Odds they cancel the luge event?

[Bill Dozer]

They should change tracks or nix it. Will they? If they go forward it will be the highest rated luge event ever.

[MastaB]

Highest rated ever. We will also hear a lot about Nodar Kumaritashvili and the sport in general.

Maybe with some last minute safety renovations.

[BobHarvey]

A couple of internet columnists are calling for the IOC to cancel the event. I doubt they will.

[smitch124]

they should just put a wall in front of the columns and make it a high bank

[Powderguy]

Highest rated ever. We will also hear a lot about Nodar Kumaritashvili and the sport in general. Maybe with some last minute safety renovations.

Totally agree.

[H-BOMB]

When money is to be made they will not cancel.

[jjgold]

They cannot cancel

Death is part of the sport

[onthewhat]

They cannot cancel

Death is part of the sport

[tltaylor89]

Pass the Gabba Goo

[big joe 1212]

I love how they dont do anything until someone dies! All the complaints they had all week, and yet they did nothing!

[MastaB]

From telegraph.co.uk

The crash happened on curve 16, known as Thunderbird, where sliders experience a G-force of 5½ — more than a Formula One driver. Kumaritashvili came up too high, banged down into the inside wall and was then flicked into a metal beam holding up the roof. He had also crashed in a similar spot during the first training run on Thursday, along with a handful of other athletes.




Joseph Fendt, the president of the World Luge Federation, said: “The track is too fast. We had planned it to be a maximum of 137 kmh (85mph) but it is about 20kmh faster. We think this is a planning mistake.”





http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...-accident.html

[Powderguy]

I love how they dont do anything until someone dies! All the complaints they had all week, and yet they did nothing!

That's how it works. Look @ Nascar and their safer rules, they finally changed after Dale Earnhardt died. I'm sure luge will implement some sort of safer technology soon.

[36mafia]

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