EPTTragic Olympic Accident - Page 5
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
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jjun212
Canada2208 Posts
On February 13 2010 15:06 Sadistx wrote: Was his sled made by Toyota? oh no... like. i get what u mean but cmon man. young olympian, like man.. | ||
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InToTheWannaB
United States4770 Posts
On February 13 2010 08:24 neobowman wrote: They need to implement safety measures like making the thing a complete tube if it's just training. Thats a good question lol. Why can't they make the thing a tube like a water slide? That way these guys can't go flying off into the air at light speed. | ||
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
On February 13 2010 12:42 Valentine wrote: Anyone know why this seems to be the only death in the General forum that people are getting butt-hurt over the lame jokes? I'm not saying it's cool to make shitty puns about anyones death, but I just feel this hypocrisy is laughable. Just for you.. + Show Spoiler [Insensitive Image Macros Involving thi…] + ![[image loading]](http://img28.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1266042276573.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1266042291892.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1266042321979.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://img718.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1266042452870.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1266043070630.jpg) It is really sad that something like this happened before the events..they have really lost their good spirit now  . | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
Also how do they even practice? It seems like making a mistake will really fuck you up (obv not kill you in most cases but it would hurt a lot) I mean you're going highway speed and hitting hard ice, it's not gonna be a fun time. | ||
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L
Canada4732 Posts
Then again, the majority of winter sports are fucked now that i think about it. Its all about going fast on ice or flying through the air or pretending to be a bullet. | ||
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bEsT[Alive]
606 Posts
On February 13 2010 15:06 Sadistx wrote: Was his sled made by Toyota? Someone watched David Letterman last night. | ||
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rredtooth
5464 Posts
On February 13 2010 08:20 gilligan wrote: gtfo. seriously.He rides around in a god damn sled in ultra high speed.. and dies? Big suprise | ||
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Welmu
Finland3295 Posts
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
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domane
Canada1606 Posts
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
On February 13 2010 17:18 Sadistx wrote: In all seriousness, I wonder why they don't put higher plexiglass walls on those tracks. I mean there was a wall on the actual big turn, but it ended at the point when his trajectory became unstable and he shot out. Had it continued maybe for 10 more feet, he might have lived. Yeah... frick when I saw the video... the first thing that came to mind was "You guys didn't see this coming?" People are racing down that track at like 140km/h on this flimsy little sled and yet there are shallow walls and unpadded steel pillars around it? RIP, hopefully they learn | ||
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Eskii
Canada544 Posts
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omfghi2u2
United States831 Posts
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jello24
Canada327 Posts
Race track designers figured this out long ago that putting steel fences over a wall keeps things like car engines and human bodies from flying outside a track, and yet bobsled course designers never learned from this? disgusting, really. and putting roof support structures so close to the track? just because nothing happened in other courses doesnt mean preventative action shouldnt be taken. and to the people saying padding would help, it won't. decelerating from 140km/h to 0km/h in milliseconds is a pretty substantial amount of deceleration. you'd need meters of padding to help increase the time spent decelerating, you're better off having no posts there at all. | ||
OneOther
United States10774 Posts
RIP | ||
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EGLzGaMeR
United States1867 Posts
Condolences to his family and friends | ||
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selboN
United States2523 Posts
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shin ken
Germany613 Posts
fuck | ||
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PhilGood2DaY
Germany7424 Posts
I mean I dont know how the other tracks are exactly built but this is just so dangerous !? I doubt that putting some plastic or other stuff around that iron pole would have saved his life. At 130 or more km/h hitting any obstacle is basicaly deadly.. I mean is it something very very unlikely that someone will slip out of the track ? I dont want to blame anyone but this is looking so bad and unneccessary.. It feels as if in downhill there would be trees around the track.. I mean come on seriously !? RIP.. And especially sad and terrible for the family.. =/ | ||
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