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The luge. Should they shut it down?
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Anonymous
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To me, when so many athletes are saying it is dangerous, it seems reckless to continue. If there is another death or serious injury then what?
I would call the folks in Salt Lake or some other town and see if they could get theirs up and running sometime in the next week, or delay that event until even after the games until this death twist can be fixed. No amount of helmet is going to help if you lose control at 90mph. To the athletes, unless you thought you were in good contention for a gold, just sit this one out and take in the sights of BC. Maybe a whale watch, or maybe not the right time of year... 
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Anonymous
| Absolutely, shut it down. Sorry lugers it's too big a risk. |
Anonymous
| how many accidents have there been? |
Anonymous
| help me out (i've got an infant and am under a rock) with the backstory to this, please! |
Anonymous
I read at least 12 this week. |
Anonymous
| shit happens |
Anonymous
| wow that's compassionate. glad it wasn't someone in your family that got hurt or died |
Anonymous
An athlete died today. He hit his head on and un-padded post after a wipe out. The course is supposed to be super fast! Like I was more likely to watch luge because this one is sooo fast compared to...four years ago. |
Anonymous
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Shut the thing down. No question in my opinion.
One death is too many. |
Anonymous
I don't know enough details to form an opinion, but I disagree that in sport "one death is too many". Tragedies happen in almost every sport, that doesn't mean it should be abolished. I guess the question is whether this particular course is too dangerous or has had a high number of accidents compared to a normal luge run, or was this just one of those freak accidents that could happen anywhere. |
Anonymous
It is this course, some other athletes complained last week. I am not suggesting that the entire sport be shut down, but this course, yes. I would take the engineers that designed it aside and ask them what they were thinking. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/Whistler+Olympic+elevator+shaft+sliding+track+brings+meaning+taking+half+chances/2556961/story.html
This article was apparently written before the death, about the dangers of the course |
Anonymous
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I thought it was the design (and positioning) of the track and NOT the actual sport that was really dangerous.
Apparently the engineers and designers need to figure out where they went wrong. |
Anonymous
They should go down it first so they'll know what they're talking about. |