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Originally Posted by FireFly
Lol. I have never once said that the accident was 'completely unexpected'. What I have said is that tracks are designed such that the walls are higher where crashes are expected. Guy was halfway down a straightaway when he flew over the side. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's where it's expected to happen, right?
I also never pretended that overcompensating was uncommon, but to grossly overcompensate twice in a row is what led to this man's death. He was an Olympic athlete travelling at top speeds... How often do they grossly overcompensate twice in a row when trying to correct their line? Overcompensation is fine and does indeed happen quite often. Generally it doesn't result in flying out of the track or I'm sure we would hear about it more often, no? Or there would be more bone breaking injuries at least.
Lol. But you saw it with two other athletes? Surely there must be somewhere a person could access that video more easily?
If not an official, someone well respected within the Luge community. Someone who knows something about track design. I don't think anyone has said anything about it yet. It's the fans who are in an uproar.
And I don't mean the athlete who said in an interview that he thought someone would die on the course. I'm pretty sure he didn't mean 'fly out of the track and die'. But again, you'd have to ask him that.
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Christ, what's the point. You are honestly arguing that he was halfway down a straightaway when he flew off. If that's how your comprehension works I won't even bother. He flew off exiting 16, he was just past the end of the turn. Watch the video.