02-12-2010, 08:36 PM
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Tragedy strikes on 1st day of 2010 Winter Olympics
A tragic accident during luge practice run today at 2010 Winter Olympics.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Kumaritashvili family.
Vito
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02-12-2010, 08:42 PM
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Very tragic. Have such accidents occurred in past Winter Olympic games?
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02-12-2010, 08:46 PM
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This is the first in luge to ever have the athlete actually go outside of the track. They are built to contain both the sled and the athlete. This has been reported as a freak accident. Very dangerous sport. My God, I can't imaging going 145 KM per hour (around 90 MPH) while lying on a small sled.
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02-12-2010, 08:48 PM
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Oh my... so awful  That video was so sad to watch.
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02-12-2010, 08:49 PM
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I just saw this on the news, really sad.
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02-14-2010, 04:04 AM
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Wow poor guy and his family ):
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02-14-2010, 04:08 AM
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Damn. Thats was horrible.
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02-14-2010, 05:18 AM
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Wow this is sad.... 88mph? Sheesh.
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02-14-2010, 11:33 AM
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I heard about that yesterday. It seems this Olympic isn't off to a good start at all... with the opening ceremony and the lack of snow and what not.
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02-14-2010, 03:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vito
My God, I can't imaging going 145 KM per hour (around 90 MPH) while lying on a small sled.
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I would love to do so. 
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02-14-2010, 03:58 PM
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I heard about this a couple of hours after it happened and was shocked.
I sat down with my wife yesterday to watch the next Luge trial runs. Lets just say that watching the first person go down that track was an eary feeling.
I'm soooo happy and pleased nothing was cancelled!
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02-14-2010, 04:05 PM
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O what a shame. Lets hope they win some gold medals to try to make up for it.
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02-14-2010, 05:02 PM
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02-14-2010, 05:11 PM
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What a start to the olympics and what a loss
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02-14-2010, 05:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by secludo
Oh my... so awful That video was so sad to watch. |
so sad to watch ?
People were posting tasteless shoops 5 minutes after it happened.
here is the real deal * without much details or blood * but it does show what happened and how !!
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