I am pumped for the olympics. Love me some curling.
and skiing, bobsled, hockey, luge and speed skating
You really like curling? People usually laugh at that sport---sorry. have you done it?
I get a kick out of it and enjoy watching it. Kind of like if they had shuffleboard in the summer olympics. I have played a few times, it's a good time.
Amid safety concerns over the speed lugers have been reaching at the Whistler sliding centre, Nodar Kumaritashvili, of Georgia, was approaching a final 270-degree turn — at speeds estimated to be 140 kilometres an hour — when he lost control.
He flipped off his sled and flew into a metal pole.
Emergency crews performed CPR on the 21-year-old athlete, a native of Borjomi, Georgia, but were unable to save his life.
The $105-million sliding centre, on Blackcomb Mountain’s southeast side, has 16 turns and drops steeply for 152 metres — the world’s longest drop.
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It's a sad start to these winter games. A tragic accident indeed, I hope they will pad that pole as the events go forward. RIP
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Wow, fuck, this is horrible, just read about it and came here to see if anyone posted on it. Why in gods name are all of those poles not padded, there is a whole line of them. Very sad way to start the games.
"More than a dozen athletes have crashed during Olympic training for luge, and some questioned whether athletes from smaller nations -- like Georgia -- had enough time to prepare for the daunting track."
even if the poles were padded, i don't think he would have survived.
Yeah... going from 100 mph to a complete stop, some padding isn't going to do a whole lot. Even watching the video replay of the whole run, knowing he was going to crash, I was amazed at how open it was, and how close the people/officials were basically hanging over the edge.
You'd think that the walls would be higher or whatever to help contain a person (or a sled) from leaving the track.
My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
"More than a dozen athletes have crashed during Olympic training for luge, and some questioned whether athletes from smaller nations -- like Georgia -- had enough time to prepare for the daunting track."
Deadspin linked to an article in the NY Times that this track was one of the venues athletes from outside Canada were not allowed to train on until February so they could maintain an advantage
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watching the video (which nbc has now run about 6 times :roll: ) it seems if there had been a catch fence on top of the existing track so he wouldn't have flown into the posts
very sad...the georgian team has said they will participate in the opening ceremonies
watching the video (which nbc has now run about 6 times :roll: ) it seems if there had been a catch fence on top of the existing track so he wouldn't have flown into the posts
very sad...the georgian team has said they will participate in the opening ceremonies
they mentioned something about trying to pad the bars before the competition tomorrow, but who knows.
It is very sad that someone had to die even before the games could start (as well as at all), and so young.
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watching the video (which nbc has now run about 6 times :roll: ) it seems if there had been a catch fence on top of the existing track so he wouldn't have flown into the posts
very sad...the georgian team has said they will participate in the opening ceremonies
they mentioned something about trying to pad the bars before the competition tomorrow, but who knows.
It is very sad that someone had to die even before the games could start (as well as at all), and so young.
going 89 miles per hour into a padded or unpadded pole is gonna kill ya...it's really unfortunate that this wasn't seen to when the course was built
On a completely different note, I was watching the downhill skiing prelims and it makes me happy that the phrase "G Force" has returned to popular lexicon.
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
why is the lady singing our national anthem like that....
who was that?
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
The girls from Estonia aren't bad on the eyes either.
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
All the other Georgian athletes have tears in their eyes. So sad. They decided to march out for their countries with heavy hearts.
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I get a kick out of it and enjoy watching it. Kind of like if they had shuffleboard in the summer olympics. I have played a few times, it's a good time.
http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancou ... 1-qmi.html
An Olympic luger has been killed after a brutal crash during a training run Friday in Whistler.
Amid safety concerns over the speed lugers have been reaching at the Whistler sliding centre, Nodar Kumaritashvili, of Georgia, was approaching a final 270-degree turn — at speeds estimated to be 140 kilometres an hour — when he lost control.
He flipped off his sled and flew into a metal pole.
Emergency crews performed CPR on the 21-year-old athlete, a native of Borjomi, Georgia, but were unable to save his life.
The $105-million sliding centre, on Blackcomb Mountain’s southeast side, has 16 turns and drops steeply for 152 metres — the world’s longest drop.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
even if the poles were padded, i don't think he would have survived.
No, he didnt have a shot if they were padded, should be either way though.
Horrible way to start, wonder what they will do tonight.
"More than a dozen athletes have crashed during Olympic training for luge, and some questioned whether athletes from smaller nations -- like Georgia -- had enough time to prepare for the daunting track."
Yeah... going from 100 mph to a complete stop, some padding isn't going to do a whole lot. Even watching the video replay of the whole run, knowing he was going to crash, I was amazed at how open it was, and how close the people/officials were basically hanging over the edge.
You'd think that the walls would be higher or whatever to help contain a person (or a sled) from leaving the track.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Deadspin linked to an article in the NY Times that this track was one of the venues athletes from outside Canada were not allowed to train on until February so they could maintain an advantage
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/sport ... .html?_r=1
Its nuts, that poor guy. That track doesn't seem to be safe at all, thats the third training accident this week!
Wish you were here...
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very sad...the georgian team has said they will participate in the opening ceremonies
It is very sad that someone had to die even before the games could start (as well as at all), and so young.
going 89 miles per hour into a padded or unpadded pole is gonna kill ya...it's really unfortunate that this wasn't seen to when the course was built
Anyone got on onlive link for the stream? The justin.tv ones are all blocked now :thumbdown:
who was that?
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
i liked it! :thumbup:
and i think she's 16
its going to be sad when georgia comes out :( :(