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Man from Georgia (country) Died just before the opening of the Winter Olympics

Discussion in 'General News' started by Paddette, Feb 13, 2010.

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  1. Paddette

    Paddette Well-Known Member

    http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=75225&provider=top

    Just read about this... I suppose it's not a surprise with how dangerous the Luge is.. But it still puts into question the facilities and how they're running these new games. Pretty bad considering.
     
    Paddette, Feb 13, 2010
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Accidents will happen no matter how careful you are. It's never possible to completely eliminate risk, nor would it be a good idea to. The competitor had chosen to take part in said sport, he knew and accepted the risks as an occupational hazard. As long as all possible mitigating actions had been taken, this was just him getting the loaded chamber. He knew it was a possibility, as did all the competitors, and it just happened to be him, and that run.
     
    Loonylion, Feb 13, 2010
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  3. Paddette

    Paddette Well-Known Member

    Yeah, true. Just felt it's world news and considering I've never seen anyone die in the Olympics myself, this was a shock, but I suppose it was always there on the backgrounds as some of it is extremely dangerous.
     
    Paddette, Feb 13, 2010
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    last death in the (winter) Olympics was the 1964 games in germany I believe. A British luger died during pre-games training, as did a skiier (downhill I think)
     
    Loonylion, Feb 13, 2010
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  5. Rysio

    Rysio Well-Known Member

    Shit happens, such is life :p
     
    Rysio, Feb 14, 2010
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  6. MitsukaiXxX

    MitsukaiXxX Well-Known Member

    You can actually see the video of him crashing and dying
    but the site i cant say because ill get banned.coz its got lots of blood and gore and death etc etc


    Actually its on a news site to LOL here it is :)

    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/nodar-kumaritashvili-video-fatal-luge-crash-9823485
     
    MitsukaiXxX, Feb 15, 2010
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  7. Paddette

    Paddette Well-Known Member

    Saw the footage, too, just refrained from posting it.
     
    Paddette, Feb 15, 2010
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  8. MitsukaiXxX

    MitsukaiXxX Well-Known Member

    Ooooppps should i not of posted the video

    sorry if i did :(
     
    MitsukaiXxX, Feb 15, 2010
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  9. Paddette

    Paddette Well-Known Member

    You've been here longer than I have. I wouldn't know =3
     
    Paddette, Feb 15, 2010
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  10. MitsukaiXxX

    MitsukaiXxX Well-Known Member

    Im sure a mod wouldve picked it up by now :(
     
    MitsukaiXxX, Feb 15, 2010
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  11. Natewlie

    Natewlie A bag of tricks

    I was watching NBC and they deemed it necessary to show his death 3 times in a row on air.

    That's tasteful.
     
    Natewlie, Feb 15, 2010
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  12. garychencool

    garychencool Well-Known Member

    This story is sad. But stuff like this happens.
     
    garychencool, Feb 16, 2010
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  13. iluvgtavcs

    iluvgtavcs Guest

    The luge incident, right? At Whistler?
    Yeah, heard bout it. REAL HARSH!
     
    iluvgtavcs, Feb 17, 2010
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