Death at the Olympics
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It's sad looking at the close-up of his face as he gets ready to start the run, not knowing that he's living his last moments.
Those dudes should wear some kind of body armor like motorcyclists wear. Not that it would have helped here, in the slow-mo it looks like he hit that post head first.
Those dudes should wear some kind of body armor like motorcyclists wear. Not that it would have helped here, in the slow-mo it looks like he hit that post head first.
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From: Scatterbrainia
Actually, I wasn't thinking of a padded pole, I only mentioned it because that is the exact wording used in the report. (unpadded metal pole)
How about raising up the edges of the track with glass walls that someone could slide along, like in hockey rinks?
Any way you slice it, it looks like it's expected that the luger will enter that straight at a high rate of speed. There's no reason to not take precautions when there is a relatively unprotected human hurtling by at high speeds.
How about raising up the edges of the track with glass walls that someone could slide along, like in hockey rinks?
Any way you slice it, it looks like it's expected that the luger will enter that straight at a high rate of speed. There's no reason to not take precautions when there is a relatively unprotected human hurtling by at high speeds.
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Originally Posted by JonBoy,Feb 12 2010, 02:47 PM
Depends on the pads. A triple or quadruple layer of gymnastic pads with a medium-weight foam inner core would hugely improve the situation as they significantly delay the time from contact to actual full stop.
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From: Land of Cincinnati Chili
Originally Posted by i_heart_my_DB8,Feb 12 2010, 10:18 PM
Actually, I wasn't thinking of a padded pole, I only mentioned it because that is the exact wording used in the report. (unpadded metal pole)
How about raising up the edges of the track with glass walls that someone could slide along, like in hockey rinks?
Any way you slice it, it looks like it's expected that the luger will enter that straight at a high rate of speed. There's no reason to not take precautions when there is a relatively unprotected human hurtling by at high speeds.
How about raising up the edges of the track with glass walls that someone could slide along, like in hockey rinks?
Any way you slice it, it looks like it's expected that the luger will enter that straight at a high rate of speed. There's no reason to not take precautions when there is a relatively unprotected human hurtling by at high speeds.
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From: Land of Cincinnati Chili
Originally Posted by zzziippyyy,Feb 12 2010, 08:52 PM
Its built for speed and we all know speed is deadly.
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Originally Posted by SheDrivesIt,Feb 12 2010, 11:14 PM
Not at all. Decelleration is the issue. While this sort of thing is rare, things do happen. Pretty sad.
It requires acceleration, to bring about deceleration the middle component is speed and in this case too much of it.
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From: Scatterbrainia
Originally Posted by SheDrivesIt,Feb 12 2010, 09:12 PM
I seriously doubt that anything like that is going to happen by tomorrow. I do suspect that there is some work going on right now, though.
However, perhaps this instance can help set precedence in the future for other luge courses.
Watching the video clip (again and again) on TV, it's surprising that something like this hasn't happened before.
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From: La Habra
The report is, not much changing. The IOC is saying there was nothing wrong with the course. Maybe they're right. I mean, you have to be a little nuts to go down a luge course! And this was a freak accident.