lugar video

[myidisbb]

anyone have a link to the acutally video? mad as hell that they are using copyright noticesw to take the videos down. what happen should be consider public domian. can you image they did this with jfk assassition?

and all this has now cause the fake virus sites to come out get you to click on them.

btw edit commmand doesnt allow you to edit the topic or dis anymore. use to have quick and full edit opitions

[jalaffa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5lAS7H6tkg

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What a sad start to the Olympics :(

[implague]

really a very sad start for the olympics :(

[*dcs18]

. . . . . . sad start, indeed. :(

[HX1]

That is a very bad start .. I had no idea what being talked about at first.. His second accident.. too bad.. Going to overshadow the feel throughout for some..

[DKT27]

Sad. :(

Well that seemed really unsafe. That pillars area should had been fully closed with bricks till the track ends/finishes.

[i-con]

This was front page on local news. Damn.

Just wondering why are there steel pillars there? Shouldn't it be covered with soft stuffs or something?

[Night Owl]

The men's luge practice runs just started a few minutes ago. The men are now starting at the women's start line — 300 metres lower down the track. This will reduce top speeds by about 15 km/h.

[spootnack]

:(

Poor guy.

They should especially better to close the way and isolate the areas at risk !

[myidisbb]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5lAS7H6tkg

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What a sad start to the Olympics :(

thanks

i dont see no reason this was pulled from the varies sites to include youtubes other ones. from the pictures i have seen he was dead on impact. at least the helmet kept the head from exploding. ohwell, never like that so called sport to begin with. too many kids diong it on the streets in some areas. malcolm in the middle show had a prefect oen of why not too.

[LeetPirate]

CBS News only shows up till when he hits the pole.

This other site has some images. I am also wondering why the video was pulled. :think:

VANCOUVER (GaeaTimes.com)- The opening ceremony of the recently inaugurated Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 was a glitzy and spectacular event with hundreds of athletes and team officials joining the event. However, the opening of the grand event was not without its share of sad incidents. Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian Luger succumbed to death while he was on training run after meeting a terrible accident. This was totally unexpected and the tragic incident cast a shadow of gloom over the Olympic opening ceremony. The officials and participants mourned his death. A YouTube Video showing the incident was put on the web shortly after the accident. However, the 'Lugar Dies' video was removed by Google later.

It is not clear why Google took down the 'Lugar Dies' video but even for the short time it was available the YouTube site was accessed by thousands of viewers. They wanted to find out why the young athlete met with his tragic fate. He reportedly hit a metal pole and the injury proved to be fatal for him. Several attempts were made to bring him back to life and he was also taken to a hospital just after the mishap. However, the doctors could not keep him alive despite their best efforts. As per the news, preliminary efforts were made to start breathing before he was taken to the hospital.

The 'Lugar Dies' video created a fair amount of interest among the viewers of 2010 Winter Olympics. It showed what efforts were made to keep the player alive.

Source. Wow, I can't believe people still do it with those odds. 50% chance of not making it is plenty!

The track has come under a lot of criticism as being too dangerous and possibly causing too many injuries. In fact other competitors have admitted that some turns provide only 50-50 odds for completion.

[myidisbb]

[they are pulling the copyright game.

[Lite]

RIP :(