Holy ****, an Athlete Just Got Killed at the Olympics

**Lemur** · 02-13-2010, 14:55

Who knew the luge was such a man-eater?

I can't imagine the 2010 Vancouver Games starting off on a more sour note than it has with this horrific, heart-wrenching, accident that occurred to a Georgian Luger, Nodar Kumaritsashvili, during a trial run.

Coming around one of the bends, his luge flung him off the track, sending him somersaulting through the air and ultimately, into a steel pillar on the other side. We should warn you that this video is not for the faint of heart.

Apparently, after repeated CPR attempts, Nodar was airlifted by helicopter off the course, and later pronounced dead. He was 21-years old and competing in his first Olympics.

**Centurion1** · 02-13-2010, 15:14

yes very sad, you'll notice how sad the georgian contingent looked.

**Fragony** · 02-13-2010, 16:07

If you look at the footage (you hardly see anything, but it's still tasteless to post) it has fail all over it, this would never have happened if they did more tests. They didn't expect people to go that fast, wut??

**Beskar** · 02-13-2010, 16:08

I thought the Olympics were in 2012?

**Fragony** · 02-13-2010, 16:14

Originally Posted by Beskar

I thought the Olympics were in 2012?

There is summer and winter olympics, see that is what you get in a country where it rains all year, seasonal confusement

**Beskar** · 02-13-2010, 16:27

Oh, the Winter Olympics basically get no press over here at all. To us, the Olympics is the big event which happens every 4 years.

**bobbin** · 02-13-2010, 19:28

Originally Posted by Fragony

If you look at the footage (you hardly see anything, but it's still tasteless to post) it has fail all over it, this would never have happened if they did more tests. They didn't expect people to go that fast, wut??

If you mean the authorities running the event then yes, there had already been complaints that the track was too fast and quite a few athletes had already crashed and injured themselves during training runs.

**A Very Super Market** · 02-13-2010, 20:30

You know what happens when Georgians and Russians are put in the same place.

**The Wizard** · 02-13-2010, 21:08

Who had the brilliant idea of putting those pillars right next to the track? Someone flies out, he'll splatter his brains on one of those... which is what happened.