 

[Gday m8]

m8s stfu. these cunts were stupid cunts and deserve to die coz they couldnt make it in da real world. fuck them m8

 

[Strawbaby]

Terribly sad, and a horrific way to die, but it really was going to happen at some point. In fact, it already did, around 40 years ago. That sport is completely insane.

 

[HalcyonSky]

ok but why are there metal poles there

 

[Serius]

they could have saved his life with padding parrallel to the track down both sides before the girder things, he just would have been skaken and prob had some broken bones but he would have been alive!

It might not have done anything anyway, he probably still would have died.

I think it was a bit hard for them to foresee that type of accident. Its the first death in 50years, and lugers very very rarely come off the tracks, and this one was spectacularly high.

I just think its a tragedy, they were pushing hard, trying to make the track really fast and hardcore, and maybe it was just too fast and poorly designed?

 

[SashatheMan]

we need to do mandatory psychological testing on these athletes before any more die, and raise the drinking age above the oldest athlete there in case they were slide-drinking

 

[SashatheMan]

m8s stfu. these cunts were stupid cunts and deserve to die coz they couldnt make it in da real world. fuck them m8

I hope you trip and break your face open.

 

[pman]

m8s stfu. these cunts were stupid cunts and deserve to die coz they couldnt make it in da real world. fuck them m8

they couldn't make it in the real world....bet you would haven either the time nor dedication to develop that much skill

 

[x.christina]

would have been more heroic if he died during the actual game, not training...

poor guy

 

[NoName91]

Death happens in these sports. People die climbing and cliff diving as well - don't think it's just limited to the luge. Some athletes push themselves to the extremes for the thrill of it. As sad as this is, they are aware of the risks involved beforehand. A tragedy nonetheless.