Are you ready for the curling?

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Winter Olympics start in 8 hours. There is no snow on the mountains because of the rain and Britain is very much the underdog in everything except the 2 man bob and curling.
Bring it on!
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They've been bringing in snow with big wagons, and rain is forecast

Damm that jetstream.


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[Ste]

Pffft curling, Paralympic curling is much better.

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[Ariel Badger]

Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in horrific crash


Prior to his crash, Kumaritashvili was not considered a medal prospect
A luge competitor has been rushed to hospital after leaving the track at high speed in Winter Olympic training.
Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili was given emergency resuscitation treatment at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Canada.
His sled left the Olympic track and smashed into a steel pole, knocking the 21-year-old unconscious.
Training was immediately suspended after the accident, which happened just hours before the opening ceremony of the 21st Winter Games in Vancouver.
Kumaritashvili is understood to be in a life-threatening condition after what appeared to be a horrifying high-speed collision.
His sled struck the inside of the track's final turn, sending his body into the air and over a concrete wall.
His sled remained on the track, and the visor from his helmet appeared to continue down the ice.
"Georgian slider Nodar Kumaritashvili has had a serious crash in the final run of official training for the men's singles on Friday," said an official statement.
"He fell out of the track when he crashed. He was treated on site by medical staff who administered CPR, and was then taken away in an ambulance."
The track at Whistler, which is shared by the sports of luge, skeleton and bobsleigh, already has a reputation as one of the fastest - and most dangerous - in the world.
In the build-up to the Games several teams had raised concerns about the safety of athletes, who regularly exceed 90mph as they compete.
Before Kumaritashvili's crash, British skeleton slider Amy Williams told BBC Sport: "I just hope Whistler is safe and that there aren't too many crashes and serious injuries."
Australia's Hannah Campbell-Pegg added: "I think they are pushing it a little too much.
"To what extent are we just little lemmings that they just throw down a track and we're crash-test dummies? I mean, this is our lives."
Their comments followed earlier accidents, including one involving gold medal favourite Armin Zoeggeler of Italy and several during women's luge training runs on Wednesday.
Among those to crash was Romania's Violeta Stramaturaru, who was knocked unconscious for a few minutes and taken to hospital.
British skeleton's performance director, Andi Schmid, said a lack of track time for athletes in the run-up to the Games had increased the risk of accidents.
"I would say especially for speed sports you need to have more access to tracks and whoever organises the Olympics needs to offer that," said Schmid during preparations for the Games.
"Not only so that everyone has a fair chance but also because of the danger. We need to be careful so that these sports stay great action sports and don't become dangerous killer sports.
"I'm not saying that will happen but some athletes from other nations are less experienced."
Kumaritashvili competed in five World Cup races this season, finishing 44th in the world standings.
Members of the International Luge Federation have been asked to attend a briefing following his crash, and team captains from each nation are attending an emergency meeting.

Source BBC

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[Al]

Here is the accident, he would have known little about it but it looks pretty brutal, apparently they reach speeds of 90mph.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/nodar-kumaritashvili-cras_n_460474.html

https://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/nodar-kumaritashvili-luge-crash
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[Ariel Badger]

Poor guy is dead, just read it on the BBC. The superstructure is far to close to the track.
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[Al]

It does seem pretty stupid to have all that metal work right on the outside of a bend so close to the track.

The sport does have a bit of a reputation for being dangerous, so I guess its a bit like Motorcycle road racing, racers die but yet others keep doing it knowing the risk. Not sure if it makes them brave or stupid
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[Ariel Badger]

I doubt they will run the events on that track now. Motor sport is dangerous but I have never seen anything that lethal on a track. there is not even any straw bales to soften the impact.
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[Al]

The Olympic Committee have now now blocked all video on copyright grounds!

Probably to try and stop people seeing how dangerous the layout of the track was
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[Steve H]

Saw the video before it was pulled. We're all experts on minority sports when the Olympics come around and although a harsh British winter's worth of sledging down your drive doesn't make you a luge/bobsleigh expert it did seem pretty poor that the metal structure was that close to the course especially given that the natural line of the luge (when it trouble) would be to lurch to that side when being thrown out of the bend against the opposite wall.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBILFAyEimM

vid here, its nasty be warned. True the structure is very close to the track.
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[Ste]

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[duhawkz]

we are out in vancouver covering it with work, it didn't see it but i've seen the videos, its a pretty nasty accident. you think they would put some kind of netting up to stop them flying out like that.
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[Harold_Shand]

Shit, that is absolutley the organisers fault. That's a needless tragedy.
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Harold_Shand's theory might be the best explanation.

[duhawkz]

any body else watching us get our asses handed to us in the curling?
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[Ariel Badger]

Thanks for the heads up . You can't beat a good curl.
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[duhawkz]

5-2 to Sweden
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[Ariel Badger]

What channel is it on? DO not say HD as I can not get HD
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[duhawkz]

im watching it live from the press center in vancouver, its on the internal channels for the games, i dont know what channels it on in the uk have you tried eurosports?

if helps we just picked up 2 more points 4 - 5 sweden at the start of end ten
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[duhawkz]

theres live coverage on bbc2 from 8PM, I dont think thats got curling though, it might have high lights.


Eurosport has loads of coverage on through the night, again i cant see curling though

https://www.tvguide.co.uk/
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[duhawkz]

lost 6-4 - i hope zoe gillings has better luck in the snowboard cross, that starts in 20mins
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