Is this the first time in the history of luge that someone has crashed and as a result came out of the actual course/track? I can't imagine that something like this has never happened before. And if it's reasonable to assume that the athletes could come out of the track, then there should be some safety measures outside of the track, not huge metal poles. Like plexiglass as someone mentioned. Or even hay bales or something to help slow them down (they do this at the edges of the ski runs, right?).
I know I didn't know him or anything, but I'm quite upset about the whole thing. Seeing it 3 times probably didn't help.
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