hue jass Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 Here's a link showing video of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luge slider competing at the Vancouver Olympics, who died today after crashing during a training run. CLICKLook at the speeds these guys are reaching and no protection if you don't slide into that last turn properly. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 wow....RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Green Valley Posted February 12, 2010 Report Share Posted February 12, 2010 I just watched the footage on the news. The way his body was positioned when he struck the pillar, his spine and skull were crushed. I was surprised they televised the video. It used to be that accident video which resulted in death was not shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roh Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Really a tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Wow, they just showed it several times in slow mothion on NBC... including images of ems performing cpr.Nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timotheus Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 very sad....the georgian team might pull out of the games....RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 very sad....the georgian team might pull out of the games....RIPnah, they just announced they would compete in his honor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 Watched it on NBC also. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 i think it's important to note he wasn't competing, he was doing practice runs! that sucks. no disrepsect, but why the hell is this a sport? it's not like inner tube water sliding is a summer sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 i think it's important to note he wasn't competing, he was doing practice runs! that sucks. no disrepsect, but why the hell is this a sport? it's not like inner tube water sliding is a summer sport.Snowball fighting almost made it into the olympics!What's crazier is the skeletin races... luge head first on your stomach... we used to do that too, on sleds... until you wiped out once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 maybe it's cause if they ditched the "waterslide" races, there'd only be like 8 winter events... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 also, what's with the giant Canadian dildos in the opening ceremony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottb Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 They kinda look like squid heads or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted February 13, 2010 Report Share Posted February 13, 2010 i think it's important to note he wasn't competing, he was doing practice runs! that sucks. no disrepsect, but why the hell is this a sport? it's not like inner tube water sliding is a summer sport.:lol:Good point, but its still fun to watch. Did anybody read the comments on the vid? Fuckin hilarious reading what the Canadian and American mouth breathers have to say to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan_Rider Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 well in life there are winners and there are lugers......or um losers, my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Just saw a thing on youtube that all of the video footage of the crash have been deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funjunkie Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 Linky no worky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan_Rider Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 here have another linkhttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6202459n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 I'm not surprised the IOC/Georgia is trying to censor the media. While I maintain it is journalistic integrity that should REQUIRE the video be available it's quite possibly very bad taste.That being said, without the publicity and outcry would the safety measures have been put in place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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