Breaking - Major accident at Olympics, Luger dead - Video

[Iceaxe]

Here is the video.... WARNING... it's pretty bruttal...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lHwAFK_BOY


Luge must be shut down after tragedy

VANCOUVER

[Iceaxe]

WOW... the Olympic committe is working double time trying to shut this video down... but here is a link that I expect to stay up for a while...

http://mediafetcher.com/article_full.php?id=114034

:cool2:


Google pulls Vancouver luge crash video off YouTube
Posted by Brier Dudley

The horrific luge crash in Vancouver today won't get much play on YouTube: Google quickly removed uploaded film clips at the request of the International Olympic Committee, activating its copy-protection tools.

Attempts to play YouTube videos of the crash at YouTube.com or embedded on other sites return a message saying "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by International Olympic Committee."

It's not unusual for Google to pull copyrighted material from YouTube but it may be the first major, public copyright protection of the Vancouver Olympics, during which the IOC and broadcasters are taking extra steps to control access to coverage.


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[trackrunner]

When I first read about this it quoted an official naming and confirming this athlete's death by name but saying that the official spoke on anonymity because he wasn

[Iceaxe]

I'm still trying to figure out the Canadian engineering???? :ne_nau:

Steel columns on the outside of a high speed corner? :nono:

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[Sombeech]

brutal :eek2:

hearing the "kongggg....." is - wow.

[Sombeech]

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[Sombeech]

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[RedMan]

Several days ago I saw a video of an interview with one of the athletes familiar with this run. She was commenting on how much faster, taller and more dangerous this run was than in Torino. Apparently Troino was pretty bad and she was very concerned someone would die this year.