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Originally Posted by worth
Is anyone here naive enough to think that the track is not put through simulation after simulation to see how the track works and the physics of having a human going down it at 140+ km/h?
Honestly, if the designers had though it was going to be a problem, I'm sure they would have brought it up. It's very easy to point fingers after something has happened. Is it negligent? Only if they didn't do their due diligence in ensuring the safety of the athletes. Sometimes stuff happens. Sometimes unexpected stuff happens, but I think it's very difficult at this moment to start saying people were negligent. There will be an investigation and it will be decided if there was negligence. I will side with the freak accident argument until a proper investigation can be undertaken.
What do they do until then? I'm glad I don't have to make that decision.
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I agree. All of a sudden everyone has turned into an internet arm chair luge track engineer.