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Originally Posted by FireFly
Really? Because the FIL is the one who said it was driver error and not the track. Regardless they still took extra precautions before reopening the track.
Seems to me that a lot of people just want to blame Vancouver. It's their fault it's raining and not snowing, it's their fault the luger died, it's their fault the cauldron didn't light, it's their fault there were protesters... Nothing they do is right.
Regardless of the fact that the track had all the approval it needed.
Like I said, should just make it a tunnel, eh? Then it'll never happen again.
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Ah yes, the FIL made a comprehensive investigation in a matter of hours and absolved themselves of blame. That sounds completely legitimate
. If an investigation that takes more than an afternoon finds the same thing maybe I'd accept it, but forgive me for not giving a lot of credit to such a rushed investigation.
And this has nothing to do with blaming Vancouver. How does critique of the planning and foresight of track designers turn into blaming Vancouver? Did the citizens get a say on track design and safety implementation?
Your tunnel argument is typical of someone who can't actually argue their point. Just jump to some extreme end point and act as if that's the only other option. As I said previously, I watched footage of 2 athletes slam into the upper portion of that same wall yesterday. Crashes in that location are not shockingly uncommon, and in two other instances in the last 48 hours an athlete was airborne through that area. An area with a low wall backed by steel poles.
As I said previously (thanks for not addressing my points by the way, nice work), over or under steering into and out of turns is not uncommon in sliding sports. It happens in every race, it's the difference between medal contenders and the rest of the field. Such common mistakes should never expose and athlete to something like what happened yesterday. There's a big difference between slamming into a wall and back onto the track and flying into steel poles, and it doesn't take a tunnel to prevent it.